# #20: A beginner miles/points trick that got me a free ticket to London!

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Published: 2025-11-18T19:30:00+00:00
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Join the Training for Translators mailing list at https://www.trainingfortranslators.com/ ! In this episode, I describe a pretty basic miles and points trick (earning the Amex Blue Business Plus welcome bonus and transferring the Amex points to Virgin Atlantic) that got me a free ticket to London for my summer vacation. If you'd like to read this as a blog post or follow any of the links in it, here you go: https://www.trainingfortranslators.com/2025/11/13/ot-a-beginner-miles-points-trick-that-got-me-a-free-ticket-to-london/

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