[INTERVIEW] Jean-Maximilien Voisine, President and Founding father of Milesopedia

At this time, we proceed celebrating the lead as much as our 10 year anniversary later this year by interviewing one other particular visitor, Jean-Maximilien Voisine, President and Founding father of Milesopedia. A couple of days in the past, we featured the OG in the Canadian miles and points world. Now we're that includes the OG French Canadian blogger. Since then, Milesopedia has grown to a lot extra, in addition to providing content material in French and in English. Their progress has been such an inspiration to us and pushing us to maintain going. Thanks Jean-Maximilien for taking the time to reply our questions and look ahead to additional progress.

1) Please inform us about your self and your function with Milesopedia?

My identify is Jean-Maximilien Voisine, and I'm the president and founding father of Milesopedia.com. Earlier than transferring to Canada from France twelve years in the past, I used to be already captivated with every thing associated to journey, together with airways and loyalty packages. One humorous instance: earlier than transferring to Canada, I maximized my spending on my Amex Flying Blue Playing cards in France to Fly Enterprise Class within the nostril of an Air France 747 (for the Avgeek expertise) whereas bringing as a lot baggage as attainable (3 x 32 kg x 2 individuals)! As you'll be able to see, like Obelix, I fell into the magic potion of factors after I was younger!

2) How and why did Milesopedia get began?

I began Milesopedia in 2015 after I realized there was no French-language web site on Miles & Factors in Canada. Initially, it was a younger father’s pastime (the primary model of the weblog was launched throughout my paternity depart). Then, regularly, the visitors grew, permitting me to dedicate myself full-time to Milesopedia. And simply earlier than the pandemic, it grew to become a household enterprise when my spouse Audrey joined me within the journey. Now, we're 11 full-time workers to run Milesopedia.com and our Community of Sub-Associates!

3) What's Milesopedia about?

On Milesopedia, an completely bilingual website, you will discover all the most recent information on rewards packages, bank cards and journey from a Canadian perspective (with a francophone contact). In addition to a complete bank card comparability software, a free weekly publication and plenty of instruments that will help you put together to your journey, together with lots of of lodge, airline and vacation spot evaluations. It’s not sufficient to clarify learn how to earn factors; we additionally present learn how to redeem them at the very best worth! Lastly, Milesopedia can be a neighborhood of greater than 20,000 members in our personal group, who assist one another day by day. Our neighborhood is well-known for its respect and courtesy!
Throughout the pandemic, we re-invented our enterprise mannequin. Whereas journey was now not a development, we wrote extra about on a regular basis packages to assist our neighborhood. And we designed our bank card comparability software and licenced it as a white-label software for media companions similar to Protégez-Vous, L’Actualité, Noovo Moi or FrançoisCharron.com.

4) What have you ever been engaged on that we will look ahead to with Milesopedia?

At this time, greater than 15 companions have joined the Milesopedia Community (and now we have as many on the ready listing)! So, we don’t solely attain individuals taken with travelling but in addition individuals taken with saving cash day by day with factors: newcomers, college students, younger professionals, households, and retirees! Within the coming months, you'll be able to count on extra content material (particularly on our Instagram & YouTube accounts), extra interactive instruments for our readers, and an growth of our actions exterior of Canada! Keep tuned.

5) As we talked about in our current refresh put up, you're considered one of our inspirations to maintain going the previous 10 years. Do you've any ideas for us as we embark on our subsequent 10 years?

I keep in mind assembly you, Matt, at one of many first pan-Canadian factors occasions, Points University, in 2016. Whereas Miles & Factors web sites have proliferated over the previous decade, many have gone out of enterprise. That’s not the case with Pointshogger, which has made a reputation for itself, together with interviews with industry leaders. So preserve doing what you’re doing whereas sustaining the identical ardour!

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