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Welcome to the weekend! Give yourself a big hug because…

Now that we’re here, let’s talk travel highlights, shall we?

🚨 This is truly your LAST CHANCE to get 75,000 bonus miles and a $250 travel credit from the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card (the offer ends May 12!).

✅ Why you should be getting double the points (and double the fun).

✅ Our latest YouTube video tells you what you need to know about credit card travel insurance (trust me — it’s worth it).

✅ We love our monthly Flying Blue Promo Rewards (May 2025).

🏆 Favorite pick: 5 of the best ways to use UR points from our favorite card

Right, so… We’re in the final days of the elevated offer on this card which is boasting 100,000 freaking bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first three months of holding the card.

And with an annual fee under $100… that’s just wild.

Our team collectively loves this card, and many travel memories have been made with it. 🥹 

And you know what? We wanted to share our five favorite ways to use the UR points you’ll earn with this card.

These include:

1. Transferring to Hyatt (you could get up to 28 days FREE at a Category 1 property)

2. Transferring to the Avios program (think British Airways, Aer Lingus, Qatar, etc.)

3. Using them in the bank’s travel portal (surprised? 😏)

4. Transferring to Virgin Atlantic (for flights across the pond for just 6k miles)

5. Pairing your points with a transfer bonus to KLM and Air France’s Flying Blue Promo Rewards

I don’t have the space to regurgitate that entire newsletter section here, but if you want to see some specific examples and learn exactly why these are our favorites, you can check out this newsletter:

🏃🏻‍♀️ Runner-Up

🥇NEW transfer bonuses this week

Nothing in the miles and points world makes me want to ball out more than when a new transfer bonus drops.

It’s the easiest and fastest way to earn some free points just by transferring them to an airline or hotel program.

Here are the new ones that popped up this week:

25% bonus from UR points to Flying Blue through May 31

Flying Blue is the joint loyalty program of two great airlines: KLM and Air France.

So, of course, you can redeem for flights on either of these airlines (especially with their current May Promo Rewards). 👇

Only needing 18,750 miles is already a pretty good deal to fly to Europe (especially from the West Coast), but with this transfer bonus, you’d only need 15,000 UR points to make it happen.

You can also take advantage of this bonus for partner award bookings — I’m thinking of domestic flights on Delta, as one example:

No matter where you want to fly, having a 25% bonus to boost your points is always welcome 🙂 

25% bonus from UR points to Virgin Atlantic through June 15

The British are coming… to offer you more points 🤷🏻‍♀️

If you’ve got a stack of UR points sitting around, you have another option to transfer them with a 25% boost!

We regularly see off-peak flights from New York (JFK) to London (LHR) on Virgin Atlantic going for as few as 6,000 miles one-way in economy.

With the 25% bonus, that’s only 4,800 points needed to get to London… wut… 🤯

Need I say more?

Virgin is a great airline that offers wide connectivity to the UK and the rest of Europe once you touch down. So, if you’ve been eyeing a trip to the land of crumpets, scones, and mushy peas, now’s a pretty good time to lock that in.

📣 Quick Callouts

• 🪪 Don’t forget: Did you get your Real ID this week?

• 👀 Oooh: Have you spun the Marriott Bonvoy Roulette Wheel?

• 🏨 Tasty: You could earn 40k points from Marriott Homes and Villas

• 🏃‍♂️ Mike on the move: He’s using a ton of travel tips to book a trip through Asia

• ❌ Expired: Southwest flash sale

Now that you’re all caught up on the latest travel happenings, go forth and conquer the rest of your weekend with fervor…. or relaxed and lazy enthusiasm… whatever that means. Either is fine!

Okay — love you, bye 😘

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