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Why Pay for Travel -- Use Your FICO Score Instead -- Like Johnny Depth
So many hacks, so little time

✈️ Johnny Depth Doesn’t Use Cash to Travel — He Uses His FICO Score
Recently I had a conversation with the esteemed Johnny Depth. He just returned back from Europe and Asia and the best part, he traveled for free and in luxury too. He shared just a few of his travel hacks with me and I’m sharing them with you. We don’t have room here to share them all but if you want his top 5 hacks, simply reply to this email and we’ll get them out to you right away.
💎 Card #1: The Platinum Standard
💰 Bonus: 150,000 points if approved and meet spend
🏆 Perks:
Centurion Lounge access (aka VIP airport luxury)
5x points on flights & hotels
Global Entry + CLEAR credit
Elite status with Hilton & Marriott
$200 airline fee credit
👑 Johnny's Move:
On a recent trip from Madrid to Bangkok, Johnny booked a one-way ticket on Qatar Airways — voted the world’s #1 airline — entirely on points.
He sipped top-shelf champagne, knocked back caviar, and carved into aged tenderloin at 35,000 feet.
All while stretched out in a lie-flat suite, smirking at the suckers back in row 46.
Total cash cost: $0.00.
🟨 Card #2: Gold Is the New Black
💰 Bonus: 100,000 points
🍽️ Perks:
4x points at restaurants & supermarkets
$120 annual dining credit
No foreign transaction fees
Travel-friendly, lifestyle-focused
🍷 Johnny’s Move:
He booked a round-trip from JFK to Madrid using Amex points — then floated home in Air France Business Class.
Not quite as plush as Qatar, but luxurious all the same:
He held an impromptu Bordeaux tasting, enjoyed a salad so fresh it could’ve been grown onboard, and feasted on a decadent chicken cordon bleu.
Afterward? He curled up in a lie-flat bed, dreaming about his next escape — all on points, of course.
💼 Stop Using Cash. Start Using Strategy.
Got a good FICO score and still flying economy?
Johnny thinks that’s adorable.