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Good morning and happy Tuesday, my friends. Today’s newsletter has a couple of urgent things in it… so let’s not waste any time.

Here’s what’s on deck:

• 🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

• 💳 Last chance to earn 100,000 points

• ✈️ How to find award deals more easily

• 🌎 Travel Trivia Reveal

🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

💳 Last chance to earn 100,000 points

Over the past few weeks, we've been telling you about the 100k offer on this card.

We've written about it a lot. Like... a lot.

And that's because it's the best offer we've seen all year, and probably the best one we'll see for a long time.

But today I'm bringing it up for a different reason:

This offer is ending soon, and this is your last chance to grab it.

So, before it disappears, here's the highlight reel of why our entire team has been borderline insufferable about this card.

The points themselves are the good kind

As I've told you before, this card earns UR points, which are among the most valuable and flexible points out there.

You can transfer them to a long list of airline and hotel programs, often with a transfer bonus sweetening the deal.

That flexibility means you can get yourself basically anywhere on a variety of airlines.

What can 100,000 points actually get you?

I've spent the last few weeks showing you the math, so here's the short version:

You can transfer them to World of Hyatt, where hotels start at 3,000 points per night. This one welcome offer can realistically cover 20+ hotel nights.

I ran the numbers recently and it worked out to hotel stays for under $3 per night when incorporating the card’s annual fee. 🤯

You can transfer them to Iberia and book round-trip business class to Europe in a lie-flat seat, with points left over.

Or transfer them to Flying Blue and book domestic Delta flights from just 5,000 miles each way. That's up to 20 one-way flights around the U.S. from a single welcome offer.

None of this is theoretical, by the way. These are real-world, fairly straightforward booking options that any of you can have access to by getting the card in question.

The card is cheap to keep

This isn't one of those cards where the welcome offer is great, but then you're stuck explaining a $700 annual fee to your spouse.

The annual fee of this card is less than $100.

And the card comes with an annual hotel credit that's worth MORE than that fee on its own, plus solid earning rates on a bunch of useful categories (read more about those and other recent changes to the card here).

That's why just about everyone on the Daily Drop team holds this card and has no plans to let it go.

The bottom line

We rarely get this insistent about a single card.

But an offer this big, on a card this cheap, earning points this valuable... it's the easiest recommendation we make.

But the clock is officially ticking. Once the offer drops back down, there's no way to go back in time to get it (as far as I know).

✨ Earn 100,000 points before it’s too late ✨

✈️ How to find award deals more easily

While we’re talking about things that are ending soon…

Our Daily Drop Pro summer sale is ending soon, which means this is your last chance to get Daily Drop Pro for 50% off.

That's the lowest price we've offered all year, and we won't beat it for the rest of the year.

Now, I could re-explain everything Pro does (award search across programs, personalized flight deals, our Pro community, step-by-step transfer instructions).

But instead, let me show you an example.

One of my favorite Daily Drop Pro perks is deal alerts, where we email you when award prices drop on routes you actually care about.

Not to be dramatic, but I just got one a few days ago that might’ve saved my life. 💅

I'm heading to the U.S. in a few weeks, and I've already been eyeing ways to get back to Asia afterward.

Thankfully, this deal alert showed up in my inbox for Premium Economy across the Pacific for just 40,000 Atmos Rewards points on JAL.

As soon as I saw the deal, I went to the Atmos website, ran the search for the dates listed in the deal alert email, and sure enough – there it was. 👇

If you’re not well-versed in this stuff, the deal alert email explains everything you need to know: which airline you’ll fly, which website to book through, where to transfer points from, and more. It literally could not get easier to book amazing deals. 🤝

If you've been on the fence about Daily Drop Pro, the math has never been easier: it's 50% off, it won't get cheaper this year, and one good deal alert can pay for the membership many times over.

🌎 Travel Trivia Reveal

A few minutes ago, we asked you which cruise line was named this year’s Best Mega-Ship Ocean Cruise Line by Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards…

If you guessed Virgin Voyages, you were right!

Calling all cruisers, the results are in, and Virgin Voyages has taken the cake for the 4th year in a row in Travel + Leisure’s Best Mega-Ship Ocean Cruise Lines category.

The adults-only cruise line is known for its sleek design, vibrant energy, and strong nightlife — think boutique hotel with specialty dining and a happening cocktail bar.

Or as they call it, “Always Included Luxury,” complete with mood lighting, their signature red hammocks, and Michelin-starred dining.

Popular with the 30s-40s crowd who want a kid-free trip, relaxing at sea, this cruise line is a repeat fan favorite, making it obvious why they keep coming out on top.

While largely popular for cruising the Caribbean, they have offerings from all over Europe and North America, with some pretty interesting Mediterranean sailings in the summer.

Celebrity Cruises took second place, with its upscale ships and standout dining options, kid-friendly but in a more luxury-adjacent way, with truly global sailing itineraries.

Princess Cruises took third, with their strong service and even stronger itineraries — they’re known for being the best option for Alaskan cruises — and widely appealing for those wanting a more traditional cruise atmosphere.

For the full list of cruise lines, with scores, and to see the winners of other cruise line categories, visit here.

That’s it for today, my friends! See you tomorrow for more travel tips and tricks.

Later,

6.9175° S, 107.6191° E

With contributions by Sam Anthony and Katie Begnoche.