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Is the Atmos Summit Card Worth the $395 Annual Fee? My Renewal Decision
Once you fall down the points and miles rabbit hole, it’s surprisingly easy to convince yourself that every travel credit card deserves a place in your wallet. For a while, that’s probably true. Welcome bonuses can easily outweigh the first year’s annual fee. But eventually those bonuses disappear, another annual fee posts, and suddenly you’re…
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How I Found the Right Airline Loyalty Program for My Home Airport
If you spend any time in the points and miles world, you’ll learn one lesson pretty quickly: Transferable points are king. And for the most part, I agree. The flexibility of programs like Chase Ultimate Rewards, Capital One Miles, American Express Membership Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Points is hard to beat. Being able to transfer…
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Why I’ll Stop Saving Central America for “Someday”
In 3 Days in Panama City: The Central American Stopover That Completely Surprised Me, I wrote about the destination that introduced me to Central America. Three weeks and four countries later, I realized the biggest lesson from the trip wasn’t about Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, or El Salvador, it was about the region as a…
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How I’d Plan My First Trip to El Salvador Today
In 5 Days in El Salvador: My Route Through an Underrated Country, I shared the itinerary I followed through San Salvador and Santa Ana. But after returning home, I realized I would plan my first trip a little differently. Here’s the route I’d recommend today based on everything I learned along the way. Five days…