My epic Utah trip + your ski trip with points.

I’m just getting back from a week in Utah.

It was awesome.

We had plenty of points to go to all kinds of foreign/exoctic locations, but we chose Utah.

Why?

• My wife’s very pregnant & didn’t want to leave the country.

• Utah people are the nicest in the world.

• Utah is awesome.

In today’s newsletter, I’ll break down some of our trip and share with you some scouting I did for all of you on how to book an epic ski trip at one of Utah’s world-class resorts with your points.

Even if you don’t ski/snowboard, are you really not interested in experiencing winter like THIS?

Colin takes on Utah:

Flights:

• My wife & daughter had 2 Southwest flight credits lying around so we used those for their flights.

• I transferred 19,000 Chase points to Southwest to book my roundtrip flights.

• We took 3 checked bags, a carry-on, a carseat, and a stroller. Southwest is wonderful. Flights were early every time.

Lodging:

• While we were looking at the Hyatt Place/Hyatt House Provo, we opted for an Airbnb so we could cook, have more space, and be more comfortable.

• Check out where we stayed!

The best part of our Airbnb? You walked right out to this park:

Mountain views were insane. Everywhere.

Very simple but functional place:

I’d highly recommend this Airbnb & our host Steven!

Some of the cool things we did:

• Drove the Alpine Loop

• Went to a year-round Christmas shop in Midway, Utah.

• Went to Park City, Utah.

• Went to Tibble Fork Reservoir.

• Successfully hiked with a 2.5 year old.

Colors were amazing! I 100% recommend Utah for your next trip as a family.

Your Utah Ski Trip

Utah has world-class skiing.

Here’s a helpful map of the best resorts:

It’s crazy how close the resorts are to the city/airport. SO much closer than Denver.

Here’s how I book a Utah ski trip with points & miles:

Flights:

If you aren’t’ doing everything possible to get Amex points with the new Alaska news, I’m not sure what you’re doing.

• Amex Gold Card.

• Amex Platinum Card.

I can fly from Fort Wayne, IN to SLC for only 10k points one-way:

Fly from the East Coast for only 12.5k one-way:

And for my Texas people:

Other good ways to book flights to SLC:

• Southwest Flights

  • SW Rapid Rewards

• United Flights

  • Transfer to Avianca Life Miles

  • Transfer to Air Canada

• Delta Flights

  • Delta SkyMiles

  • Transfer to Virgin Atlantic

Hotels:

This is where you will save big. Hotels in the ski areas are wildly expensive.

I got to scout out a Hyatt property that’s still under construction - the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley.

It looks unreal.

Park City area has two excellent options to get a TON of value from Hyatt points:

Stay at the Hyatt Place to save money/points, then ball out for a night or 2 at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley.

Now, like Disney tickets, you can’t use points to buy lift tickets - be prepared to shell out for those - but, if you don’t have to pay for flights or hotels, you have a lot more to work with!

I hope this helps as you consider planning a ski trip for this winter.

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