But there is a school of thought that says to have 2 cards, 1 that gathers airline miles and the other that gains redeemable points.

It's like the airlines and the hotel business has switched.

Kind of like asking your flight's airline pilot to teach you to fly.Read BP posts, buy books, take action, study, talk to people, sit around courthouse observing hearings, pull case files, knock on doors, go to seminars.

His dream was to be an airline pilot, so he took General Studies in college and Air Force ROTC.  

Hello, My name is Jess and I am a newer member of BiggerPockets.I am an airline pilot has decided to expand income streams recently.

Those tasks are a lot harder to automate that looking up the price of an airline fare.

Cellphones, internet, gym memberships,airlines.

We certainly don't flow the model but by doing the southwest airline model.

I started out as a 9/11 investor, meaning I came in as an airline pilot after 9/11 with no idea what to do and how to do it.

Not sure what you choices are.. but Alaska airline rewards never expire.. as long as you remain active once in a 36 month period.. you could not pay me to fly southwest  LOL.. they don't partner with anyone.. and in my mind you only get travel rewards if your going to use them for vacations.. to awesome destinations not to save 125 bucks on southwest.. but that's just my thoughts on it as a mileage junkie..