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families of 3-6: points chaos→repeatable system for biz/first to Asia✨
🎤speaker: Points Travel Festival, ChiSem, FTU
💳FREE FAMILY AWARD TRAVEL PLAN 2027👇
https://mariapointstheway.myflodesk.com/2027cards

05/11/2026

she would be so mad if she knew… 🫣

1. booked my family 2 business + 2 first class seats to asia with points. corporate me said first class was for executives. i say it was for my kids.

2. got declined for a target card after moving from hong kong. invisible in the credit card system. not for long.

3. got laid off at 48. applied everywhere. zero offers. best rejection of my life.

4. volunteered to translate blog posts for free. corporate me would’ve asked about the ROI. it became my whole business.

5. filled my wallet with chase cards, then found out ANA isn’t a chase partner. mistakes are tuition. i paid mine so you don’t have to.

6. invested in a business course before i had a single student. betting on yourself isn’t reckless. staying stuck is.

7. got on stage at chicago seminars to teach families of 3 to 6 how to fly together. because nobody else was.

8. started a business at 50 by teaching parents that wanting the whole family in business class isn’t greedy. it’s planning.

the miles and points world spent years talking to solo travelers and couples, leaving families confused, and stuck in the back of the plane.

🫠i’m a 52-year-old mom undoing that one family trip at a time.

so that you can stop googling at 10pm after the dishes and know your first step to getting the whole family there , lie-flat, sitting together, over winter break ♥️

04/11/2026

this will change your life (and your miles!)

A rewards app is just like checking for a coupon before you pay, but it’s going to compare everything for you and show you right away which link gets you the most miles.

You don’t have to google around, you don’t have to check 10 sites, and there’s no extra spending.

Comment PRO below for the partner one I recommend for busy parents so that you can earn more miles toward your family’s trip on the gifts you’re already buying, without the extra homework 👇

03/11/2026

the deadlines don’t care that it’s the holidays. lock in now.

👇 comment 2027 and I’ll send you my card picks + the full breakdown so that you can build your family’s own card team for 2027 and know exactly which one to open first.

terms apply. some links may earn me a commission.

02/11/2026

1: Own your “different.”

i grew up in hong kong. my accent is part of me, and why families trust me with their asia trip.

2: Know your stuff cold.

people will forgive an accent. they won’t forgive wrong and twisted info.

3: slow down.

i talk fast and swallowed words when i’m excited. i’m still practicing this one. ( I’m also practicing not too slow…)

4: Let a “no” redirect you

i got declined for the costco card, earned the wrong points for a year, so i found my own way, built a system, and flew my family to asia in business and first class with points and miles again and again.

now i teach other families to do the same.

5: Have your line ready.

when someone mentions my accent, i smile and say “that’s hong kong talking. want me to slow down?” or “that’s part of me. where were we?” then i keep going.

6: Serve the people already listening.

my students ( aka parents from many diverse ethnic groups) are the reason i keep showing up.

7: Let others be the hero.

my favorite moments aren’t my bookings. they’re when a parent texts me their family’s business class seats, or what others hacks I inspire them…

nobody told me any of this when i started when I move from the states from hong kong . i’m still practicing every one.

if you’ve ever held back because of how you sound, you’re not alone. the people who need you are listening to what you say, not how you say it ❤️

31/10/2026

you've seen these fancy cabins online. but is one of them on the flight you're about to book to Asia Pacific? ✈️

welcome to my Top Airlines to Asia Pacific series, part 1 ♥️

these are my personal favorites. agree? disagree? tell me below 👇

follow me for more Asia travel tips so that you can book your next trip with confidence.

30/10/2026

🥹I think so many of us women were sold this version of adulthood where we’re supposed to be the employee, the mom, the wife, the planner, the one who remembers everything... and then somehow squeeze ourselves into whatever is left at the end of the day.

And somewhere in your 50s, something starts to shift.

🥹 Maybe you call it a midlife crisis.
🌟 I call it coming home to yourself.

For me, it came after 25 years at one company, a new job, and then a layoff. I kept applying. No offers. And my mind kept drifting to the thing that actually lit me up.

🥹I don’t think that meant something went wrong.
🌟I think it was the start of becoming someone new.

