Stress-free travel with points

Welcome to the weekend! I’m currently packing for my trip to the Middle East—a grand effort to get the eff out of the cold and grey Pacific Northwest 🙃

But in the meantime, let’s talk travel, shall we?

✅ Fly to Warsaw, Poland, for just 25,000 points thanks to Daily Drop Pro!

✅ You could get free Star Alliance status thanks to Air Canada and Marriott’s partnership.

✅ Thinking of climbing the Capital One credit card ladder? Our latest YouTube video will show you how.

✅ Check out Capital One’s newest transfer partner (but is it a good deal?).

🏆 Favorite pick of the week: All things, all-inclusive

Sometimes, travel is straight-up exhausting. And stressful. Even for me 🫠

And sometimes, you’re just looking for an easy, breezy, beautiful vacation that is simple and effortless to book. Fortunately, I’ve got a solution…

That’s right. As the flawless Zendaya says, booking an all-inclusive might be just the thing you’re looking for if you’re trying to avoid as much stress as possible!

Here’s why: All-inclusives offer a no-stress, all-in-one type of packaged deal that doesn’t require additional planning for food, activities, transportation, etc. 

Just let the all-inclusive aspect of the… all-inclusive property… handle that for you.

And the best part? You can book many all-inclusive properties with points 😎

The easiest and most straightforward way, in my humble opinion, is to take advantage of Hyatt’s all-inclusive hotels and resorts.

They offer a dedicated award chart, which is organized by category (usually, the higher the category, the nicer the property, and the more points required to book).

So you know exactly what you’re getting and for how many points. For instance, the lowest tier of properties start at just 12,000 points per night!

But realistically, you’ll find far more properties available in that 20,000 to 25,000 point range, which is still pretty great considering they could be upwards of $500 a night.

If you’re looking to take the all-inclusive path for your next trip and want some additional details and examples, check out our full-length newsletter section to learn all about it.

🏃🏻‍♀️ Runner-Ups

🥇 NEW 20% transfer bonus to my favorite program

The latest and greatest transfer bonus is coming in hot from Membership Rewards points to Qatar Airways Avios 🎉

This is good through March 31, 2025, and I’ll tell you why I love it.

Avios is one of the most flexible point systems in the aviation/frequent flyer biz. And that’s because several airlines share this currency, which allows you to transfer Avios between ALL of them.

Those airlines include:

• Qatar Airways

• British Airways

• Finnair

• Aer Lingus

• Iberia

And even though this 20% transfer bonus is to Qatar, it’s technically a transfer bonus to ANY of those other airlines 👀

I personally took advantage of this and re-booked a couple of flights I had for my upcoming trip.

Because I’ll be flying to Doha on Qatar Airways and through London on British Airways, I was able to save 20% of my Membership Rewards points from The Platinum Card® from American Express before sending them over to Qatar. 

I was then seamlessly able to shift these Avios around to both programs to make my bookings on the two airlines.

It’s just soooo good and soooo easy 🤤

Anyway, if you have a card that earns Membership Rewards points, this is an excellent bonus to an excellent program to keep on your radar before it ends next month.

🥈Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines “status matches”

Alaska has been killing it this past year as far as frequent flyer programs go 💪

And with Alaska and Hawaiian’s partnership, we already know there have been increased perks (like transferring miles between the two programs).

So this latest discovery isn’t a true status match, per se, but it gives you the ability to have elite status with both programs. 

Let me explain.

Since Alaska now owns Hawaiian, if you earn status with one program, you’ll then have elite status with the other if you link your two accounts.

Hawaiian Airlines has much lower requirements to reach their top-tier status, which not only gives you great benefits with Hawaiian, but all your elite-qualifying activity will also be reflected in your Alaska account! 🙌

This is a fun perk to know about if you’re climbing the elite ladder in either program, but if you’d like some more examples of how easy earning elite status could be (and what additional perks and benefits you could get), check out this newsletter. 

📣 Quick Callouts

• ❌ Expired: Southwest’s 30% off Splash Sale

• 💡 Did you see: 50% transfer bonus from Ultimate Rewards to Marriott?

• 👀 Cool: Don’t sleep on Capital One’s latest offers through its portal

• 🤓 Travel trivia: Which destination was named the most welcoming place in the world for 2025?

• 😒 Lame: Hyatt released its yearly list of properties that will go up in category (but it’s not all bad)

That’s all for this first weekend in (gasp) MARCH. But also… thank god, because I’m ready for spring.

Have a lovely day, and I’ll see you next time 🙋🏻‍♀️

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