The Operator

Ohad Sternberg

5M+ miles flown. 70 countries. 629 programs tracked. The person friends text at 11pm about whether to transfer to Aeroplan.

Ohad Sternberg
Ohad Sternberg
Essays by author
Earn

Why Your Accountant Hates Your Points Strategy (And How to Make Them Your Biggest Fan)

Learn

What happens to your points when you die (and how not to let Uncle Frank rob your last Marriott free night)

DearOhad

Weekend Edition / Dear Ohad...

Strategy Saturday

Saturday Surge: The 48-Hour Window for Sneaky Award Space

Learn

The "Game" of Credit Card Points and the Rules You Have to Play By

Earn

The Q4-2025 Reality Check: Are Your Points Quietly Shrinking?

Return

The Hidden Yield of Government Payments: Turning Quarterly Taxes Into Qatar Q-Suites

Return

Those could have been some very expensive fireworks

Return

From 1.5% Cash Back to a 37.64% Return / Or: How Every Dollar Became a Lever

DearOhad

Weekend Edition / Dear Ohad...

Strategy Saturday

The Platinum Power Play: How to Turn Amex’s 2025 Refresh Into Real Return-on-Spend

Earn

When Banks Go Wild: Why 100k Signup Bonuses Are Back + How to Grab Them Before They Vanish

Case Study

When Two Entrepreneurs Took the Same Road and Ended Up in Different Universes

Return

The Advanced Multiplier Matrix: How Any Business Can Push Return-on-Spend Into Double Digits

Return

Flight Plan: Building Your Company’s Travel Portfolio for Maximum Return-on-Spend

Return

The UpNonStop RoS (Return on Spend): Your True Travel ROI

DearOhad

Weekend Edition / Dear Ohad...

Strategy Saturday

Airline Alliances Decoded: How Your Business Can Exploit Routes Most Companies Ignore

The Future of Work Travel: Starlink, Wi-Fi, and the Death of Dead Time

Year One of UpNonStop: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why It Now Works For You

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