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Strategy Saturday

The Status Mirage: Why Business Owners Chase Airline Status the Wrong Way, Burning Cash Instead of Optimizing Points (And How to Flip the Script)

The Bankruptcy Bonus: Do Miles Survive When Your Finances Don’t?

The Divorce Dividend: Who Gets the Miles When Love Crashes and Burns

The Real Value of Your Airline Miles in Q4-2025 | Spoiler: Some Are Basically Monopoly Money

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

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

Weekend Edition / Dear Ohad #30

Strategy Saturday

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

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

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

Those could have been some very expensive fireworks

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

Weekend Edition / Dear Ohad #29

Strategy Saturday

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

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

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

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

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

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