Points & Miles for Beginners
You Don't Need to Learn Everything About Points & Miles.
You Need to Learn the Right Things—in the Right Order.
Basic Training Is Now Open!
Learn how to earn, use, and maximize points & miles — without the overwhelm.
Simply Points Travel™ Basic Training walks you through the points & miles process step-by-step, from choosing the right cards and earning points to transferring them and booking travel. Self guided digital training - Save your progress
Founding Price
Basic Training — $19
One-time payment. No subscription.
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Complete course • Downloadable cheat sheets • Award booking strategies
Why We Created Basic Training
Travel has always been a big part of my life. My mom was a flight attendant for 50 years, so growing up, we could fly almost anywhere for free. Then I “aged out”... and suddenly I had to actually pay for flights. Yikes.
For years, we simply didn't travel that much. With three kids, the cost of taking a family of five anywhere added up FAST.
Then I discovered points & miles.
After I booked my first trip with points, I was hooked—not because I needed a new hobby, but because I realized this could completely change how our family traveled.
And it did.
Since then, we've used points to travel all over the world, fly to our kids' sporting events, and even sneak away for monthly date-night “staycations.” Trips that once felt too expensive suddenly became possible.
But learning all of this took time. There was SO much information, so many rules, and way too many acronyms.
That's why I created Basic Training. It's the course I wish I'd had when I started—the important stuff, explained simply, in the order you actually need it.
No points PhD required. 😉
There's Plenty of Free Points & Miles Advice. So Why Basic Training?
We know there's no shortage of free points & miles information online. In fact, we offer plenty of it ourselves.
But more information doesn't always make things clearer.
A lot of points & miles content assumes you already know the basics, jumps quickly into advanced strategies, or gives you dozens of options without telling you what a beginner should actually do first.
That's where Basic Training is different.
We take the information that matters most, put it in a logical order, and walk you through it step by step, including what we recommend, what we'd avoid, and why.
The goal isn't to teach you everything about points & miles. It's to teach you enough to know what to do next, and to get you on your way to your first free vacation!
What You'll Learn
We'll take you from the fundamentals of earning points all the way through searching, transferring and booking your first points trip.
Learn the process once. Use it again and again.
Basic Training Costs Money. But What You Learn Could Save You Thousands.
We know paying for a course about saving money on travel might seem a little backwards.
But learning how to earn the right points, find better redemption opportunities, use transfer partners and book strategically will save far more than the cost of Basic Training.
Here's one example from our own travels:
That's roughly $8,500 we didn't spend on travel, because we knew how to use points!
Not every trip will produce savings like this, and award availability and redemption values vary, but you don't need to save $8,500 on every trip for Basic Training to pay for itself.
If what you learn helps you avoid one poor redemption, find a better award, or save even a few hundred dollars on a trip, the value of that knowledge can quickly exceed what you paid for the course.
Tools You'll Keep Using
Basic Training also includes practical resources to help you put what you've learned into action:
- Award Search Guide
- Airline Alliance Cheat Sheet
- Transfer Partner Resources
- Shopping Portal Guide
- Points & Card Trackers
- Points & Miles Value Calculator
- Travel Planning Resources
Think of it as your points & miles reference library—there whenever you need it.
30-Day 100% Money-Back Guarantee
We want you to feel confident that Basic Training was worth your investment. Go through the course, and if you don't feel you received genuine value, simply contact us within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.