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In this week’s episode, Brian Kelly aka “The Points Guy” (TPG) shares how he turned an amateur blog into a 8-figure money making machine in just 2 short years with nothing but a $10,000 loan from his parents. Fast-forward to now and TPG is a massive billion-dollar brand that has helped millions of people transform their lives. Before swiping your credit card, have you ever stopped to consider which card you should be using to pay for your purchase? Chances are that you’re not fully maximizing the hidden upside of each and every purchase because you probably don’t know the full extent of your card’s perks and benefits. In Brian’s case, those perks translated to enjoying luxurious vacations on an HR salary during the recession. The Points Guy exists to fill in those gaps of knowledge to ensure you’re accumulating as many points as possible and then redeeming those rewards in the most valuable way. What is the most important yet underused strategy for maximizing points? Should you rack up all your points on one credit card or diversify? And how can you position your business ahead of algorithms to take your side hustle to a new stratosphere? We have TPG to answer all of those questions and more in an episode that you can’t afford to miss.

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In recent years, travel — cheap travel, specifically — has boomed. Like all booms it has its winners (including influencers and home-sharing platforms like Airbnb) and its losers (namely locals and the environment). Somewhere in that mix is The Points Guy, Brian Kelly, who runs a blog that helps visitors navigate the sprawling, knotty and complex world of travel and credit card rewards.

Today on The Sunday Read, a look at the life and business of Mr. Kelly, a man who goes on vacation for a living.

This story was written by Jamie Lauren Keiles and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

In the go-go 80s and 90s, American Airlines offered the AAirpass, a lifetime pass for unlimited first class travel. It was an amazing deal, but AA didn’t predict just how much some travelers would use it. They played with fire, they got burned.

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This week Simon Lambert, Rich Browning and Georgie Frost take a fun look at the week's events. Banks are at it again. They say you don't have to have a contactless debit card if you don't want one but our readers say otherwise. Meanwhile they're introducing clever mind games to assess whether you're fit to be a customer and Tesco Bank slashes the Clubcard benefits on its credit card . Elsewhere, a report into the best places to bring up a family finds it's better up North - unless you live in Cramlington, where homeowners find they don't actually own their homes. Also on the bill are unusual auctions and the latest movie memorabilia from the Star Wars franchise.

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