7 of the best ways to use points and miles for travel
Learn more about how you can use points and miles to save money on travel.
6 min read
Mar 21, 2023
EXPERTISE
- Personal finance
- Credit cards
- Travel rewards
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, University of Southern California
Highlights
- Ten years of experience writing about personal finance and travel rewards for publications like Business Insider, FlyerTalk, Fodor’s, Forbes Advisor, NerdWallet, The Points Guy and U.S. News Travel.
- Founder of Pointchaser, one of USA Today’s 10 Best Points and Miles Blogs of 2017.
- Served as an editor at FlyerTalk, NerdWallet and The Points Guy.
Experience
Ariana Arghandewal is a personal finance expert specializing in credit cards and travel rewards. She is passionate about helping people leverage credit card rewards to realize their travel goals. After a fateful 2012 trip to the Middle East, she began leveraging credit card rewards to earn millions of airline miles in order to travel the world.
In 2012 Ariana founded Pointchaser, an award-winning blog, and has since worked as an editor at Flyertalk, NerdWallet and The Points Guy. Her work has also appeared in Forbes, Fodor's Travel, and U.S. News Weekly.
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