3 very good overlapping travel tips

☀️ Good morning and welcome back to Daily Drop!

Today, we’ve got three crazy pieces of content that all build off of each other to open up some INSANE travel deals.

Let’s get started:

• 💳 Top Cards Update (May 2026)

• ✈️ 20% transfer bonus to Flying Blue

• 🌎 Flying Blue just dropped some new Promo Rewards

💳 Top Cards Update (May 2026)

It’s been a crazy month – both in life and in the world of travel credit cards.

And since a new month has started, I wanted to update you on some new card offers (and refreshed card perks) that have recently launched.

So without further ado, here’s May’s Top Credit Cards.

The obvious one

As most of you know by now, this premium credit card is offering a record 150,000 UR points after meeting the minimum spending requirements.

Look… I know the annual fee is high… But even if you only use half of the credits offered on the card (or none of them), 150,000 points could be too good to pass up.

I’ll write more soon about how I personally justify the annual fee, but let me give you a couple of quick examples of how far 150,000 UR points can take you:

Book 50 hotel nights

That isn’t an exaggeration…

You can transfer UR points to Hyatt, which prices hotels at 3,500 points per night for Category 1 – even in expensive cities like Stockholm during peak summer travel dates.

But on May 20, Hyatt’s new (terrible) award chart will have one teeny tiny silver lining:

That 3,500-point price could now be as low as 3,000 points – hence being able to book up to 50 nights with this one welcome offer.

If you booked 50 nights at hotels like the example above, those 150,000 points would yield $7,700 worth of value. 🤯

Now, that annual fee doesn’t seem so crazy, does it?

Book 30 flights on Delta

Again, not exaggerating.

You can transfer UR points to Flying Blue and book domestic Delta flights for as few as 5,000 miles one way.

Of course, longer flights will cost more.

But even if that welcome offer yields 20 flights on Delta at varying price points, that’s still absolutely bonkers.

Get $3,750 of travel in the bank’s portal

One of the best perks of holding the card in general is that you get access to Points Boost, which allows you to redeem your points for higher-than-usual value in the portal.

Recently, we saw redemption options go as high as 2.5 cents per point. Multiply that by your 150,000 points, and that’s almost $4k of flat travel value.

So, again… the annual fee is high. But when you look at just how far you can stretch those points, you could come out way, WAY ahead.

✨ Check out the card now ✨

Okay, let’s move on.

IHG personal cards just dropped big offers, too

The same bank just dropped two very, very good welcome offers on its two personal IHG co-branded cards.

I talk about my IHG card all the time. I always tell people it’s my single favorite credit card in my wallet, actually.

That’s because you get an annual free night certificate worth 40,000 points, and the famous 4th-night free perk when redeeming points.

Throw in an insane welcome offer, and it’s chef’s kiss. 🧑‍🍳

They also have a no-fee card, which is currently offering up to 125,000 IHG points after meeting the minimum spend, which is quite a good opportunity.

That’s enough points to book a four-night stay at this 5-star Intercontinental in Hong Kong… and still have 20,000 points left over.

Again, that’s from a card without an annual fee… so yeah.

New perks on a classic card

I always recommend this card to U.S. residents (since many of its perks and benefits are U.S.-specific). The annual fee is palatable, it has a bunch of useful credits, and it earns a ton of points on dining and groceries.

Last week was its 60th anniversary, and to celebrate, the card got some new benefits:

• Elite status with a car rental company

• Higher earning rates on certain travel

• More merchant options for the dining credit

You can read about all of the details on our card review page. 😋 

✈️ 20% transfer bonus to Flying Blue

Transfer bonuses. We love them. It’s the easiest way to multiply your points without doing anything.

It’s the closest thing to a heat code we get in the points-and-miles world…

…especially when we see them pop up for really valuable programs.

Case in point? The new 20% transfer bonus from UR points to Flying Blue through May 27.

There are all kinds of ways you could put this opportunity to use.

For starters, I literally just told you about this new card offer to earn 150,000 UR points.

If you transferred them all to Flying Blue, you’d have 180,000 Flying Blue miles…

But let’s look at some ways you can use them.

Flying Delta

I already told you about booking short-haul Delta awards using Flying Blue miles…

But you can also use them to book long-haul, business-class Delta flights.

I just used Flying Blue miles this year to book this flight from New York to Senegal in Delta One, for example:

With this bonus, you’d be able to book the same flight for just 58,000 UR points.

Cheap domestic flights in other countries

Flying Blue has tons of great partner airlines outside of the U.S., too. I use Flying Blue miles all the time to fly around Southeast Asia, for example. 👇

Even in Africa, you could use Flying Blue miles to book regional flights on Kenya Airways, which are otherwise really expensive.

But the real move is to use them for flying KLM and Air France themselves… especially because… 👇

🌎 Flying Blue just dropped some new Promo Rewards

That’s right, folks. The stars have truly aligned.

In just one day, we got:

• A way to earn 150,000 UR points

• A 20% bonus from UR points to Flying Blue, and

• Discounted Flying Blue flights to Europe

It’s almost like…. They planned it that way.

Anyway, this month’s list of Promo Rewards is mostly for economy class flights… but it’s still worth exploring.

For just 18,750 miles, you can book economy flights between Europe and the following U.S. cities:

• New York City (JFK)

• Chicago (ORD)

• Washington, D.C. (IAD)

• Raleigh/Durham (RDU)

• Phoenix (PHX)

• Dallas (DFW)

• Orlando (MCO)

• Denver (DEN)

• San Diego (SAN)

• Las Vegas (LAS)

• Los Angeles (LAX)

So yeah… basically everywhere. Even if you don’t live near one of these cities, you could book a cheap positioning flight with cash to save money and points on the longer legs.

Plus, with the transfer bonus we just talked about, you could book these for less than 16,000 UR points.

One extra-special deal this month: Premium Economy awards between New York City and Europe for just 30,000 Flying Blue miles.

With the transfer bonus, that’s 25,000 UR points, which is an EXCELLENT deal for premium economy across the pond.

Anyway, Flying Blue is one of my favorite airline programs, and one that I find myself using at least a couple of times a month.

If you have any plans to fly to Europe between now and October 31st, make sure you book these routes before the end of May to unlock these prices.

Well, that was a bit of a banger for a Monday, eh? The stars truly aligned with this combination of deals, so don’t let it go to waste.

See you tomorrow, my friends.

Peace,

43.8266° N, 87.6169° E

With contributions by Sam Anthony.