Ep. 33: Traveling to 7 Continents in 3 months with Jackie Swayze

Today we are chatting with Jackie Swayze from @maximizingmypto, who is a speaker at the Bougie in a Backpack Virtual Travel Summit. Jackie is currently on a journey to travel to all 7 continents in 3 months, and currently in her last continent, Antartica! She is speaking at the travel summit about 7 lessons she's learned from traveling to all seven continents. In this episode we chat about:

• How Jackie got started with the Southwest Companion Pass, points, and miles
• The easy and hard ways to earn companion pass
• Strategies for traveling while working a 9-5
• How she managed to plan a 7 continent trip
• How much it costs to travel to Antarctica
• What to look for when booking a trip to Antarctica
• How to negotiate out of additional credit card fees when booking through a travel agent

..and more!

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