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June 13, 2025
🙌 50 Ways to Upgrade Life, Money & Travel
After 230 episodes, here are the 50 most actionable hacks and strategies I’ve learned, tested, and used to optimize travel, money, productivity, investing, relationships, and more. These aren’t just generic tips—they're the exact m…
June 7, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (6/7/25)
This week, we'll cover three new ways to earn 5 free nights or >100k points, how to move up the Wealth Ladder, award flight deals (including biz class) to 15+ destinations, latest card-linked offers ($1,500+ in savings), 10,000 AAdvantage miles f…
June 6, 2025
💳 Increased Hotel & Airline Card Offers: June 2025
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If you're familiar with any of the hotel or airline programs below and have been thinking about a new card, these increased offers might be interesting and quite valuab…
May 31, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/31/25)
This week, we'll cover a credit card welcome offer of 5 free hotel nights (worth 300k points!), understand and improve your gut health, bank & brokerage bonuses worth $13,000+, how to fly first class to Hawaii for 24.5k points, free $40 from the…
May 30, 2025
🤑 Best IHG One Credit Cards Offers of 2025 (Including 5 Free Nights!)
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If you’ve been thinking about adding an IHG credit card to your wallet, now’s the perfect time. Both the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card and the IHG One Rewards Traveler Credit Card are offering their best welc…
May 24, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/24/25)
This week, we'll cover a deep dive on Citi cards and ThankYou points, latest flight deals to London, Italy, Reykjavik and more, $15 off $50+ Amazon household products, limited time bonus: 100k AAdvantage miles, earn up to 12k Hyatt Points with Pelot…
May 23, 2025
💳 Guide to Citi Cards + ThankYou Points
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I've never had a card that earned ThankYou Points until this year, but after opening a couple of Citi cards and digging deep into their entire ecosystem, I’m convinced they might be one of the most underrated issuers out…
May 17, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/17/25)
This week, we'll cover the path to becoming an expert in points & miles, bank bonuses worth $1500+, the 3 ways to pay any bill by credit card, a new report that shares your paycheck info. another Hilton devaluation, new Japan Airlines partners, …
May 16, 2025
🚀 The 4-Step Framework to Become an Expert in Points & Miles
Points and miles can feel overwhelming fast—but it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why I was excited to have Devon Gimbel on episode #227. Her 4-step framework simplifies everything, focusing on *real skills* over chasing perfe…
May 10, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/10/25)
This week, we'll cover up to 6,500 bonus miles from shopping portals, how to maximize your travel and rewards, my new favorite hotel from our spring break trip, the latest hotel promos (Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, and more), how to earn 15x cash back (or …
May 3, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/3/25)
This week, we'll cover an easy $450 U.S. Bank bonus, up to 30% off IHG stays (+ 5k new member offer), how to optimize your oral health for a longer life, big changes coming to Southwest seating, current transfer bonuses, Flying Blue Promo Rewards fo…
April 26, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (4/26/25)
This week, we'll cover airport lounges (how to access, perks and expert tips), up to 12% off gift cards, best-ever $40 Rakuten bonus, Southwest new member bonus up to 5k points, latest flight deals (including biz class), how to earn 5k bonus points …
April 19, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (4/19/25)
This week, we'll cover how to become a 10x better, more effective writer, $99+ Disney World hotel rooms PLUS 50% off kids park tickets, up to 350k bonus miles with biz card welcome offer, card-linked offers worth $1,000+ in savings, free summer acti…
April 12, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (4/12/25)
This week, we'll cover how to earn points on taxes, navigate market volatility and stack deals, limited time welcome offers on travel cards, free 2024 bookkeeping, up to 15% off gift cards, bank bonuses worth up to $2300+, free streaming subscriptio…
April 5, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (4/5/25)
This week, we'll cover a deep dive on credit scores and their real-life impact, up to 30% off Southwest flights, extra points at Hyatt casino hotels, $20 off $80 + 15% off + $15 rebate on P&G products, how to save 25% off Air France-KLM award fl…
March 29, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (3/29/25)
This week, we'll cover how I'm rethinking elite status and new points strategies, how to earn 3x on Hyatt vacation rentals and up to 5k American Airlines bonus miles, freebies including free coffee, kids workshops, pita chips, how to save 25% on IHG…
March 22, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (3/22/25)
This week, we'll cover 20+ airport hacks to skip the lines, how to book 4+ business class award seats, new unlimited 1% brokerage bonus, free international data eSIMs, Q2 rotating bonus categories for 5x points/5% back, best ever welcome offer …
March 15, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (3/15/25)
This week, we'll cover 6 increased hotel card offers with free night awards, up to 50% off tons of award flights, how to achieve real financial freedom, 2% uncapped brokerage bonus, easy savings on Amazon, big (negative) changes for Southwest, …
March 8, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (3/8/25)
This week, we'll cover: the best AI tools, insurance planning for fires & more, how to earn 5x on insurance payments and tax prep in March, free year of Calm mediation app, new Flying Blue Promo Rewards, 5% off gift cards and more.
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Feb. 8, 2025
💸 The 5 Types of Wealth: Redefining What It Means to Be Truly Rich
What comes to mind when you hear the word "wealth"? For most people, it’s money—savings, investments, and material stuff. But what if wealth is about way more than just money? On Ep #213, Sahil Bloom breaks down five different types of w…
Jan. 15, 2025
🏆 10 Powerful Lessons from 2024 to Transform Your Life, Money, and Travel
Over the past year, I’ve explored strategies, stories, and insights with incredible experts to help you upgrade your life, money, and travel. Here are my 10 most impactful takeaways from 2024, covering essential lessons on investing smarter, m…
Jan. 10, 2025
🧠 5 Resets to Rewire Your Brain for Less Stress and Burnout
Stress is the modern epidemic. Today, 70% of people report experiencing significant stress, and burnout is at an all-time high. Unlike our ancestors, who faced brief bursts of acute stress from physical dangers, modern life keeps us in a constant st…
Jan. 1, 2025
🗓️ 7 Questions to Reflect, Reset, and Make 2025 Your Best Year Yet
As the year winds down, there’s no better time to reflect on where you’ve been and where you’re headed. Inspired by a conversation I had with Sahil Bloom on Ep #99 about the art of conducting a personal annual review, I’ve fo…
Nov. 19, 2024
🎁 2024 Holiday Gift Guide
The holidays are here and I’ve rounded up over 80 gift ideas across a variety of categories to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your list. I'll also share some tips on how I save 5–25% on almost all my shopping.
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