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Hottest bachelor. We know he had the moves on magic mike. But first the nightline 5. Youre about to meet a man who travels all over the world, often first class, and almost always for free. And he says anyone can do it. So how can you take that summer trip for next to nothing . Listen up, heres abcs Rebecca Jarvis. Reporter how would you like to take a Summer Vacation to hawaii for just 5 . Or what about flying first class to paris on a free flight . Sound too good to be true . Greg podway calls himself a travel hacker and says he hasnt paid for a flight in three years. Today hes agreed to show nightline how he does it. Its being able to say, theres powder in colorado this weekend, lets go skiing, done. Reporter as millions of americans hit the road and sky this summer, we invited bryce to a travel challenge. 12 hours to fly himself to a destination of our choosing. Can he get himself to ft. Lauderdale, florida, have lunch on the beach, and get back for absolutely nothing . And along the way, he agreed to show us his secrets. So what exactly is travel hacking . Travel hacking is a method of earning a lot of frequent flyer miles through things like credit card signups and special promotions and using those miles to book really cheap trips. Reporter for many earning free travel requires racking up frequent flyer miles the oldfashioned way, by flying. But for bryce, thats for suckers. Bryce does all this by signing up for credit cards that come with large rewards. As well as seeking out littleknown offers. Bryce told Us United Airlines publishes their lastminute deals on monday for travel the following weekend. Last week, we spotted a weekend trip to new york from greensboro, north carolina, at an 88 dispoint. Nice to meet you. How much would this normally cost . To rent a car to take three people to the airport . 60 bucks, 70 bucks, maybe. I wouldnt know because i dont do it too often. Reporter a 70 private car, totally free. Bryce tells us he scores 30 credit every time a friend or Family Member signs up for the Service Using his referral code online. Hi, how are you . Thank you so much. Are you the guy whos asking your friends to punch in codes all the time . I am, i am. Im shameless when it comes to that. Reporter at the airport these frequent flyers navigate past huge crowds by signing up for the Delta Skymiles card, bryce gets priority access and free checked bags. More savings, 45. Destination . Ft. Lauderdale, florida. In this first class cabin we found passengers paying 500, 600, 1,000 for tickets. My ticket was 550. My ticket was literally free. So was my breakfast. Reporter using this new barclays card, bryce was able to redeem 40,000 miles for a roundtrip ticket in first class on delta, a savings of 570. Last year alone i earned over 1 million frequent flyer miles sitting on my couch. Reporter bryce says its not about being rich. Its not something exclusive to higher incomes either. As long as you have a decent credit score and can manage that and stay on top of it, anyone can do it. His secret, credit cards. I have 23 credit cards. 23 . 23, yeah. Reporter what financial effect do all those cards have . His credit score actually increased after signing up for the cards. Its not that having 50 credit cards is in and of itself a bad thing. But of course you want to be responsible with those cards. You could lose your job or you could just have a bad day and want to shop. If youve got access to all this credit, that can be a pretty dangerous situation. Reporter bryce says the best cards for earning miles come with a big signup bonus. Enough to help you kick start your travel plans. He recommends chase sapphire preferred with 40,000 points. And this Southwest Airlines visa with 50,000 points. We soon trade those cloudy skies of new york for the sunny beaches of florida. While our trip was just a day, if youre looking to spend the night, bryce says check out airbnb or craigslist with great lodging deals that often undercut hotels during the busy Summer Travel season. We made it, a quick trip. Were here and its all free. For you. It is all free, yes. Were looking for a table for two. Come on in. Actually, make it three. Reporter at lunch, bryce finds ways to score even more miles. How does the venue look . Pretty good. Are you really thinking about whats on the menu . Are you thinking about the points . Im always thinking about the points. First of all, when you pay for anything with a credit card you earn rewards points. Then they have dining clubs that you can sign up and register your credit card to, turn points above and beyond what youd normally earn. I looked it up. This cafe were in is a member of the united mileage plus dining program. The oasis cafe in ft. Lauderdale . Youd be surprised how many of them are in there. Reporter because bryce signed up on rewardsnetwork. Com, he was able to score a bonus of 170 miles. If he dines out three times a week, hell score an extra roundtrip ticket in just one year. It never stops . It never stops and thats how youre able to take trips to ft. Lauderdale for free just for lunch. Reporter travel experts say all these perks may soon become a thing of the past. How much are frequent flyer miles changing . Theyre changing a lot. In the last year or so, airlines have really started tweaking with their frequent flyer programs and theyve devalued the miles across the board. Reporter just this year, delta announced it would be changing its entire program. Instead of earning miles by how far you fly, delta will be rewarding based on how much you spend. It really prioritizes people that are spending money on business and first class tickets, not so much those of us that are sitting in the back of the plane. Reporter frequent flyer like bryce say there will always be ways to game the system. And it is a competition, after all. So what is the final total . My travel costs 650 for airfare and 90 for the rental car. A total of 740. Across the board, bryce was able to get his trip for a steal. The private car was free through credit. His airfare cost nothing by using 40,000 miles. All bryce paid were taxes and fees, totaling 35. A savings of 710. So youre doing all this work. Thats right. Why not just put money down every now and then . As you saw when we talked to the folks at the airport, they paid about 1,000 each to come here. We were able to fly to ft. Lauderdale, just for lunch, just to put our feet in the sand. I cant imagine this not being worth it. This would have been worth 1,000. The fact that were here for free makes it that much better. It feels like a race against time to get these miles. Get the miles now and also use them now. Because everything is going to be changing in the next few years. Reporter and bryce is certainly taking that advice. A few days after our travel challenge, bryce sent these photos celebrating his honeymoon in hawaii. Total air care fost . 