Optimize — Days & Costs
Optimizing with points — and the calendar.
The fastest way to afford more travel is to stop paying full price for it — and to spend your PTO where the calendar already does half the work. Here's the playbook.
Holiday Calendar
A year-by-year strategy for stretching federal holidays into real trips — with the exact PTO math for each one.
ExploreHotel Programs
Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, IHG — which program fits which trip, and how to earn enough nights without living on the road.
ExploreAirline Programs
Star Alliance, oneworld, SkyTeam. Sweet-spot redemptions for the kind of long-haul flights three-week trips actually need.
ExploreCredit Cards
The transfer-partner cards that turn everyday spend into business-class flights and free hotel weeks.
ExploreFind Reward Flights
seats.aero scans award availability across dozens of programs at once — the fastest way to see where your points actually book business class. Sign up with my referral link to start searching in under a minute.
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