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Get a Points-and-Miles Consultation with Me — While Supporting Points for Peace

Brian Kelly
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Brian Kelly is the CEO of The Points Guy. Need I say more?
June 30, 2016
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Get a Points-and-Miles Consultation with Me — While Supporting Points for Peace
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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – The Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express, Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express

Update: The consultations sold out quickly! Thanks to all for supporting Points for Peace.

I've been using Membership Rewards points since the '90s when I used to book my dad's work travel and use his points for family vacations. Now, they're my top points balance because I put a huge amount of business spend on my Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN and all of our company flights on the Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express. So, when Amex reached out to me to be a part of its 25th anniversary celebration of Membership Rewards, I couldn't resist — especially since my participation will benefit our Points for Peace initiative, which educates youth around the world using the teachings of 13 Nobel Peace Prize winners.

With Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee at the Ghana PeaceJam event.

As part of the 25th anniversary, Amex will be offering 25 unique ways to redeem your Membership Rewards points, and one of them will be a 30-minute Skype session with me (five packages will be offered)! You can choose to go over your points strategy, review your credit cards, plan a trip, talk about general travel tips and tricks — you name it. I'll be doing prep work before the Skype to help you become a better traveler, and I can guarantee we'll have fun on the call. I'll also be sending special TPG swag bags to those who purchase these packages, and you'll be on our VIP reader list so you can attend events that we host all around the world.

The cost is 50,000 Amex Membership Rewards points and 100% of those proceeds will be donated to PeaceJam through the Points for Peace campaign — of which, we've already raised $205,030 and close to 550,000 miles and points. These points and funds go directly toward youth education in Guatemala, Ghana, South Africa, India and East Timor. I just got back from the Ghana trip with Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee, and I can't put into words how incredible it was and how much this program impacts these young peoples' lives.

PeaceJam conferences help youth become leaders through the teachings of Nobel laureates like Leymah Gbowee.

I realize 50,000 points is no small amount, but my hope is that the learnings will set you up for a stronger lifetime of earning. And just remember, those points will help kids in the developing world become the leaders that their communities so desperately need.