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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Airline points aren't the only "points" people travel on. We use points from our credit card to book hotels and flights (thanks chase sapphire reserve). The assumption that people are lying to you because they feel so sorry that you have less is a little silly.[/quote]

The reason I think people on this thread are resentful (which btw is kind of pathetic) is that you need a great credit score and you need to spend a pretty substantial amount of money to have enough credit card points to book trips.  So people acting like they don't have a ton of money even though they are using points is offensive, I guess.[/quote]

This is not true. At least not what people on this thread seem to think is a substantial amount of money. I travel two to three times a year for work and get  flight and hotel points when I do. Every time I travel I join the hotel frequent traveler account and sign up for any deals they have. I regularly get at least one free night for every business trip. Then I have an airline credit card. I put all our expenses on that card. Everything. We spend about $3k a month on average on that card and earn about 60,000 points a year which is enough for one flight to Europe or two to US destination. It doesn't pay for our entire trip but it subsidizes them significantly. Plus switching cards occasionally gives you big sign up bonuses.[/quote]

This is one of those "eye of the beholder" type of things because I would have to make a big effort to spend 3k in one month.  I only spend that much if I need to do a major car repair AND some other random expense comes up, or it's around Christmas or something and I'm buying something major for someone that year.  Our credit card bill stays around 1600 a month and we don't really feel like we're scrimping.[/quote]

We spend $3K just on my husband's AmEx. He likes stuff, mostly guns and alcohol.[/quote]

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