While most people save up Marriott Bonvoy points for hotel stays, the program allows you to transfer points to 41 airline partners across all major alliances. The transfer ratio is 3:1 in most cases, with a 5,000-mile bonus for every 60,000 points transferred. Many of these frequent flyer programs are also transfer partners of competing …
29 Early Retirement Tips, Strategies, Tricks and Hacks
These tips and tricks could have you out of the workforce quicker than you think.
This story originally appeared on NewRetirement.
Early retirement is a dream for many Americans, but one that few are sure they’ll be able to reach. In fact, the Boston College Center for Retirement Research has found that the average retirement age has actually risen to 65.7 for college-educated men and 62.8 for college-educated women (while remaining at around 62 for high school graduates).
So, is the secret to early retirement tip to skip college and retire by 62? Mmmm … no. (There are quite a few dynamics contributing to those different average retirement ages mainly forced retirement because of the difficulty of the work and they don’t reflect whether the retirees are actually prepared for a secure future or not.)