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Anthony’s Philippines: “It was an Adventure” Jake Redman
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Anthony’s Amazing Singapore: “Toe Dipping” Point of SE Asia Jake Redman
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Anthony’s Ireland: Hellman’s Makes Ketchup Too Jake Redman
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Dallas, Disney and Deals. Our 100th Episode. Jake Redman
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AirBnB Cancels Some Cancelling & Jake Thinks Charlotte is a Beach Town Jake Redman
For premium credit card lounge access, 2026 is the year of the squeeze: more expensive cards, harder-to-enjoy rooms, tighter rules, and people pacing around for an open chair. The polished sales pitch is still here, but so is the reality. So the real question is which card actually cuts Transit Friction and which one just upgrades the waiting room. The short answer for 2026: Amex Platinum at $895 makes sense for high-volume travelers who need the deepest fallback network. For most, the Capital One Venture X ($395) or Chase Sapphire Reserve ($550) clears “Splurge Math” faster. After reviewing premium card […]
If you’ve followed modhop for a while, you know my stance on cruises; I’m not a fan, generally. Crowds, lines, a floating suburb with a buffet attached. Hard pass. So is the Ritz-Carlton Yacht worth it for someone who doesn’t normally cruise? That’s the actual question. What he does care about is doing the math on privacy, design, and whether a smaller ship changes the equation enough to be worth considering for the first time. The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Evrima has been on my radar for exactly that reason. At 298 passengers, it fits what we’d call slow travel luxury, […]
The Spirit Airlines shutdown in 2026 is going to be one of those travel stories people pretend is only about one airline. It’s not. The “Yellow Bus” (or “flying banana” as my kids like to call it ) finally pulled into the hangar for good on May 2nd after that $500 million bailout evaporated. For most people, this is a story about stranded passengers and rescue fares. For the Occasional Upgrader, it’s about the loss of a very specific weapon. One you probably never used but absolutely benefited from. You may have never flown Spirit. I only did a few […]
