🛳️ Cruise your way to a cool 100k points

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☀️ Goooood morning and welcome back to the one and only Daily Drop!

I’m coming to you from Houston, Texas, where the humidity is alive and well, lemme tell ya.

Mike is out today, but have no fear, he’ll be back mañana.

Until then, you’re in good hands (I promise). But before I introduce myself, let’s see what’s on tap for today.

• 🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

• 🛳️ Cruise and earn a cool 100,000 AA points

• 💚 Healthy, but make it effortless

• 🌎️ Travel Trivia Reveal

🤠 Hey y’all!

I’m Katie 👋 , a new face behind the keyboard here at Daily Drop, and man am I excited to be with y’all today!

Just a quick background on me: I’m a long-time points travel hobbyist, turned full-time mom, turned Daily Drop Writer and Content Creator (just out here living the dream, y’all).

I booked my very first trip with points in 2022 using this fan-favorite starter card and have been at it ever since.

After cramming in as much travel as possible, I welcomed my first kiddo 364 days ago.

And let me tell you, that first-time-parent/newborn phase threw me for a loop. 😵‍💫 

Daily Drop is one of the things that helped keep me sane during those sleep-deprived early days, giving me something to look forward to and be excited about — regardless of how rough a night we'd had.

And, like a crazy person, I was inspired to book business-class flights to Europe next month for my new little fam — stay tuned to hear how that trip goes later this summer. 😬 

Now I get the pleasure of paying it back, or forward, by motivating y’all to do the same!

With that, let’s jump in.

🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

Keep reading to find the answer further below. 🙂 

🛳️ Cruise and earn a cool 100,000 AA points

Attention all you cruisers out there, this one is for you! 📣 

I know we talk a big game about credit card welcome offers and tend to be fiercely loyal to our airline and hotel programs.

But what if you could earn the equivalent of some of the limited-time offers we talk about… without opening a new card?

Because the American Airlines AAdvantage program has a pretty tempting offer on the table if you’re in the market for a cruise this year.

ICYMI, you can book cruises through the AAdvantage Cruises website, and they’re incentivizing you to do so with an exclusive offer of up to 100,000 AAdvantage bonus miles on select cruises.

That’s enough more than enough miles to book some tasty American Airlines flight deals. 😋 

And to be clear, you don’t have to be an AAdvantage cardmember to take advantage ( 🥁 ) of this deal.

You simply need a free AAdvantage loyalty account (the same one you use when booking American Airlines flights), which you can easily create here if you don’t already have one.

When you’re on the AAdvantage Cruises landing page, you’ll see that they offer a bunch of rewards and bonus offers on pretty much all their cruises, but we’re specifically talking about the 100,000 bonus mile offers seen below.

The best way to find these deals is to click the Discover cruises tab and browse the programs mentioned above.

The offer is available on select SilverSea, Seabourn, and Ponant Explorations bookings. Sailing dates vary by program and require you to book a suite-level room.

Hunt for a cruise that fits your dates and desired destination, and keep an eye on the price — some of the longer 14+ date sailings and Ponant expeditions come with eye-watering price tags. 😅 

But the two offers shown below are not a bad deal at all.

By spending $2,700-$5,000 on a cruise, you could earn up to 100,000 AAdvantage miles.

If you already had your eye on a cruise this year, this could be a great way to earn the equivalent of a credit card welcome offer without having to open a new card.

But don’t dillydally, because some of these offers need to be booked by 5/31/2026 — only a few short days away! 😮 

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💚 Healthy, but make it effortless

My relationship with "being healthy" is basically a series of ambitious purchases followed by quiet abandonment.

The $40 protein powder that's been in my pantry since October, the collagen peptides I used for two weeks, the probiotic I kept forgetting existed… yeaaaa about that…

But AG1? Genuinely, actually still taking it. And I think I finally understand why.

It's not because I became a different person — there’s no magic formula out there, sorry. It's because it requires absolutely nothing of me.

One scoop, cold water, done. I don’t have to blend it or take it with food. I don’t have to think about it!

Instead of taking this supplement for that thing, this pill for that other thing, AG1 has multivitamins, probiotics, and whole-food-sourced ingredients all in one drink.

So even on days when my meals are an airport wine and a bag of Chester’s Hot Fries, I'm not completely abandoning my body.

It's the one thing in my routine that I don't have to remember to feel bad about skipping. Because I just... don't skip it.

If you've got a graveyard of abandoned wellness products too, this one's worth trying. Head to drinkag1.com/karaandnateNL to get an AG1 Flavor Sampler and a bottle of Vitamin D3+K2 FREE in your Welcome Kit with your first subscription — a $72 value.

🌎️ Travel Trivia Reveal

A few minutes ago, we asked which beach was crowned #1 in the world for 2026...

If you guessed Entalula Beach in the Philippines, you're spot on! 🎉

Voted on by over 1,000 travel experts, the 2026 “Best Beaches of the World” list includes some beautiful shorelines. But you won’t find beach chairs and umbrellas here, as the list prioritizes beaches that are unique and off the beaten path, far-flung nature reserves with calm waters and soft, sandy shores.

Accessible only by boat, the secluded Entalula Beach secured the top spot for 2026.

Located on the island of Palawan in the Philippines, the area is known for its world-class diving. Walled in by impressive limestone cliffs, the white sand beach promises calm, clear water and postcard-worthy palm trees. Entalula Beach earned its crown largely due to its inaccessibility, allowing it to remain preserved in all its wild beauty.

Fteri Beach in Kefalonia, Greece came in second with its own remote cove, reachable only via a steep hiking trail or by boat.

Wharton Beach in Esperance, Australia took home bronze with its slightly more accessible (reachable by 4WD vehicles) but still remote location. Its crystal-clear waters are great for dolphin spotting, and the Western Australian region is well known for its surfing spots — yet its far enough from civilization to remain uncrowded.

The highest-ranking U.S. beach on the list was Siesta Beach in the Florida Keys, coming in at number 28 overall. The beach boasts powdery, white sand that uniquely stays cool even on the sunniest summer days. So, if you’ve ever hot-footed it to the car after a day at the beach, keep this one on your radar!

Click here to see the full list of the World’s 50 Best Beaches (including gorgeous desktop-background worthy photos). 🌴 

Whew, this summer humidity obviously has me in an island state of mind!

Hope you enjoyed the ocean-centric content, and if not, Mike will be back tomorrow with more deals from the skies.

Thanks for letting me hang with y’all today!

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With contributions by Sam Anthony and Alison Carrico.