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In Part 2 of listener questions answered, Lyn explains why the current Southwest personal card offer is NOT good, when and how you should use a Costco card, if devaluation of airline points is a problem, if shopping portals are key to her strategy and if it's too late to get a Southwest Companion Pass now. 

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Learn More:

• VIDEO: When Is the Best Time to Get a Southwest Companion Pass?
• How to Correctly Time Your Southwest Companion Pass
• Episode 152: Listener Questions - Chase Freedom Unlimited, Having Enough Points, Flying From a Non-Hub Southwest Airport 

Have you earned all the points you need to get your Southwest Companion Pass by December 31? If not, the counter starts over at 0 points on January 1. Lyn shares to 5 easy ways to earn large amounts of Southwest points fast and what you can do to avoid missing out on Companion Pass.

Please note that Southwest has updated the number of points required to earn the Companion Pass from 2023 forward to 135,000 points (up from 125,000), though that doesn't affect the method Families Fly Free teaches to easily earn and always have the Pass.

Get help with always easily having a Southwest Companion Pass + solve any year end issues ASAP as a member of Families Fly Free:
FamiliesFlyFree.com/join

Download our FREE list of 7 INSIDER hacks Lyn uses to fly her family free:
https://familiesflyfree.com/7hacks

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Learn the simplest and easiest airline for families to fly free with the goal of taking as many flights as possible. Lyn shares her top 5 reasons to this airline is the best option for flying free and reviews the one downside and how to overcome it.

Please note that Southwest has updated the number of points required to earn the Companion Pass from 2023 forward to 135,000 points (up from 125,000), though that doesn't affect the method Families Fly Free teaches to easily earn and always have the Pass.

To learn how to fly your family entirely free around the US, Caribbean and Europe, join Lyn's Families Fly Free program at
FamiliesFlyFree.com/join

Download our FREE list of 7 INSIDER hacks Lyn uses to fly her family free:
https://familiesflyfree.com/7hacks

We're going deal hunting this week and who better to lead the way than Jen Yellin from Deals We Like! She joins guest host Ed Pizza this week to chat about maximizing bonus miles on back to school shopping, Amex offers and a recent promotion on purchasing Hyatt points.

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Deals We Like was started in January 2011 by Jennifer Yellin. The blog became part of the well known travel network BoardingArea in June 2011 and became a featured blog just a month later. Almost every post is written by Jen with the occasional guest blogger. In just four years, Deals We Like is now read by over 65,000 people a month across 150 different countries.

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