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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
If you’re asking whether the Chase to Marriott transfer bonus worth it question has a clean answer, it does, and last summer at the Geneva Marriott Hotel, I thought I’d found it. It was a corporate-owned property, which usually means the standards are high and the quirks are few. I […]
Is the Chase Sapphire Reserve worth it if you only fly six (or so) times a year? The verdict depends on your zip code more than your flight count. If you live in a mega-metro like New York, the Chase Sapphire Reserve can still work at six trips a year […]
Is World of Hyatt still worth it in 2026, especially if you’re a casual traveler? The straightforward answer is yes, especially for mid-tier stays, but the math on aspirational redemption has shifted. The floor is set, but the ceiling is drifting. Last month, I was tracking a stay at the […]
Another week, another pile of travel loyalty news that ranges from “actually helpful” to “mildly insulting.” If you aren’t spending four hours a day refreshing award charts, it’s easy to feel like you’re missing out on the game. I spent the last few days sorting through the noise so you […]
Is the Air New Zealand Skynest worth it? For me, the answer is personal. I once spent 30-something hours on an itinerary to Thailand before I learned how to book flights without nightmare layovers. By that final segment, I was sleeping uncharacteristically upright and would have paid almost anything for […]
DFW was a mess. Total mayhem. Severe thunderstorms in North Texas turned the airport into a parking lot over Memorial Day, with FAA ground stops making a bad situation even worse. Then Denver got hit with an FAA ground stop mess. And LaGuardia had the sinkhole problem on Runway 4/22 […]
If you spent last Tuesday night staring at a spinning loading icon on the Hyatt website, you weren’t alone. The Hyatt award chart changes were about to hit, and the site was buckling under the last-minute rush. It was absolute chaos. I was sitting at my desk at 8:00 PM […]
Is a hotel suite worth it for the occasional traveler? If you’ve been wondering, you already know the email by now. It usually lands a few days before arrival and acts like it’s doing you a favor. There’s a slider, a suggested number, and a little nudge to “enhance” your […]
Get. That is the short answer on the Chase Sapphire Reserve 150K offer if you can hit the $6,000 spend and actually use the credits without inventing fake vacations to justify them. As of May 18, 2026, the headline math is still hard to ignore. At a rough 2 cents […]
