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All the Hacks · Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Hutchins Notes Significant Increase in Points Accumulation in Recent Year

Chris Hutchins observed a substantial acceleration in his points accumulation in the most recent year, describing it as a "huge inflection." He attributes this to a combination of managing business expenses and obtaining employee and business cards, creating significant opportunities for point earning.

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“And then I like, watched the progression of points and it's like, it was kind of like very steady growth. And then in 2020,5something. It was a huge inflection.”
“I know, I know. That's why I was like, if I look at the inflection on the points accumulation, like the only time the curve actually started going like linearly up was last year.”
“What happened last year? I think last year, some combo of like figuring out lots of business expenses, getting like employee and business cards, like there was just a lot of stuff and opportunity last year that led to a lot more points.”
Heard on All the Hacks — “Turning the Tables: My Approach to Points, Miles and Travel”, published Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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