Best tools to use when redeeming rewards for a flight
Turning points and miles into free flights is a lot easier with the right tools.
8 min read
Apr 23, 2024
Ariana Arghandewal
Contributor, Personal Finance
EXPERTISE
- Personal finance
- Credit cards
- Rewards credit cards
- Travel credit cards
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Southern California
Ariana Arghandewal is a contributor to Bankrate covering personal finance, credit cards, rewards credit cards and travel credit cards. 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. She 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.
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