Good morning and welcome back to Daily Drop!

I had a dream last night that I snagged JAL first-class award space, and I’ve never been so devastated to wake up.

It’s one of the weird side effects that is extremely unique to this job. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Thankfully, the other side effects are getting YOU into some awesome, almost-free flights and hotels.

And that’s exactly what we’ll cover today:

• 🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

• 💳 The best card for domestic trips

• 🎄 An All-Inclusive Christmas in July

• 🌎 Travel Trivia Reveal

🤓 Travel Trivia Tuesday

💳 The best card for domestic trips

I’ve got good news and bad news for you.

The bad news is that the offer to earn 100,000 UR points from this card is ending soon. 😭

The good news is that… well… you can still get it right now. But not for long.

I talk a lot about international flights and deals around here. But today, I want to tell you about why this card is best card for anyone looking to book domestic flights and hotels.

Domestic flights

UR points are extremely versatile for domestic flights as they’re some of the only ones that transfer directly to United Airlines.

Yes, you can transfer Bilt Points to United, too… but good luck trying to rack up 100,000 Bilt points this easily. 😉

United has some great deals, especially on its own flights – so 100,000 points could get you pretty far with this partner alone.

I’ve also told you many times about how you can transfer UR points to Flying Blue to book Delta flights.

The headline deal is booking short-haul Delta flights for just 5,000 Flying Blue miles… but even longer flights still offer good value.

For example, this Delta flight from Boston to Atlanta costs 12,500 Flying Blue miles:

On the SAME day on the exact same flight, Delta is charging 18,800 miles through its own program. 👇

More importantly, when you book Delta flights through Flying Blue, you’re booking into the “Main Classic” fare type with Delta, which comes with seat selection and some extra perks.

That 18,800-point price through Delta is only for “Main Basic.” So the value is even worse than it looks.

So whether you’re booking flights for 5,000 miles, 12,500 miles, or 20,000 miles, using your 100,000 UR points for Flying Blue is a great way to hop around the U.S. while saving points and cash.

UR points are great for hotels

UR points transfer to four large hotel chains:

• World of Hyatt

• Marriott Bonvoy

• IHG One Rewards

• Wyndham Rewards

Often, there will even be transfer bonuses, like the current 100% bonus to IHG from UR points (PSA: you can find all the current transfer bonuses on our handy Transfer Partner Cheat Sheet).

We saw a 65% transfer bonus to Marriott earlier this year, too.

But (imho) the belle of the ball is World of Hyatt. Now, if you only hold the card I’ve been talking about, your transfer ratio to Hyatt is now 4:3.

When this change was announced, many of us were (understandably) frustrated. But now that it’s all shaken out, I still think Hyatt is a very good option… and I’ll tell you why.

On Hyatt’s award chart, hotels start at just 3,000 points per night. I’ve already told you how to leverage these deals in this past newsletter.

But using points for Hyatt is a great deal even for pricier hotels.

Take the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas. It costs 20,000 points per night, or $654 cash on the same night.

I went through the checkout process, and after all of the taxes and ridiculous BS fees, this hotel costs $780 per night.

Instead, you can transfer 27,000 UR points to Hyatt at a 4:3 ratio to book the same night.

Even with the “bad” ratio, you’re getting almost 3 cents per point in value… all while saving $780 on a card with an annual fee of less than $100.

Plus, you’ll still have over 70,000 points left over from that hefty welcome bonus. So yeah.

The bottom line

You’ve probably become desensitized to the 100,000-point welcome offer on this card.

After all, plenty of cards have current offers over 100,000 points right now.

But this card has a lower annual fee than most, and the points it offers are more valuable than the others.

So if you like to travel domestically and haven’t opened this card before, I’d recommend you hop on it before it’s too late.

✨ Check out the card now ✨

🌎 Travel Trivia Reveal

A few minutes ago, we asked you which U.S. airline was named the most reliable for 2026…

If you guessed Hawaiian Airlines, you were correct!

According to a report released by the digital media outlet Only in Your State, Hawaiian Airlines is the domestic airline with the fewest delays, with only 18.1 percent of its flights affected and just 0.7 percent of flights cancelled.

The study looked at data from the U.S. Department of Transportation across all major U.S. airlines and gave each airline a score composed of three categories: percentage of flights delayed, percentage of flights cancelled and percentage of bags mishandled.

Delays were further broken down by cause: carrier-related, late aircraft, weather issues, or National Airspace System (NAS) related delays.

The biggest finding? Summer travel delays are largely due to late inbound aircraft (41%), which creates a domino effect on the rest of the day’s schedule.

Hawaiian’s delays were largely carrier-related, though, with 65 percent of their delays impacted by issues with crew or baggage handling, and only 32 percent of delays due to late incoming aircraft.

Based in Honolulu, Hawaiian Airlines serves a smaller network than its domestic competitors, servicing around 30 destinations, which likely helps keep the total number of delays down.

Their partner, Alaska Airlines, had a similar flight cancellation rate but a higher delay rate of 21.6, while serving 4x as many destinations.

Third place went to Delta Air Lines, with 20.4 percent of its flights delayed and 2.2 percent cancelled.

Curious about the rest of the rankings? Read the full report here.

That’s all for this Tuesday, amigos.

Take care and see you tomorrow,

6.9175° S, 107.6191° E

With contributions by Sam Anthony and Katie Begnoche.