Rapid Travel Chai

On my mind: I got approved for the new Chase Iberia card. I applied the date it launched. It took a while for Chase to mail me a request to call in to verify my identity. This has been happening to me with several banks in recent months. With 3 checking accounts and 9 credits cards across personal and two businesses with them, you’d think Chase knows who I am by now.

Hacks:

• Calculating the true cost of award tickets.
• OH, NO! I’m losing my favorite travel benefit!
• The best travel rewards card you’ve never heard of.

Travels:

• San Diego is turning to Tijuana to get more Chinese tourists.
• Dancing in the hills: a journey to meet Pakistan’s Kalash people.
• Eritrea Summary from Tony Wheeler’s Travels.

Events:

• Lost Amazon villages uncovered by archaeologists.
• Revolutionary spirit fades as France commemorates May ’68.
• Canada’s outdoor rinks are melting. So is a way of life.

Ideas:

• John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment.
• The second-most dangerous American.
• Pacific Rim inspired the “Mako Mori Test.” Uprising gives the character a far less inspiring arc.