--> I always believed that taking our family of 5 to Hawaii would be impossible. After researching loads of overwhelming points earning sites I decided to give it a try. I ended up saving over $7000 using credit card sign up bonuses. This blog post is LONG because I wanted to go into detail so it would be an easy idea to copy for anyone who wanted to try this free travel tactic. I had heard of people using rewards points to pay for trips but never understood how people could earn enough points if they weren’t traveling ALL THE TIME for business. After a little research I decided to give it a try. My goal was pretty lofty. I wanted to pay for the entire trip with points (just to say that I did)! I wasn’t able to do that but got pretty close! --> I started exactly 14 months before the trip would take place. The most important thing I did was picking the exact trip I was working towards before I started figuring out my plan. Some of my choic...