My eldest is in college now. The house is getting quieter.
And I’m realizing the trips we still take together are numbered, so I want them slow, comfortable, and full of memories we’ll talk about for years.

💆‍♀️Some days I’m just tired.
I want to set it all down and walk away for a while.

I want rest.
Real rest.
Slow mornings.
Work that feels like mine.
And trips where we stay in one place long enough to breathe, instead of racing through 5 cities.

Even on the flight, I want to land feeling like a person, not a pack mule. 😅

Are you in a similar season?

Follow along so that you can take care of yourself again, make room for what lights you up, and travel in a way that fills you back up instead of draining you.

29/10/2026

Here what I’m telling families to do instead ➡️

so many of you have a bilt card because i recommend it for asia business class 🙋‍♀️ here‘s what the 2027 changes mean for your family:

✅ same airline partners. cathay, japan airlines, alaska, aeroplan, united + more, still 1:1
✅ your bilt cash now lasts 12 months
⚠️ bilt to hyatt drops to 4:3 on jan 1
⚠️ the 4% bilt cash (the fuel for your point accelerators) switches off on your card anniversary unless you opt out
⚠️ new cards approved after dec 31 can’t get 4% at all

swipe for the math (family edition) 👉

comment HALLOWEEN 👻 and
i‘ll send you “my family calculator” so that you can see in 2 minutes

how many bonus points your family keeps or misses out and keep more of them going toward your asia trip

Bilt ? No Bilt ? tell me below 👇

28/10/2026

Bilt just announced big changes for 2027 👀 and so many of you have a bilt card because i recommended it for the airline partners that get families to asia.

first, breathe. nothing in this announcement changes the transfer partners 💛

here’s what’s changing: the 4% bilt cash option is going away. starting on your card anniversary, every bilt card moves to up to 1.25x points on rent or mortgage.

so what does this mean for families?

if you and your spouse each have your own bilt card, you might have TWO different deadlines. the change happens on each card’s anniversary, not one date for everyone.

and if your family runs groceries, gas, and kids’ activities through bilt, that 4% bilt cash adds up fast. you only keep it if you opt out in the bilt app before your anniversary.

and the fun part? your bilt cash now lasts 12 months instead of disappearing at year-end. so if you’re saving it for a family trip next summer, you’re not racing the calendar anymore.

ALSO do not panic... you don’t need to change anything today BUT if your bilt card does a lot of work for your family, check both anniversary dates this week.

full breakdown for families coming in a carousel later today.

so who’s excited ? 👇

28/10/2026

Parents: Please don’t follow these 3 things when planning your family trip for Winter Vacation! ❄️🏂🏂

Especially #2!😬

27/10/2026

business class family of 4, miles and points edition:
⛔️ i regret paying $8,000 every year for the four of us to fly economy back home to Asia.

i really thought that was the dirt cheap option.

⛔️ i regret how few photos i have from the years the four of us flew business together.

usually only one or two of us in a shot, and the kids are covering their faces. now that they’re grown, it’s so hard to get all 4 of us together.

⛔️ i regret following miles and points advice in my first year that was made for couples and solo travelers.

it didn’t fit a family of 4 stuck with fixed school holidays.

⛔️ i regret the months i spent applying for jobs after my layoff.

my mind kept drifting to points the whole time. i couldn’t even focus in the interviews.

🥹 if i can be totally honest, this is a hard post to write.

because it’s hard to regret anything when every mistake taught me something.

🌟 i don’t regret getting declined for a costco card after we moved from hong kong to the states.

that’s how a friend pointed me to my first points group.

🌟i don’t regret signing up for the cards everyone recommended. “chase cards are gold,” they said.

then i found out their points couldn’t book the airline i needed for winter break.

that mistake turned into a system i now use for every single trip to get us and plenty of families into business class to asia during school breaks.

🌟
i don’t regret volunteering in a travel group for free.

that’s where i wrote my first blog post, started helping run award travel 101, a big facebook group, and people started to know me.

🌟i don’t regret writing boring little notes on when airlines put seats out for points.

it’s why flight changes don’t make me panic anymore.

so much of miles and points is just watching patterns.

(what not to book, so you don’t waste your time.)

so it’s really hard for me to have family travel regrets.

truly grateful for it all 🙏🥹

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