We earned over 500,000 miles in 2014! A Year in Review

This last year was the first one when we really started hitting the miles and points game hard. And boy did it pay off! It’s been a learning process along the way and there are things I would’ve done differently. But overall I am thrilled with the end result we now have. Below is a tally and review of our year in travel and credit cards.

Total Miles/Hotel Points Earned JUST from Credit Card Sign Up Bonuses: 465,000

I have no idea how many miles we’ve earned just from spending. But it has to be close to at least another 100,000. I am fully confident when saying we earned over a half million miles and points in just one year!

Destinations Visited:

• Arches National Park, Utah
• Escalante National Park, Utah
• Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
• London, England
• Paris, France
• Bruges, Belgium
• Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
• Fuessen and Munich, Germany
• Prague and Brno, Czech Republic
• Vienna and Salzburg, Austria
• Budapest, Hungary
• Bled, Slovenia
• Cinque Terre, Pisa, Florence, Venice and Rome, Italy
• Barcelona, Spain
• Family in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
• Guadalajara, Mexico
• Chiapas, Mexico

Total Credit Card Sign Ups with bonus breakdown:

Kelly

Partner

At the end of the year after all these new credit cards, I’m happy to report my credit score is resting at a 750. It truly is a myth that having so many credit cards ruins your score. I’ve seen just the opposite happen and am living proof of it.

Additionally this was the first year of having my blog in place and it was exciting to see it come to a close with over 4,300 views from 31 countries. That’s not very high at all compared to a lot of other travel blogs out there. But to me that feels like a good start. I’m excited to share more of what I’m learning this year as well. Stay tuned for an overview of our travel plans for 2015- there’s a lot coming!