Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant + Business Card Pairing (The One That Actually Compounds)
Pair Brilliant + Business to clear 90K+ Bonvoy points and two free-night certs a year. The exact stack behind our 360K Pacific Coast trip.
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Pacific Coast Marriott Points Strategy: How I Used 360,000 Points Across Seattle, Portland & LA
How I burned 360,000 Marriott points across Seattle, Portland, and LA on a single 10-day Pacific Coast trip — exact hotels, redemption math, what I’d do differently.
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Savannah + Hilton Head 4-Day Long Weekend: Real Itinerary, Real Receipts
Real 4-day Savannah + Hilton Head long weekend — $2,194 line-item budget, exact itinerary, what I’d do differently. Marriott Bonvoy + American Airlines trip from NYC.
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10 Days, 3 Cities, 360,000 Points: The Real Pacific Coast Trip
The real 10-day Pacific Coast trip my twin and I ran in August 2021 — Seattle, Portland, LA, Disneyland — paid for with 360,000 Marriott points. Hotels, restaurants, honest gaps.
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Tokyo on Points: How We Stayed in Ginza and Paid Almost Nothing
5 nights in Tokyo and Kyoto on Marriott points for $0 cash. AC Hotel Ginza, Moxy Nijo, and exactly how many points each hotel cost.
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The Credit Card Points Strategy That Funded $15,000 of Travel
How We Use Points and Miles to Travel More for Less A significant portion of our flights and hotels across Italy, France, Thailand, the Bahamas, New Zealand, and Brazil were covered by credit card points — without gaming the system or paying annual fees we could not justify. Quick Picks (What I Booked & Used)…
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New Zealand in Spring: 10-Day Wellington to Auckland Itinerary by Train
New Zealand by train in spring: Wellington to Auckland with stops in between. I planned a 2-week journey and documented it all.
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Amsterdam, Brussels, and the Dutch Grand Prix: 10-Day Train Itinerary
F1 at Zandvoort: The Dutch Grand Prix and Amsterdam. I combined the race with 4 days in Amsterdam. See the complete itinerary.
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Seattle to LA: 10-Day West Coast Trip Using Marriott Points
Seattle to Los Angeles: Pacific Coast road trip. I drove Highway 1 over 5 days and documented every stop with costs.
