One short read each morning on the miles, points and credit card news that actually changes what a trip costs you.
The points world generates an enormous amount of noise and a small amount of news that matters. The Daily Hop is the filter: the transfer bonuses worth acting on before they close, the card offers that have genuinely moved, the award space that has just opened up, and the devaluations you want to hear about before they take effect rather than after. If something does not change a decision you might make, it does not go in.
There is a version of this hobby that is mostly about collecting, and a version that is about going places. This is written for the second one. That means being honest when a headline redemption is not worth the surcharges, when a card's credits will not realistically get used, and when the sensible answer is to pay cash and keep your points. The aim is that you spend less time reading about points and more time on the plane.
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