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Mexico 🇲🇽
12 Days in Mexico: Mexico City, Merida, Valladolid, Tulum & Playa del Carmen MEXICO CITY Hotel (4 nights): MyPlace at Santo Domingo  ...
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Jul 2, 20246 min read
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Trip Delay Compensation
EU261 & Chase Compensation EU261 If you fly to Europe and experience a flight delay or cancellation (that is the airline’s fault), you...
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Apr 25, 20242 min read
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Jamaica 🇯🇲
Holiday Inn Resort Montego Bay All-Inclusive (4 nights) HOTEL (4 nights) Holiday Inn Resort Montego Bay All-Inclusive 50,000 points per...
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Mar 31, 20243 min read
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Portugal 🇵🇹
One Week in Portugal: Lisbon, Sintra & Porto LISBON Hotel (3 nights): Hyatt Regency Lisbon 14,000 points per night with a rooftop bar...
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Mar 10, 20246 min read
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Opening a Chase Ink Credit Card
If you have already followed the steps in Getting Started with Credit Card Points and you have the Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP) or...
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Feb 22, 20241 min read
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Best Use of Chase Ultimate Rewards
In general, when people talk about the various points and miles programs, 1 point is equal to 1 cent. For example, 5,000 points = $50 ....
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Feb 19, 20242 min read
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Getting Started with Credit Card Points
Step 1: Open a Chase Sapphire Preferred or Chase Sapphire Reserve Step 2: Sign up with every Chase Transfer Partner , in order to eventually transfer points Step 3: Follow blogs and socials of The Points Guy , 10xTravel , Thrifty Traveler and Travel-on-Points Planning your own adventure? Click here to request a FREE custom trip quote!
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Feb 10, 20241 min read
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London 🇬🇧
2 Days in London Hotel (2 nights): Hyatt Place London City East - 12,000 points/night with a rooftop bar and an incredible view (photo...
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Aug 10, 20232 min read
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Italy 🇮🇹
10 Days in Italy: Rome, Siena, Florence & Venice ROME Hotel (3 nights, 3 people): B&B JONIO Roma $197/night during summer (free...
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Aug 9, 20234 min read
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Croatia ðŸ‡ðŸ‡·
8 Days in Croatia: Dubrovnik, Hvar, Split, Zadar & Zagreb ZAGREB Car Rental (8 days): Â We landed in Zagreb at midnight and picked up our...
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Apr 14, 20238 min read
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Thailand 🇹🇠& Laos 🇱🇦
2 Weeks: Bangkok, Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Koh Chang Toy, Lexi, Sienna and I drove 6 hours from Minneapolis to Chicago (ORD) to fly...
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Mar 19, 20236 min read
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Peru 🇵🇪
8 Days in Peru: Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu MACHU PICCHU Day 1: Departed Minneapolis to Lima with a layover in Houston on United...
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Jun 30, 20213 min read
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Spain 🇪🇸
One Week in Spain: Madrid, Sevilla, Granada & Barcelona MADRID Hotel (1 night): Fuencarral 100 Â in Madrid City Center $143 (no longer...
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Apr 13, 20192 min read
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Israel 🇮🇱
7 Days in Israel: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Dead Sea - Masada, Tiberias - Sea of Galilee, Nazareth & Natanya TEL AVIV Hotel (1 night):  Gordon Inn  $92 Day 1: Arrived in Tel Aviv from a 2.5 hour layover in Warsaw, Poland at 8:30pm. Picked up rental car (7 nights for $200), found hotel to drop off bags, and went out for pizza and beer. Day 2: Headed to the beach for breakfast and then drove 1 hour to Jerusalem, stopping to check out Yad Vashem , the World Holocaust Remembrance Cen
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Apr 9, 20184 min read
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Morocco 🇲🇦
10 Days in Morocco: Rabat, Marrakech, Merzouga & Fes RABAT Hotel (2 nights): Riad Amaris 10 Rue Lalla Hanou  in Rabat, walking distance...
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Aug 23, 20174 min read
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