While April didn’t bring us warm weather, it did at least melt our Snountain and yield a month of extremely low spending. Our most significant purchases were two round-trip flights to North Carolina to visit Mr. Frugalwoods’ family in June to celebrate his youngest sibling’s high school graduation. This is a perfect example of spending on our values.
We’re happy to buy those tickets since it’s an opportunity to spend quality time with family during a celebratory event. Although we do travel hack to some extent, and we have plenty of miles to burn, we learned from Brad at Richmond Savers that when we’re able to find flights that cheap ($179/person), it’s a better value to spend the money than redeem the points. So, we’ll save our points for a longer, more expensive trip. No sense in redeeming points for a poor redemption rate. Sidenote: if you even think you want to get into travel hacking, check out Richmond Savers–the dude knows more about the topic than anyone I’ve ever met (and he’s a super nice guy to boot!).
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