Category: Earning Points
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It’s Go Time: Earn BOGO Flights for 2026 and 2027 with the Southwest Companion Pass
Author’s Note I’m republishing this post with updates for October 2025, in light of the current best-ever offer on the Southwest Performance Business card. This is the easiest path to the companion pass that we’ve seen all year, but hurry–this offer ends October 22nd. Tl;dr: One of the best deals in award travel, the Southwest…
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American Airlines Flights, Booked Three Ways: New Credit Card Welcome Offers
If you’re loyal to American Airlines, then this is a great time for you! Here are three outstanding welcome offers that allow you to book AA flights in three different ways. Barclays Aviator Red What’s unusual about this card is the minimum spend requirement: there is none. While most credit cards require you to spend…
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A Love Letter to My Venture X
Update 7/3/25: Capital One has broken my heart by announcing that they will severely restrict lounge access for Venture X cardholders starting February 1st, 2026. As of that date, cardholders will not be entitled to any free guests for either Capital One lounges or Priority Pass lounges. Additionally, authorized users will no longer enjoy free…
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My Favorite Chase Card (HINT: It’s Not the Sapphire Preferred)
The Chase Sapphire cards are arguably the most popular credit cards on the market. The Sapphire Preferred is almost universally recommended as the starter travel card, and more frequent travelers often rely on the Sapphire Reserve for lounge access and travel insurance. (Though there’s another card that provides both of these things with better value,…
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2024 Year in Review and 2025 Goals
On this, the last day of 2024, it’s time to take stock of my year in award travel. My goal with this post is to be totally transparent about how I, a normal person, went from zero to $60,000 in travel in the space of less than a year. Here are all the cards we…
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When Travel Hands You Lemons, Make Lemonade: Requesting Compensation
Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong, will. While I’m not so much of a pessimist as to apply this to travel writ large, it is true that the more you travel, the more chances there are for travel mishaps. Fortunately, there are things you can do to mitigate your losses when travel…
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Yes, You Can Qualify for Business Credit Cards
Pop Quiz Why Should You Care about Business Cards? Business credit cards are key to supercharging your points and miles earning. Some of the most rewarding cards are business cards; sign-up bonuses for some of the most popular business cards have reached 100,000, 200,000, and even 250,000 points in recent months. Additionally, business credit cards…
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My First Three Cards: How I Bucked Conventional Wisdom and Why I’d Do It All Over Again
Given the plethora of travel credit cards on the market, it’s somewhat surprising that there is almost universal consensus among points and miles people about how people new to the hobby should begin. I’m leaving out a lot of detail and nuance here, but to simplify: I didn’t do it this way! Here are the…
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