You’ve probably scrolled past “how I flew first-class to Paris for $52” posts on Instagram and assumed it only works if you’re single, child-free, and spend a lot
You want to take your kids somewhere magical, but…
You've got credit card points sitting there, but no clue what to do with them
Every time you try to learn this stuff, you get overwhelmed or distracted by life
You feel like you’re being smart with your money, but real vacations still feel years away
You keep telling yourself someday, but your kids are getting older, and you’re starting to wonder how many memories you’ll miss if you keep waiting.
Meanwhile, you’re Googling “cheap things to do with kids near me.”
This is for the family who wants to travel, but doesn’t think they can afford to.
Paying thousands of dollars for five plane tickets before even getting to the hotel? Yeah, no thanks. I used to see those numbers and immediately decide we weren't going.
Most of our early family trips were road trips, camping, or staying with friends or family, and while there’s nothing wrong with any of that, I couldn’t shake the feeling that “real vacations” where you fly somewhere new and stay somewhere nice just weren’t an option for families like mine.
That was, until I discovered the power of points.
Once I learned the strategy, everything changed. We started opening cards, hitting sign-up bonuses, and using transfer partners, and suddenly, the same money we were already spending on groceries and gas was earning us full-on family vacations.
And it’s 100% learnable!
Travel is crazy expensive when you’re paying out of pocket, but trust me, there’s nothing aspirational about paying full price for travel when you don’t have to.
The money you’re spending each month has the potential to earn thousands of dollars in travel rewards.
(Especially if you’re already spending $1,333 a month.)
For our family, it’s allowed us to:
✔ Fly to Maui for $56 instead of $10,000
✔ Cover $7,000 worth of hotel nights with points
✔ Take 11 trips in a single year on the same income we’ve always had
✔ Spend $1,500 total on flights and hotels across France, Japan, Hawaii, England, Florida, and California
✔ Build a stash of points that we now replenish regularly, so travel is never a question of if we can afford it, but what school break we should go on
And you don’t have to take 11 trips a year, or even want to.
Points could mean one big, unforgettable vacation every summer. Or finally flying your family across the country for the holidays without it wrecking your budget. Or booking the anniversary trip you thought was years away.
Whatever dream travel looks like for you, this system makes it possible.
You’re already spending the money, let’s turn your expenses into experiences.
(And they started right where you are.)
This system made it possible for these families too
The Paid in Points Blueprint will help you go from curious to confidently booking trips on points
This course walks you through the exact strategy I use to earn points, track bonuses, and turn everyday spending into bucket-list vacations with clear steps, real family examples, and flexible strategies for any budget.
No matter if you’re brand new to points or you’ve already opened a few cards but feel stuck, you’ll learn how to:
✔ Pick the right cards in the right order (for your lifestyle and goals)
✔ Track and hit minimum spends on everyday purchases
✔ Use your points the way that works for you, whether you want one big luxury trip or to stretch them across multiple adventures
You’ll finish this course with a clear, simple system you can start using right away (and keep using for years).
Module 1: Rules + Responsibility
✔ How to know if you're ready for the points hobby
✔ What to consider before canceling cards
✔ How opening cards actually impacts your credit score
Module 2: The Foundations of Points
✔ What credit card points actually are (and how they work)
✔ Types of cards + expiration dates
✔ Credit card perks you should be taking advantage of
Module 3: Choosing the Right Cards
✔ What the heck is the 5/24 rule? How to choose cards that make sense for YOU
✔ Personal vs. business cards (you might qualify)
✔ Authorized users and smart application strategies
✔ Best starter cards and what to choose when you’ve grasped the basics
Module 4: Point Strategies That Work
✔ Sign-up bonuses: how often to apply and what to do if you get denied
✔ Maximizing multipliers without spending more
✔ Shopping portals + referral bonuses
✔ How to earn more points by adding a “Player 2”
Module 5: Redeeming (And Maximizing) Your Points
Module 6: Planning Tools + Resources
✔ My exact process for booking award travel
✔ How to use tools like Roame, PointsYeah, FlightConnections, Seats.aero, and more
✔ How to actually use your points (without wasting them)
✔ Transfer partners vs. portals
✔ Award travel 101: how far out to book, common mistakes, what’s actually a good deal
✔ Walkthroughs for Chase, Amex, Capital One, and Citi tutorials
Module 7: The Sweet Spots
✔ Our favorite redemptions (like Hyatt hotels + Southwest flights)
✔ How to book business class flights for a fraction of the price
✔ How to stretch your points way further than you thought possible
On top of the video modules, you’ll also receive:
✔ Hotel breakdowns (Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton)
✔ Transfer partner rules and bank policies (Chase, AMEX, Citi, Capital One)
✔ Monthly group coaching and deep dives into relevant points and miles topics.
Downloadable PDFs & Bonus Guides
Get everything inside The Paid in Points Blueprint for one payment of $397
That includes:
7 bingeable, step-by-step modules
My exact tools and booking process
Hotel + transfer partner breakdowns (PDFs)
Tutorials for Chase, Amex, Capital One, and Citi
Real redemption examples + strategy walkthroughs
Lifetime access to updates
Private Facebook community for support
monthly group coaching and deep dives into relevant points and miles topics.
This is for you if you:
✔ Are already spending money on groceries, gas, and bills, but not earning anything meaningful from it.
✔ Don’t carry credit card debt, and you’re already paying your balances off monthly.
✔ Looked into points before, but felt overwhelmed or confused.
✔ Want to travel more with your family without draining your savings or maxing out your PTO on road trips that don’t really feel like vacations.
✔ Are smart, responsible, and willing to put in a little effort if it means your money works harder and your family gets more experiences.
✔ Would rather be shown exactly what works than spend months piecing together advice.
