🌎 Last-minute global award sale

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Howdy, amigos — and good morning from Fiji! 🇫🇯

I just enjoyed a beautiful sunrise from my beachfront villa, and now you get to enjoy a beautiful newsletter from your (insert current dwelling here).

We’ve got some fun stuff today:

• ✈️ Last-minute award sale to Europe and Asia

• 🌎 Stay connected around the world

• 🧮 We’ve got a new points tool for you

• ❄️ How to travel Scandinavia with points

• 🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

✈️ Last-minute award sale to Europe and Asia

Every month, I tell you about Singapore Airlines’ Spontaneous Escapes deals… at first glance, it looks like something that probably wouldn’t apply to you.

But today, I’ll tell you why you need to know about this, along with a specific Spontaneous Escape that I personally just booked.

Spontaneous Escapes are discounted award flights offered by Singapore Airlines that take place the following month (hence the “spontaneous” part).

This month’s list of discounted routes includes a number of U.S. flights to both Europe and Asia, like this flight from Frankfurt (FRA) to New York (JFK) for just 56,700 Singapore miles in business class.

Even if you’ve already planned a trip to Europe in economy, it might be worth canceling your existing flight for one of these epic last-minute deals.

Heck, even if you’re already in Europe, June is right around the corner, and you could snag one of these returns for next week if you wanted to.

Looking to fly to the other side of the planet? Flights from Singapore (SIN) to San Francisco (SFO) will run you just 52,500 miles in premium economy — not bad for a 15-hour flight.

Again, if you’re in Asia right now (or will be there next month), I’d consider cancelling your economy or more expensive flight to book this deal if it works out.

Personally, I snagged one of the best redemptions of my life from Singapore to Johannesburg (JNB) — an 11-hour flight — for just 39,550 Singapore miles in business class thanks to this promo.

Just keep in mind that these awards can only be booked until the end of the month, and are completely non-refundable (though I’ve successfully canceled them in the past for a full refund, so YMMV).

🌎 Stay connected around the world

🧮 We’ve got a new points tool for you

I’m excited about this announcement, y’all…

We have officially launched a Cent Per Point Calculator on the Daily Drop website to help you determine whether or not your flight and hotel redemptions are good value.

It’s super simple and fun to play around with, but let me explain how it works.

Let’s say you find a United award from Seattle (SEA) to Los Angeles (LAX) for 9,100 miles in economy:

Simply enter the details as follows:

• Program: United

• Cash cost: $119 (I just use Google Flights)

• Mileage cost: 9,100

• Taxes and fees: $5.60

After clicking the magic button, you’ll see the value per point that you’re getting, along with an indicator of how good (or bad) the value is based on our points valuations.

If you get a really good value, it might help you decide to pull the trigger. If you see a bad value, it might mean paying cash instead and saving your points for something better down the road.

Anyway, if you’re more of a visual learner, our Community Manager, Megan, also made this video tutorial:

I recommend saving this page to your bookmarks so you can easily access it during your award search marathons (which we all definitely do).

❄️ How to travel Scandinavia with points

I love Scandinavia. I’ve been many times, and always love it. But there’s one thing that keeps me from returning more often… the pricetag. 🏷️

Thankfully, there are endless ways to use points and miles to save money on your Scandinavian fairytale adventure.

And in this week’s Daily Drop YouTube video, we’ll show you exactly how to save thousands of dollars on this. 👇

🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

And the not-so-punctual winner is… San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

Our friends over at SFO topped the list with 31.11% of flights delayed or canceled in 2024.

Y’all… that is nearly a third of the total flights. Want to see how other airports ranked? You can read the full top 10 list here.

That’s all for today, y’all! I’m glad we were able to pack so much into the newsletter after a long weekend…

But there’s much more where that came from, so tune in tomorrow for more important updates.

Have a nice day ❤️

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