Rewards Come Upwards To Those Who Wait: Cashing Inwards Our Points For A Postal Service Retirement Opor-Garai Blowout


We're non actually hard-core points warriors (those who alive to exploit every wages to accumulate rewards points for traveling) but we're non ones to shy away from opportunities to collect points.

 Over the years hither at , we've been known to cash inwards points for a gratis flying or a nighttime inwards a hotel hither together with at that topographic point but guide keep non actually made a peachy endeavor to accumulate a lot of points to cash inwards for a large vacation.

 Until now...

 The concluding duo of years worth of move guide keep involved a to a greater extent than concerted endeavor on our purpose to accumulate points for ane of our biggest vacations yet...a multi-week blowout roofing 2 southern states amongst a cruise to the Bahama Islands thrown into the middle but for the heck of it.

I retired from my project inwards March after xxx years of service (that's a motion painting from my retirement luncheon) together with nosotros had longed to guide keep a long trip through the southward ane time that happened. The master excogitation was to guide keep a month, start off inwards Key West together with piece of cake brand our means through the southern states heading dorsum home.

 Over the years, pieces of that trip were whittled away amongst our adventures to Tennessee, Texas, together with the Florida Keys. Plus, a calendar month powerfulness go pushing it now, together with then we've cutting the fourth dimension downward a piffling fleck together with narrowed the compass some...we'll go starting off inwards Atlanta together with going southward from at that topographic point amongst the destination of seeing the concluding remaining unseen baseball game stadiums inwards our cry for to take in every Major League Baseball park.

Now, what virtually the points?  H5N1 few years ago, our traveling evolved together with then that Southwest Airlines turned out to go our preferred airline together with then all 3 of us signed upwards for their Rapid Rewards program. All of our trips started out amongst the interrogation "Does Southwest wing there?" Many times they did (but non always) together with then nosotros booked them equally much equally possible.

The concluding few years, we've flown on them to Baltimore, Nashville, Dallas, Houston, Fort Lauderdale, together with more.  H5N1 duo of years later, nosotros guide keep plenty to cash inwards a gratis flying for the 3 of us to Atlanta, together with then our starting fourth dimension leg of airfare is basically gratis (it toll me an extra $16 for taxes together with fees for the flight).

Our Hilton points were plenty to larn us 5 nights at a hotel inwards Miami, together with then those volition go cashed inwards subsequently on this trip. In the meantime, an one-time Hyatt rewards concern human relationship that I'd forgotten virtually had plenty points for a duo of nights together with then we'll go using that inwards Atlanta to rest at the Hyatt Place inwards the northern purpose of the city. In between, we'll guide keep to pay out of steal for a duo to a greater extent than nights at the Hyatt, the rental car, together with a few to a greater extent than hotel nights betwixt Atlanta together with Miami.

Lastly, nosotros utilization a Costco Citi Visa card for most of our purchases which has a real generous cash wages program. In the concluding year, we've built upwards plenty rewards on that to pay for the cruise to the Bahamas.

 Stay tuned...we're off to Atlanta for our mosty-free, big-blowout, post-retirement vacation!

 Darryl Musick
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 Photos yesteryear Letty Musick
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