20. Im Rebecca Jarvis in ft. Lauderdale, florida. Next, they claim to be miracle workers. But are they promising the impossible . Fill their bowl with the meaty tastes theyre looking for, with friskies grillers. Tender meaty pieces and crunchy bites. In delicious chicken, beef, turkey, and garden veggie flavors. Friskies grillers. Finally, the purple pill, the 1 prescribed acid blocking brand. Comes without a prescription for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection. Nexium level protection. When folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. But the energy bp produces up here creates Something Else as well jobs all over america. Engineering and innovation jobs. Advanced Safety Systems technology. Shipping and manufacturing. 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Reporter faith can be intoxicating. It can fill the sick and suffering with an improbable hope that a 10yearold will heal them with a simple touch. Aleni santos, better known as the little missionary, has been drawing believers to her dads church since the tender age of 3. Including daniel nesak, who was shot in the head during a war halfway around the world, leaving the left side of his body partially paralyzed. After years of painful operations and therapy, daniel is desperate for a miracle. So he traveled halfway across the world to brazil where child healers are only part of a growing chorus of selfanointed miracle workers. Fueling an explosive Spiritual Movement 44 million followers strong. Evangelical christianity is the fastestgrowing religion in brazil. And its seriously threatening the Catholic Churchs historical dominance in the country. But with millions of souls and millions in donations at stake, critics say many bogus merchants of faith are turning huge profits with false promises. Pastor eduardo is apparently a man of many talents. He wont just exorcise your inner demons, he also offers couples counseling. And even chiropractic care. I asked him if he thinks the Catholic Church can compete with his brand of christianity. And it turns out that gift is the only qualification he actually needs. Anyone can become a pastor . Anyone can become a pastor. Anyone can open a church . Can open a church. Reporter the professor studies the business of of churches in brazil. He explains that enterprising evangelical pastors benefit from its total lack of regulation, and he says that many pastors lure new worshippers with visions of prosperity and health. At pastor arudas church, no matter how shameless the pit pitch believers line up to grease his palms with an offering. And in return he greases theirs with a splash of his own special holy oil. Members of these evangelical churches typically hand over 10 to 30 of their salary, not including offerings at mass. Its a very informal business. Because the money just goes directly from the wallets of the member to the wallets of the pastor of the church. So theres no control over the money . Theres no control over the money. Reporter he says thats made salvation a booming business. And nowhere is the growth more apparent than in this city. This is the main street here in this neighborhood, and weve been here about five minutes. Weve seen over ten churches. By some estimates the city has more churches per square mile than anywhere necessarily latin america. With this much competition everybodys trying to find a gillic to stand out. Its here we first meet aleni, the citys most popular child healer. This is her dad, pastor adelta santos. Do you think there are a lot of people that are skeptical about this, they think its not possible that a 10yearold, through her touch or her words, is able to be curing diseases like cancer and aids . He tells me critics will never believe. Seeing it is simply not enough. He says the moment a person receives the healing, theyll start to believe. And for years, those believers have knocked to his church with terminal conditions. But none, he says, are too severe for aleni. Shes become a local celebrity here. Appearing on talk shows with her dad. He even hosts an Internet Radio show with listeners from around the globe. What do you feel when youre curing people . [ speaking Foreign Language ] reporter at church alenis dad warms up the crowd. As daniel, the partially paralyzed gunshot victim, waits by anxiously. [ speaking Foreign Language ] reporter and after receiving donations, he calls the ill and suffering to the front. For daniel, this is the end of a long odyssey that began in a croatian war zone. [ speaking Foreign Language ] reporter and with that aleni works the line as she has hundreds of times before. All in perfect sync. As pastor santos tests alenis miracle, daniel seems to be surrounded by success. Then he asks daniel to grip the mike stand with his paralyzed hand. His hand never opens. Afterwards, daniel isnt disappointed. How do you feel now . I feel okay. I feel good. I feel warm at heart. I think i tried to open my heart. Did anything change in you physically . Are you able to i have no, i think it didnt change physically much. Reporter hes not the only one with mixed results. That woman who miraculously walked . Only moments later, limping in pain. A lot of the people that came here today truly believed they were going to leave this store, leave the church, and be completely cured, yet that was not the case. The pastor tells me even though many are cured instantly, others experience gradual results. So you dont think youre giving people false hope or false promise in this. No. Reporter he tells me no, this is about faith, and he doesnt expect everyone to believe. But daniel for one is Still Holding out hope for a full recovery. For nightline, im marianna van zollen. Ever wonder what its like to date people magazines hottest bachelor . Newly crowned Joe Manganello reveals how he woulds the ladies. Youve reached the age where youve learned a thing or two. This is the age of knowing what youre made of. So why let erectile dysfunction get in your way . Talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. Ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain. It may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. 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He had tried out for the show himself, and i had just moved to new york last year on christmas eve, and he thought that i was smart, but apparently not smart enough to have stable income for the rent. Yeah, so. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. How many months are you behind . Thats what i need to know. Uh, no comment. Im actually just about to sign a new lease, so i hope he doesnt see this before i sign it, or else it might be a little high. Yeah, right. Yeah, he wants you to win some money. He like, you cant keep paying me in vodka, you know. Ill give you manhattan prices. Yeah. [laughs] all right, man, well, good. Maybe we gonna help you out here today, man. I hope so. We want you to win a little money, ryan. So here we go. Lets see the money we have for you in round 1