Last year, Angelina Aucello took 90 flights across the globe. The 28-year-old stay-at-home mom spent close to nothing on trips to the Middle East, Australia, South America, and Asia.
Her secret? Credit cards—and not just three or four. Aucello currently has 24 cards; she’s been avidly collecting points and miles on them for a decade.
Aucello picked up her credit card habit from her father, who took her along on European vacations using his own accrued points when she was growing up. After attending a seminar on how to live off card rewards led by a prominent credit card blogger, she was inspired to bring her obsession to the next level by starting a blog of her own, Just Another Points Traveler.
“I used to think the hobby was ridiculous and crazy, and I attended the Chicago Seminar led by the Frugal Travel Guy in 2010 with zero expectations,” Aucello recalls. “I was blown away by the community. I couldn’t believe there was a whole culture of people who were just as nerdy as I was about collecting credit card points.”
via The Credit Card Obsessives Who Game the System—and Share Their Secrets Online – Racked.
