Points & Booking Tools
Recommended tools for the astute travel hacker
All of these tools are very functional, even if you don’t get the paid versions. I personally subscribe to Seats.Aero and I may add TripIt if I book a complex international trip. 1. Travel Freely - Free. If you are going to pursue this hobby, you need to be

Credit Bureaus That Banks Use to Approve Consumer Credit Cards
This is a work in progress as the banks can shift what bureaus they use (I just had BofA hit Experian last week when they had normally hit Transunion in the past). Apparently, the banks can shift their inquiries based on location and which card is being applied for. So

