Before we left for our victory lap around the world, we applied for enough credit cards to rack up 200,000 points each. As a result, we were able fly the long-haul routes and pay only the $80 to $100 in taxes. This ended up saving us around $6,000 per year. If we’d had to pay that amount out of pocket, we would’ve needed $6,000 × 25 = $150,000 more in our portfolio. Yikes! Travel hacking saved us from having to work an extra two years. Which is good, because I wouldn’t have been able to stop myself from firing my boss for that long.
