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I played my first round of golf for 2025 this week and the next day it snowed – sigh. I am ready for March to be over and April to warm things up for good. Speaking of HOT deals take a look at this past week on the blog:
My wife’s and my US Passports are expiring in 2025. This really matters because your travel can be seriously impacted if your passport is going to expire within 6 months of your travel. So much so you may not be able to enter some countries and or get on a cruise ship. But with all the turmoil going on with the governments – will it impact the time it takes to get a new passport? Here are our surprising results this month.
My guess is you, at least now and then, buy stuff from Amazon right? You likely also have one or more streaming services right? How about 5x points for those to at least give you a nice discount and points you can use for travel? Here is how.
I now have one specific card I will always always always use as my credit card or default card when I take a cruise. It only has a $1,000 credit line. Why am I using this card? The reason shocked me (when I learned why this matters so much) and it may shock you too. I know it shocked the dude who had $20,000 billed to his card by NCL and maxed out his credit line before he left the ship. Yikes!
Our man Michael, who loves luxury cruising, has just recently earned lifetime platinum status after many many years of work. How did he do this and how long did it take? Is it worth the effort in 2025 to strive for lifetime status? We dive in.
Lastly this week we have an offer I am taking advantage of because I need a few more points to book some flights. This is one of the HUGE advantages of transferable points and they become even more valuable when a bonus is included but the current bonus round is almost over. Hurry if you need to take advantage of this one.
Have a great spring weekend everyone and if you are shoveling snow to welcome spring – I think you need to move (just kidding)! My wife has our kitchen table covered with seed starts as we need more of just about everything to refill the freezer with garden goodness. Maybe your family is doing the same? – René
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