👋 Hi Reader,

Hope the first week of March has been great so far! Here are some highlights from today's newsletter:

• 💳 Is the new Robinhood Platinum card worth the $695 fee?
• 👩🏻‍🔬 Stop planning & start experimenting for a better life
• 🇯🇵 Rove Miles adds JAL with a 50% transfer bonus
• 💵 $500 welcome offers on no annual fee BoA biz cards
• 🏦 Bank bonuses worth $4,500+
• 🤩 Free museum tickets, game of bowling, coffee & more
• 🛒 50% off BJ's Wholesale Club annual memberships
• 👶 Three reasons to be a parent, and more!

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Chris

👩🏻‍🔬 Stop Planning & Start Experimenting For a Better Life

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Anne-Laure, neuroscientist and author of Tiny Experiments, shares why setting big goals might actually be holding you back and what to do instead. We explore how to replace goal-setting with tiny, low-risk experiments that lead to more growth, more joy, and less burnout.

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📋 My Past Week

Here's a quick recap of what I was up to last week:

• Both kids were sick enough to miss a few days of school (and not the same days either), which meant this week was a bit of a mess. It seems like we're almost on the other side of this and hoping we can have a healthy streak for a few weeks before the next one. It's still crazy to me that kids get 6-10 colds a year!
• I recently joined a small group of four other creators who are all at a similar size/scale of their business. Back when I was running a company I was around other founders all the time, but it's been harder to find that community as a solo-creator, so I'm really excited to see what comes from this group and encourage anyone in a similar situation to try and find a peer group too.
• I love card games and have played cribbage plenty of times with my father-in-law over the years. However, when my in-laws came to visit last week, they taught us a new 4-player variation that doesn't need a cribbage board, called Cross Crib, and it was a ton of fun. That link might make you think you need to buy the game, but you definitely don't at all. If you have any other favorite 2-4 player card games (ideally of the strategic/trick-taking variety), please reply to this email and share.
• We ended up having to cancel a trip to Mexico last year because our lodging canceled on us. Since we booked the trip almost 8 months in advance, we didn't have much time left to use the United credit we had from canceling (it expires 12mo after booking). Part of the reason we weren't able to take a trip was that we were hosting my mother-in-law during all of her neurosurgery procedures, so I figured it was worth a shot to see if that was enough of a reason for United to extend the flight credit and to my surprise they gave us an extra year after we sent them a doctor's note. We're going to try and use it sooner this time so we're not scrambling at the last minute again.

🛫 Travel, Points & Miles

💳 New Robinhood Platinum Card Worth the $695 Fee?

Robinhood just launched the Robinhood Platinum Card, a massive coupon book card with a $695 annual fee. It earns 5% cash back on dining (capped at $50K/year), 5%/10% on flights/hotels booked in their travel portal, and 1% on everything else. From an earning standpoint, it's wildly uninteresting, but it seems the goal is to present this as $3,000+ in various credits for a $695 fee. It's up to you how much you value these perks, but to me, they're worth ~$700.

When it comes to high annual fee cards, I much prefer ones that come with 100-200k point welcome bonuses, unique earnings potential and/or offer something I can't get anywhere else (e.g. Amex Centurion Lounge access). So I'm definitely a pass on this one.

✈️ Southwest Offering Elite Status Match & Challenge

Southwest is offering a status match and challenge to A-List and A-List Preferred for those who hold elite status with other major U.S. airlines. You'll get 120 days of matched status right away, and if you complete qualifying activity during that window, you can extend it to 12 months. Registration is open through 12/30/26.

💵 $500 Welcome Offers on No Fee BoA Biz Cards

Three Bank of America business cards with no annual fees have increased welcome offers to earn $500 after spending $5,000 within the first 90 days. That's up from the usual $300 for a $3K spend, so you're essentially getting an extra $200 for $2K more in spend.

• ​Business Unlimited Cash Rewards​
• ​Business Customized Cash Rewards​
• ​Business Travel Rewards​

Normally $500 isn't a big enough welcome bonus for me to get excited, but if you're able to qualify for the Preferred Rewards for Business program, you can boost each of those cards' earning rates by up to 75%. At that level (Platinum Honors) it'd push the Unlimited Cash and Travel Rewards to 2.625% on everything and the Customized card to 5.25% on up to $50k a year in your top category.

🇯🇵 Rove Miles Adds JAL with a 50% Transfer Bonus

​Rove Miles recently added Japan Airlines Mileage Bank as a 1:1 transfer partner and is offering a 50% transfer bonus until 3/31. I don't have many Rove points, so I can't do much with this bonus, but it's always great to see more transfer partners getting added to points programs.

