Allen Walton is the CEO and Founder of SpyGuy, an e-commerce store devoted to all sorts of surveillance and counter-surveillance equipment. More recently, he launched FlyGuy, a travel agency and membership that helps business owners unlock the secret of getting tons of travel paid for using credit card rewards.
Listen in as Allen shares his knowledge from researching and using credit card rewards to travel, including how to optimize your credit card spend to be able to jet set around the world in business class. You’ll learn what cards give you the best bang for your buck, as well as how to make the most of your reward points once you have them. We also discuss whether you should keep all your points in one program or spread them out, how soon you should optimally book your flight to get the best deal, and where to find the most accurate information to travel in style without blowing your budget.
You’ll learn:
- The details of one of Allen’s most amazing trips. (5:00)
- Some of the ways to hack credit cards. (6:30)
- The best credit cards for travel in the market now. (8:10)
- The best way to book travel using rewards. (13:00)
- What the best use of your points is for booking travel. (20:25)
- How transfer bonuses work. (28:00)
- The best option for travel memberships. (31:40)
- Where the best places are to keep on top of travel reward changes. (34:35)
- All about FlyGuy and how it helps entrepreneurs. (36:30)
- A special offer for ECF Podcast listeners. (39:35)
(With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com and Allen Walton of FlyGuyTravel.com)
What Was Mentioned
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“The goal is to have some diversity—you don’t want all your points in one basket.” – @allenthird Click To Tweet
“The airlines don’t like playing nice with each other, and so they make it really difficult to do stuff.” – @allenthird Click To Tweet
“It’s a really hard game to play—the rules are changing all the time.” – @allenthird Click To Tweet
Source: https://www.ecommercefuel.com/travel-hacking-ecommerce/
