{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-daily.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F20210221-O_wui9Q0","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Turned Credit Card Points Into an Empire’","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7f2f4c05-9c2f-4deb-82b7-b538062bc22d/73549bf1-94b3-40ff-8aeb-b4054848ec1b/the-daily-album-art-original.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/6469a9ab-ada9-4636-87c8-d0f217580c16\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Turned Credit Card Points Into an Empire’\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In recent years, travel — cheap travel, specifically — has boomed. Like all booms it has its winners (including influencers and home-sharing platforms like Airbnb) and its losers (namely locals and the environment). Somewhere in that mix is The Points Guy, Brian Kelly, who runs a blog that helps visitors navigate the sprawling, knotty and complex world of travel and credit card rewards.\n\nToday on The Sunday Read, a look at the life and business of Mr. Kelly, a man who goes on vacation for a living."}