🥂 New business class deal to Europe

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☀️ Good morning from beautiful Amman, Jordan – home to falafel, historic ruins, great weather, and… falafel (wait, did I say that already?)

This week is kicking off with a bang:

• 🥂 Business class to Europe for 45k points

• 💳 Ending soon: 90k points for no annual fee

• 📊 Poll: Which weekend getaways do you want next?

• 💃 Did someone say… freebies?

• 🎥 Is Europe’s cheapest Ritz-Carlton worth it?

🥂 Business class to Europe for 45k points

Alright, it’s that time again — Flying Blue (the points program for KLM and Air France) just dropped their new batch of Promo Rewards, which is basically their version of a flash sale for award flights.

Every month, they discount a handful of routes between the U.S. and Europe by 25%. 

This month is a little different since it includes economy, premium economy, AND business-class flights… with some Canadian cities as well. 🍁

Here’s the breakdown of routes and prices between North America and Europe:

• Economy (18,750 miles): Chicago, Seattle, Orlando, Montreal, Austin, Las Vegas, New York City (JFK), and Atlanta

• Premium Economy (30,000 miles): Detroit

• Business (45,000 miles): Washington (IAD), Toronto, and Ottawa

These are all great deals, but those premium and business-class routes are the ones to snag…

I found a decent amount of availability in early 2026 on the nonstop between Washington, D.C., and Amsterdam:

Listen… 45,000 miles for eight hours in a lie-flat seat is solid. And if you’ve never flown KLM’s business class before, it’s fantastic.

Great service, great food, comfy and private seats, the works:

And here’s a fun tip: you don’t even have to live in Toronto, Ottawa, or Washington to take advantage of this.

Just book a cheap hop from your home city to one of them, snag the 45k biz flight across the pond, and boom — you’re sipping bubbly over the Atlantic while everyone else is still arguing with TSA about laptop bins.

That’s called a positioning flight, and it’s the smartest way to stretch your miles without sacrificing comfort. 👍

These deals are good for bookings made this month for travel through the end of April 2026, so you can plan something cozy for winter or lock in a spring Eurotrip before prices jump back up.

Here’s the boring (but necessary) fine print:

• Book by November 30, 2025

• Travel by April 30, 2026

• Only valid on flights operated by Air France or KLM

• Discount already baked into the price when you search

• Taxes and fees still apply (because… Europe)

Oh, and if you don’t have Flying Blue miles in your account, you can transfer them from literally every bank program.

And if you need to rack up some bank points, well… that’s what the next section is for. 👇

💳 Ending soon: 90k points for no annual fee

A few weeks ago, I told you about how I signed up for the [[ ink-business-cash-credit-card.name ]]. On the surface, it’s a cash back card for businesses.

But below the surface, it’s a no-annual-fee POINTS card for… anyone.

Here’s the deal:

The [[ ink-business-cash-credit-card.casual-card-name ]] is currently offering $900 cash back as a welcome offer, but the offer is ending soon.

If you have a card that earns UR points already (like the [[ chase-sapphire-preferred-card.name ]]), that $900 cash back becomes 90,000 UR points.

In case you forgot already, that’s enough points to transfer to Flying Blue and book a round-trip to Europe in business class… for a $0 annual fee card… so… yeah.

And if you’re thinking, “this is all well and good, but I don’t have a business,” I’d like to challenge that idea.

Do you walk your neighbor’s dog once in a while? You have a business. Do you sell crafts on Etsy? You have a business. Have you ever done anything online that could resemble “work?” You have a business.

Read this article on our site if you need more convincing about why you probably have a business.

But let’s look at one more saucy example… If you get the [[ ink-business-cash-credit-card.casual-card-name ]], you’ll end up with at least 96,000 UR points (including the spending requirement).

That’s enough to book as many as… wait for it… 27 (yes, twenty-seven) nights at a Hyatt hotel like the one I’m literally sitting in right now in Jordan:

So, here’s the bottom line –

– actually, you know what? No. I have one more example.

You could also take those same 96,000 points and transfer them to Virgin Atlantic, which charges as few as 6,000 miles to fly to Europe from the U.S. 👇

That means you could get SIXTEEN flights to/from Europe with one NO-ANNUAL-FEE card.

Okay, I’m done now.

Anyway, now’s your last chance to snag this offer (the same offer is also available on the [[ ink-business-unlimited-credit-card.name ]], also ending soon).

I don’t sign up for a ton of credit cards, but this offer is the epitome of “low-hanging fruit.” If you get it too, maybe we can sip champagne together in business class one day. 🥂

📊 Poll: Which weekend getaways do you want next?

Last week, we published an article about three weekend getaways from New York City that you can book with points.

The article was met with rave reviews. People shouted its praises from the rooftops for days on end.

But (and this might come as a surprise) not everybody lives in New York City.

So we want YOU to pick a city. 🫵 

After you vote below, we’ll use the winning city as the next starting point for three more weekend getaways you can book with points.

Go, go, go. 👇

🎥 Is Europe’s cheapest Ritz-Carlton worth it?

The Ritz-Carlton. It’s synonymous with luxury, opulence, and… money. 😬

But if you want to name-drop the Ritz without draining your bank account or points balances, there are some cheaper ones out there.

In this week’s Daily Drop YouTube video, we’ll give you the lowdown on Europe’s cheapest Ritz property… and whether or not it’s worth the price tag. 🤔

That’s all for this Monday, my friends! There are a lot of good updates and offers coming out of the travel world recently, so stay tuned tomorrow for even more.

Ciao!

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