How many points/miles we earned in the first half of 2023

Twice a year, we find it beneficial to tally the points we’ve earned and make sure it aligns with our earning strategy and travel goals. Here’s a breakdown of the points/miles we earned in the first 6 months of the year:

American Airlines Miles

1. 74,268 - AA Shopping Portal

2. 3,200 - Simply Miles

3. 9,089 - Paid Flights on AA

4. 1,464 - Hyatt Dual Accrual

5. 65,000 - Citi AA Business Card sign-up bonus

6. 18,457 - Citi AA Business Card Purchases

7. 687 - Bask Bank Savings (before we transferred to a different savings account)

8. 30,000 - Loyalty Choice Benefit

9. 122 - AA Dining Portal

= 202,287 American Airlines miles

AMEX Membership Rewards Points

1. 300,000 - 2 Business Platinum Sign-up bonuses

2. 75,893 - Points on purchases (mainly Business Platinum & Personal Gold)

3. 25,000 - Referral Bonuses

= 405,893 AMEX Membership Rewards Points

Chase Ultimate Rewards Points

1. 30,000 - Referral Bonuses

2. 6,109 - Points on purchases (Sapphire Preferred & Freedom Unlimited)

= 36,109 Chase Ultimate Rewards points

Hyatt points

1. 7,747 - Points on Chase World of Hyatt credit card purchases

2. 2,000 - Transfer from BILT (Account sign-up + Monthly Rent Day Trivia)

3. 881 - American Airlines Dual Accrual

4. 9,088 - Hyatt paid stays

5. 13,047 - Bonus Journeys/Special Offer Bonuses

= 32,763 Hyatt points

Capital One Miles

1. 50,000 - Referral Bonuses

2. 17,040 - Points on purchases (Capital One Venture X)

= 67,040 Capital One Miles

Hilton Honors Points

1. 165,000 - AMEX Hilton Business Card Welcome Bonus

2. 100,000 - AMEX Hilton Basic Card Welcome Bonus

3. 40,000 - Referral Bonuses

4. 28,932 - Points on purchases (AMEX Hilton Business)

= 333,932 Hilton Honors Points

Misc.

10,660 Wyndham points - 1 purchase on Wyndham shopping portal

627 Marriott points - Uber purchases

1007 Delta Skymiles - 1 flight, 1 Airbnb purchase + Starbucks purchases

440 United miles - 1 flight

1,500 Southwest miles - 2 purchases on Southwest shopping portal

Totals

For the first half of 2023, we have earned 1,092,258 points/miles. Obviously, not all of the points/miles we earned are created equal. For example, we value AMEX points at 2 cents per point, while we value Hilton points at .5 cents per point. However, we are on track to earn a similar amount of points in 2023 as we did in 2022 (2.2 million). Honestly, I think we will eclipse our point total from last year, since we have only opened 5 cards in the first six months of 2023, between Courtney and me, which is a bit under our normal average of 12 per year the past 4 years.

Your travel goals, budget and time investment are different than ours, so your miles accumulation will look different than ours. However, it’s always a beneficial exercise to tally the points you’ve earned and make sure it aligns with your earning strategy and travel goals!