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Chase Ultimate Rewards

Day 33/365 2018-2019 Chase Ultimate Rewards are the gold standard in any travel hacker's arsenal. Some might say it's American Express Membership Rewards, but I haven't dabbled in those yet, and I think Ultimate Rewards is the best program to get your feet wet. Chase's 5/24 Rule Chase has made it a bit harder to do what's called "churning" of their cards, where you get a card simply for the bonus, cancel it, and then get another one as soon as you can. I've not done this either, but I still have to live with the new rules that Chase has put into place, which is you can't have opened more than four new cards in the past 24 months with any lender. So this changes the strategy for opening…
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Trip Report: 2018 Fall NPS Trip

Day 13/365 2018-2019 This past weekend, the kids had two days off from school, so a couple of months ago, we decided to head somewhere to take advantage of Maggie's Every Kid in a Park pass that allows 4th graders and their families free entry into National Park sites. Deciding Where To Go I made a spreadsheet by entrance fee to figure out where we should go, and the answer was clear: the volcanic parks of northern California and southern Oregon. Within a reasonable drive lies three National Park sites that have volcanic history, plus one more that is for recreation. We structured the trip so that we would hit Bryan's college campus at Chico, then one park each day for the next four days. Finding Lodging When I schedule trips,…
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