Guest appearance on the Personal Finance For PhDs Podcast!
In the episode, I cover how to get into the world of miles and points as a grad student.
I had the opportunity to be a guest on the Personal Finance for PhDs Podcast and I’m excited to share that the episode is now out! Linked here:
Some tricks I highlighted in the episode (with prior posts if I’ve covered it):
Chase Sapphire Preferred: Best Grad Student Travel Card:
In the episode I talk about 60,000 being a common offer on the Chase Sapphire Preferred but lucky for us, there is a 100,000 point sign up offer on the card now!
There is a full post coming later this week on the ins/outs of this card and how to maximize it for Hyatt stays or business class flights but for now, this is a great offer and I’ll link my referral code here.
Your best value here is transferring Chase points to Hyatt or airline partners where 100,000 points could get you anywhere from 2 nights at Hyatt’s best properties that routinely exceed $1000/night (like the Park Hyatt Paris) or 4 nights at some amazing luxury hotels like the Grand Hyatt Washington DC (which I stayed at last year for cherry blossom season in DC!)
Below I’ll link to the two posts that include most of the information that I reference in the podcast episode:
Travel Hacks for University of California Graduate Students: Discounts You Didn’t Know About
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Why I recommend staying at hotels for conferences if possible
Why Graduate Students Shouldn't Stay at Airbnbs for Conferences
When graduate students attend conferences, they often gravitate toward Airbnb. I frequently hear them talk about splitting a nice place with others for $100 to $200 a night. Their reasoning? It’s cheaper than the conference hotel.