📣 New Airline, Hotel and Points Promos This Week

Business Class Award Flight Deals

• 🇦🇷 Argentina: From 50K Atmos points​
• 🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands: From 15K Atmos points​
• 🇨🇱 Chile: From 50K Atmos points​
• 🇨🇴 Colombia: From 15K Atmos points​
• 🇮🇪 Ireland: From 45K Atmos points​
• 🇵🇹 Portugal: From 60K Aeroplan points​

Award Hotel Deals

• 🇬🇷 Conrad Athens: From 96K Hilton points​
• 🇹🇨 Hotel Indigo Turks & Caicos: From 65K IHG One points​
• 🇮🇹 Park Hyatt Milan: From 35K World of Hyatt points​
• 🇮🇹 The Lake Como EDITION: From 79K Bonvoy points​

Airline Promos

• Air France-KLM: 25% off award flights between Europe and North America. Book by 3/31 for travel before 8/31.
• Avianca: 45% off award flights to Latin America or Spain. Book by 3/9 and travel before 7/31.
• Icelandair: Earn 2x TrueBlue points on select flights booked by 3/13 and completed between 3/15 and 10/15.
• JetBlue: Up to a 30% discount on elite status qualifying tiles until 3/18.
• Popular Bank → Avios: 20% transfer bonus to British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus until 3/31.
• Southwest: Earn up to 1,000 bonus points via the Rapid Rewards Shopping portal. Spend $100+ to earn 500 bonus points and $250+ to earn 1K before 3/16.

Hotel Promos

• Capital One → Preferred Hotels: 30% transfer bonus until 4/1.
• IHG: 15% off award stays at new properties listed here. Book and stay before 3/31.
• IHG: Up to 20% off stays across Europe, India, South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Book by 3/17 and stay before 12/31.
• Preferred Hotels: Up to 35% off stays booked by 3/16 and completed by 4/16.
• Vacations by Marriott: 25K bonus points on 5+ night stays booked before 3/31 and completed by 7/31.
• World of Hyatt: 500 bonus points per night at new hotels listed here. Check this link for offer dates at each hotel.

🤑 Latest Deals

🤩 Free Museum Tix, Game of Bowling, Coffee & More

• Museum Tickets: Free access to 200+ museums today, 3/7 and 3/8 with a BoA credit or debit card.
• Game of Bowling: Free game of bowling at Go Bowling when you sign up here using your email. Doesn't include shoe rental.
• Coffee (Panera or Dollop Coffee): One ​free coffee every week for AT&T customers between 3/2 and 4/5.
• $5 for Coffee: Download the Cash App as a new user and enter referral code NKPSXST and send $5 to get a $5 bonus valid at any coffee shop.
• Cookie​: One free Chocolate Chunk Cookie at Insomnia Cookies through 3/9.

🏦 Bank Bonuses Worth $4,500+

Personal

• ​Up to $1,700 from Raisin: Earn up to $1,500 when you open a new account using the promo code HEADSTART before 3/31 and complete a qualifying deposit. Plus, get an additional $200 if you open a new Raisin account via TopCashback.
• ​$400 from Wells Fargo: When you open an Everyday Checking account before 4/7 and complete a qualifying direct deposit.
• ​Up to $400 from PNC: When you set up a qualifying direct deposit to a new PNC Virtual Wallet before 5/28.
• ​$300 from Capital One: Open a new 360 Checking account using promo code OFFER300 and set up qualifying direct deposits.

Business

• ​$825 from Wells Fargo: Open a new eligible business checking account before 5/6 and complete the qualifying requirements.
• ​$500 from Capital One: Open a new eligible business checking using promo code SBOFFER500 and complete the qualifying requirements.
• ​$400 from Wells Fargo: Open a new eligible business checking account before 5/6 and complete the qualifying requirements.

🛒 50% Off BJ's Wholesale Club Annual Memberships

Right now you can get a 1-year BJ's Club Card for $30 (regularly $60) and the upgraded Club+ membership for $70 (normally $120). This offer is valid for new members only and expires on 4/2.

💰 Robinhood Rewards Sweepstakes: Win Up to $150K

​Robinhood Gold members can enter the HOOD Rewards sweepstakes with a $150K grand prize, three $50K prizes, and 2,000 one-gram gold bars (valued at ~$223 each). Every $1 eligible deposit made before 3/25 into your taxable brokerage account counts as one entry (withdrawals reduce your count). There's also a free mail-in option with 3,000 entries per envelope. Winners will be notified around 4/21.

🔗 Card-Linked Offers: $1,600+ in Savings

Here are some card-linked offers I found this week with expiration dates in parentheses. Some of these are targeted offers, so I recommend using CardPointers Pro (get 30% off here) to automate them.

• AT&T Wireless: $75 off $100 (3/31) or $50 off $65 (4/30)
• IKEA: 15% off, up to $41 (3/31)
• Apple Pay: $15 off $150 (3/31)
• Expedia Hotels: 10% off, up to $120 off prepaid stays (4/2)
• Indeed: $100 off $100 (4/14)
• Broadway Tickets: $50 off $250 (5/27)
• SIXT Car Rental: $100 off $500 (5/31)
• Carnival Cruise: $100 off $500 (6/2)
• Dell.com: Up to 13% off, up to $1,000 (6/30)

🕵️ Top Find

👶 Three Reasons to Be a Parent

Coming off the heels of two sick kids who seemed nothing like the girls I knew the week before, I really enjoyed reading this essay from Derek Thompson on parenthood. He compares parenting to being a permanent tourist in a constantly evolving foreign city that also happens to be your home. Whether you're a parent or thinking about becoming one, it's a really great read.

💬 Parting Thoughts

As always, thanks so much for reading! I’d love to hear your thoughts on today’s newsletter, and if you enjoyed it, please let me know why!

Chris