Our Bilt Plan + Trip/Credit Score Updates!

About this episode

The hosts discuss their updated points and miles strategy and credit score improvements for family travel planning.

We share how we’re reshaping our points and miles strategy after Hyatt devaluations, including new card moves and the reality of planning family travel when award space disappears. We also walk through our Italy and Switzerland pivot, plus a credit score rebound that lets us apply for new cards with confidence. • choosing the Bilt Palladium for the signup bonus and transfer partners • why we skip mortgage payments through Bilt for now • using Bilt cash to activate the 3x acc...

People in this episode

Hosts: Raya, Duane

Topics covered

• points and miles strategy
• family travel
• credit score
• Hyatt devaluations
• travel planning

Keywords

• Bilt
• Hyatt
• credit score
• family travel
• points and miles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bilt

Products: Bilt Palladium

Places: Italy, Switzerland

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