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Welcome to Points Pursuit, our summer series where we gave five team members 24 hours and $500 to earn as many miles and points as possible. The goal: claim bragging rights over the rest of the team and answer the question…how many points can you earn from $500? Our first contestant is Sam — so let’s head to Buffalo, New York, and kick off this wild adventure!

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0:00-Welcome to Points Pursuit
0:21-Morning Stops
2:46-Budget Check-In
3:38-Our Hotel...
5:36-Room Tour
7:15-Coffee Confessions
9:54-Final Spend
11:33-Points Total