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Are You Building, Earning, or Burning Points?
One of the questions I get asked most often is surprisingly simple: “What travel card should I get?” The problem is that it’s usually the wrong question. Before we talk about cards, transfer partners, airline miles, or hotel points, it helps to understand where you are in your points and miles journey. Because someone who…
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Could the Chase Sapphire Preferred Be the Best Way to Start Earning Travel Points Right Now?
Disclosure: This post contains referral links. If you choose to apply through one of my links, I may receive points at no additional cost to you. Up until about a month ago, I was seriously considering closing my Chase Sapphire Preferred. Not because it was a bad card. I simply wasn’t reaching for it anymore….
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Best Day Trips From the Amalfi Coast: What We Learned From Maiori
One of the reasons we chose Maiori as our base on the Amalfi Coast was its location. While it may not have the name recognition of Positano or Amalfi, it offered relatively easy access to many of the destinations we wanted to visit while providing a more relaxed and affordable home base. Over the course…
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Where to Stay on the Amalfi Coast: Why We Chose Maiori
Before planning our Amalfi Coast trip, I spent far more time choosing our home base than I expected. Every town looked beautiful online, but once I started comparing transportation, hotel prices, walkability, and crowds, I quickly realized that where you stay can completely change your experience. One of the biggest decisions when planning an Amalfi…
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The Middle Ground Between Cash Travel and Travel Hacking
For a long time, I thought points and miles travelers either paid for everything with points or they weren’t really doing points and miles at all. The reality has been much different. Today, I use a combination of points and cash on almost every trip. Sometimes points cover flights. Sometimes they cover hotels. Sometimes they…
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Cusco Is Not Just a Base for Machu Picchu
Most people treat Cusco as a stop on the way to Machu Picchu. A place to land, adjust to the altitude, sleep for a night or two, and leave again for the main event. But after visiting Cusco twice, once in 2019 and again in 2025, I don’t agree with that narrative at all. Cusco…