Points · Travel · Cards

Travel more. Spend less.
Earn everything.

The credit card points playbook for people who'd rather be in first class than fixated on fees. Start free — learn fast.

Find my first card Work with me
Free tools

Start earning in minutes

Three quick tools to turn your regular spending into flights, hotels, and weekends away — no spreadsheets required.

Card Finder

Three quick questions — credit score, rewards style, annual fee tolerance — and get a beginner-friendly shortlist with plain-English explanations.

Take the quiz

Spending Optimizer

Pick the cards you own, drop in your monthly spend by category, and see which card to swipe where — plus your projected annual points.

Optimize my wallet

Award Flight Calculator

Plug in any flight redemption — cash price + miles. We'll tell you exactly what your points are worth and whether to burn miles or pay cash.

Calculate value
How it works

Three steps to free flights

No hacks, no burner accounts — just a clean, repeatable system for turning the money you already spend into serious travel.

01

Find your card

Match a card to your credit profile and how you actually travel. Welcome bonuses do the heavy lifting here.

02

Spend on purpose

Use the Spending Optimizer to route every category to the right card. No extra spending — just smarter routing.

03

Redeem for travel

Transfer points to airline and hotel partners at the right moments. That's where 1¢ points quietly become 2–4¢.

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Helping people fly business class on a coach budget.

Weekend Departures started as a way to share what I'd learned the hard way — through years of credit-card spreadsheets, missed welcome bonuses, and one very expensive last-minute Tokyo flight. Today, it's a place for people who'd rather earn their next vacation than pay for it.

If you've ever felt like the "miles game" was rigged for finance bros and forum nerds, you're in the right place. The system's actually simple — once someone explains it without trying to flex.

See how I can help →
Work with me

Done with DIY? Let's build it together.

Two ways to skip the months of forum-reading and get a points strategy mapped to your real life.

Personalized Points & Credit Card

A one-on-one session built around your actual spending, credit profile, and travel goals. Walk away with a card stack to apply for, a 12-month welcome bonus calendar, and a plan you can actually execute.

  • Credit profile review
  • Custom card stack recommendation
  • Welcome bonus timing & sequencing
  • Recording + written follow-up
Apply now →

Fly with Points

You have the points. Now what? We map a specific trip — flights, hotels, transfers — using the points you already have, plus the ones we'll earn together. No guesswork, no missed sweet spots.

  • Award availability deep-dive
  • Multi-airline routing strategy
  • Hotel sweet spots for your dates
  • Booking walkthrough — start to finish
Book a session →
From the blog

Field notes & guides

Real trips, real numbers. Bite-size posts from the Substack plus deep-dive guides on Nas.io.

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Weekend Departures — Smarter way to travel, more for less
Points · Travel · Cards

Travel more. Spend less.
Earn everything.

The credit card points playbook for people who'd rather be in first class than fixated on fees. Start free — learn fast.

Find my first card Work with me
Free tools

Start earning in minutes

Three quick tools to turn your regular spending into flights, hotels, and weekends away — no spreadsheets required.

Card Finder

Three quick questions — credit score, rewards style, annual fee tolerance — and get a beginner-friendly shortlist with plain-English explanations.

Take the quiz

Spending Optimizer

Pick the cards you own, drop in your monthly spend by category, and see which card to swipe where — plus your projected annual points.

Optimize my wallet

Award Flight Calculator

Plug in any flight redemption — cash price + miles. We'll tell you exactly what your points are worth and whether to burn miles or pay cash.

Calculate value
How it works

Three steps to free flights

No hacks, no burner accounts — just a clean, repeatable system for turning the money you already spend into serious travel.

01

Find your card

Match a card to your credit profile and how you actually travel. Welcome bonuses do the heavy lifting here.

02

Spend on purpose

Use the Spending Optimizer to route every category to the right card. No extra spending — just smarter routing.

03

Redeem for travel

Transfer points to airline and hotel partners at the right moments. That's where 1¢ points quietly become 2–4¢.

Founder of Weekend Departures
📸 Add photo Drop a file named
founder.jpg
in this folder
Meet your guide

Helping people fly business class on a coach budget.

Weekend Departures started as a way to share what I'd learned the hard way — through years of credit-card spreadsheets, missed welcome bonuses, and one very expensive last-minute Tokyo flight. Today, it's a place for people who'd rather earn their next vacation than pay for it.

If you've ever felt like the "miles game" was rigged for finance bros and forum nerds, you're in the right place. The system's actually simple — once someone explains it without trying to flex.

See how I can help →
Work with me

Want a points strategy built for you?

Skip the months of forum-reading. Book a one-on-one session and walk away with a personalized card stack, redemption plan, and the next 12 months mapped out.

Strategy Call

$97/ 45 min

The fast lane. We diagnose your current points situation and build a plan you can act on this week.

  • Card stack audit
  • Welcome bonus game plan
  • Custom redemption ideas
  • Recording + notes after
Book a call →

Deep Dive

$297/ 90 min

For a specific trip you want to nail — business-class flights, an anniversary, family of four to Tokyo. We map the whole thing.

  • Award availability deep-dive
  • Multi-airline routing strategy
  • Hotel sweet spots for your dates
  • Two follow-up emails post-call
Book deep dive →

Concierge

$497/ month

Ongoing partnership. I plan, you swipe. For people who hate decision fatigue and want a points pro on call.

  • Quarterly strategy sessions
  • Trip planning on demand
  • Direct messaging access
  • Cancel anytime
Apply →
The newsletter

The best of points & travel, straight to your inbox.

Top card offers, transfer bonuses, and award sweet spots — curated so you don't have to doom-scroll r/churning.