Audio: https://www.thepozcast.com/julia-menez-how-to-hack-and-maximize-airline-points/
My guest E294 of #thePOZcast is Julia Menez, points strategist and founder of Geobreeze Travel! Geobreeze Travel is a platform that focuses on travel hacking and providing insights on maximizing the potential of credit card points and miles for remarkable travel experiences and financial growth. Prior to Geobreeze, Julia worked for 9 years as an actuary for Cigna Health.
In addition to her great and viral social media content where she breaks down bite-sized hacks on travel, she also hosts the Geobreeze Travel podcast. After traveling to more than 30 countries before the age of 30 and saving thousands of dollars each year with points and miles, Julia distills the strategies from top award travelers around the world in the Geobreeze Travel podcast and creates content about how to use everyday business and personal expenses to earn luxury travel for next to no cost.
For more on Julia, please visit:
Free points 101 course: www.geobreezetravel.com/freecourseInstagram:
www.instagram.com/geobreezetravel
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@geobreezetravel
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Show Notes
2:48 - Life and Career before becoming professional
4:06 - High School era and Tattoo inspiration
4:51 - Travel Experience
8:06 - Stay in China and culture difference
9:45 - First taste of Exotic Food
10:51 - Understanding the travel moments / The Aha Moment
12:51 - GeoBreeze - the origin
13:04 - Learning from Corporate America
13:56 - Overall Point Strategy
15:42 - Travel points Hack
16:54 - Value of points and transfers
18:25 - Earning vs Burning Ratio
19:36 - Getting a Better Deal
22:32 - Common Traveling Mistakes
24:17 - Favorite transfer sites
25:27 - Hidden fees
26:18 - Best Airline with Status update potential
27:49 - Airport Lounge situation
28:41 - Secret Auxiliary benefits
31:09 - Secret Reservations
31:57 - Wrong Information out there
33:37 - Massive Brilliant point redemption experience
36:10 - Exciting challenges in business
38:30 - Percentage Savings / Pragmatic Approach
39:45 - Next Travel destination on wishlist
41:03 - Best and Worst Airlines
42:39 - Message for people stuck in 9-5 jobs
44:00 - Julia's Super power
45:00 - Julia's North Star
