#5 - Credit Cards, Travel, and Points with Zach Griff

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Zach Griff is one of the original travel influencers with 139K followers on Instagram and is a Senior Reporter for The Points Guy where he talks about travel, airlines, credit cards, points, and miles. If you want to know more about any of these topics, this one is for you. Zach is very transparent and goes into detail about what he actually uses in his everyday life. He gives really great recommendations on credit cards and travel, you don’t want to miss it. Interview with Zach starts at 3:18 and the timestamps are below:

3:18 interview begins

4:04 Zach’s most recent trip

7:35 Zach shares how he got started as a travel influencer

11:02 We talk about The Points Guy

12:53 We talk about Zach’s Instagram account

15:59 If you came for travel recommendations, start here. Zach gives advice on traveling for work and choosing an airline

18:15 Zach tells us how to pick an airline to star with 19:30 I naively ask Zach what points are used for

21:08 Zach shares his favorite airline

23:54 Zach explains airline perks

25:13 If you came for credit card recommendations, start here. Zach shares what credit cards he has and what he recommends

30:48 We talk about AMEX

31:58 Zach shares the credit cards you should get

32:46 The simplest card to get

33:44 The first card to get

35:56 The amount of credit cards to have

37:30 The hotels to stay at while traveling

38:28 We talk about BILT

40:50 We talk about travel insurance

42:22 Zach shares what he looks for on a plane

43:23 Zach tells us what he always travels with

46:22 We talk about Zach’s favorite NYC airport

47:12 Zach’s recommendations for traveling on a budget

48:20 We talk about Spirit and Frontier

48:58 We talk about losing luggage

50:04 Zach shares his favorite travel locations

51:25 Zach gives recs for a guys trip

52:25 Zach gives recs for a trip with a significant other

53:12 We talk about the craziest perks he’s received

54:19 Zach shares his day-to-day as a senior reporter at the points guy

55:33 Zach shares how early he recommends getting to the airport before a flight

57:29 We talk about what to do if you miss a flight

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