✔ Have a credit score that’s already over 700.
Here’s what I wish someone had told me so I could’ve started sooner:
“Won’t opening a bunch of credit cards ruin my credit?”
That’s what I thought too. But once I started opening cards strategically, my credit score actually went up by 25 points.
Most people don’t realize that responsibly managing multiple credit cards (especially with low utilization and on-time payments) can actually help your credit score. I’ll teach you exactly how to do that in the course, step by step, so you can move forward without fear.
If you’ve got some hesitations, I get it, and I probably had all the same ones.
“We don’t spend that much money, can we actually earn enough points to make it worth it?”
You don’t need to be spending thousands a month to make this work. If you’re already spending around $1,333/month on things like groceries, gas, gymnastic classes and bills, you’re in a perfect position to start earning sign-up bonuses that can translate into real travel rewards.
Most people think they need to spend more to earn more, but you don’t. You just need to shift how you spend and choose the right cards at the right time. That’s what I’ll help you do. And even if you only open a few cards a year, you can still book one or two incredible trips with the points you earn.
“I’ve tried before and it feels overwhelming.”
I hear you. You’ve got kids, work, a million tabs open in your brain at all times. The last thing you need is one more thing that feels like a second job.
That’s why I built this course to be bingeable, flexible, and practical. You can watch a module while folding laundry or take 10 minutes here and there to watch. I won’t lie, this does require work on your part, but the reward is major if travel is something you want.
I’m giving you the roadmap, and you get to set the pace.
Points are not a race, and you can do it at your own pace
I don’t teach this stuff so you can take 11 trips a year… unless you want to, but I know that volume isn’t desirable or possible for everyone. I teach it so your next “it’s too expensive” moment can turn into a “let’s check our points!”
The goal isn’t to rack up the most flights or open a new card every month. It’s to make travel possible in a way that suits your life, budget, and schedule.
You can start with ONE big trip you’ve had on your wishlist.
This course is built to show you how the whole system works so you can make informed decisions based on what you want.
hey! i’m stacy.
Mom of three, former reluctant road tripper, and now your go-to for nearly-free family travel.
This whole thing started because I wanted more for my family, but like most families, we didn’t have an extra $10K lying around for a dream vacation.
So I stopped scrolling past all the too-good-to-be-true points advice, learned how the system actually worked, and started testing everything for myself. Fast-forward a few years, and I’ve taken my family on domestic and international vacations for less than most people spend on an average hotel.
Now I help other families in my course do the same with a real plan for turning the money you already spend into unforgettable trips with your favorite people.
If you have a credit score over 700 and you are someone who is already in the habit of paying your credit cards off every month, and never carrying a balance, you're ready to jump into this hobby. Of course, you can take my course and learn more if you're not quite doing this yet, but you really don't want to start opening multiple credit cards until you have your budgeting skills locked in. It's easy to get trapped in credit card debt and pay exorbitant interest rates if you're not used to paying your cards off, and I would never want this hobby to be the reason people get buried further. Also, it’s only for people who can qualify for US credit cards.
Anyone new to credit card points travel, or even those who are familiar with points, will find value here. I dabbled for over a decade before I even learned about transfer partners and started stretching my credit card points much farther than a 1:1 exchange. I always knew credit card points would save me money on travels, but I went from just using them to book airfare in the travel portal, to covering airfare and all my hotels for my family of 5. I started taking multiple vacations a year, some worth over $10,000, and flying in business class instead of just covering flights every few years.
Not only will you have all the educational modules with video tutorials, but you will also be given access to an exclusive Facebook group, monthly group coaching and hot seat award travel strategy sessions, multiple PDF's and a comprehensive education on the bank rules, hotel loyalty programs and lifetime access to the course and any updates.
Absolutely. I provide tons of free content on my Instagram feed, blog posts, and newsletter. And there's always the internet for you to search on. But if you want to save time and get straight to the plot, I've done all the obsessing over points and miles so you don't have to. I've spent hours and hours of research over a few years, learning everything possible. You can absolutely do that too. But if you don't want to spend your time like that, my course is an easy, quick, and concise way to learn everything I know in a short amount of time. It comes down to how you want to spend your time. I would rather obsess over points and miles travel than cook dinner. So I pay for meal plans to tell me what to cook so I don't have to spend any extra effort there. But knowing what I know now, I would have loved to start at the beginning of my points journey with a course like this and save countless hours of research.
This will really depend on how many people you need to fly around and how much your spending is monthly. But safe to say within 3 months you will be building a good stash of points and 6-12 months out will start having multiple nearly free vacations on the calendar.
Because this is a digital course with immediate access to all materials, all sales are final. There’s no way to “return” the content once it’s been delivered, so please be sure you’re ready to dive in before you enroll. If you have any questions before purchasing, I highly recommend watching the free masterclass first, and if you have additional questions, feel free to reach out on Instagram, I want you to feel good about your decision!
This isn’t about becoming a points expert.
It’s for families who want to make the most of what they already have and actually go somewhere.
Before this course:
Scrolling vacation photos while stuck budgeting for staycations
Confused about points and miles
Wishing travel felt possible, but feeling like it’s just not for “families like yours”
After this course:
Booked a real vacation with points you earned from your regular spending
Confidently choosing the right cards and earning points without guessing
Creating travel memories your family will never forget for nearly free!
This course is designed for families like yours with regular jobs and real budgets who want to learn how to turn everyday spending into core memories.
Imagine it’s one year from now and you’re flipping through photos from the trip you thought you’d never be able to afford – and you’ve already planned for the next one.
That’s what’s possible when you learn how to earn and use points in a strategic way.
If you’re spending the money anyway, let it take you somewhere worth remembering.
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