Vish: articleshttps://vishd.com/articles/Credit card points, trip planning, shows, and the tools I build along the way.en-us29 countries and 25 stateshttps://vishd.com/articles/29-countries/https://vishd.com/articles/29-countries/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhere I've been so far, counted, with the map on the travel page.47 shows since 2018https://vishd.com/articles/47-shows-since-2018/https://vishd.com/articles/47-shows-since-2018/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMostly house and electronic, mostly Chicago, and one very busy year.Business class with points: find the seat firsthttps://vishd.com/articles/business-class-seat-first/https://vishd.com/articles/business-class-seat-first/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe order that saves the most points: seat, then program, then transfer. Never the other way around.Chase to Hyatt is now 4 to 3 on the Sapphire Preferredhttps://vishd.com/articles/chase-hyatt-4-to-3/https://vishd.com/articles/chase-hyatt-4-to-3/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhat changed on October 1, what it costs you in real points, and the one way around it.A château wedding and Mallorca: the routehttps://vishd.com/articles/chateau-wedding-and-mallorca-route/https://vishd.com/articles/chateau-wedding-and-mallorca-route/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTTwelve days, five stops: Barcelona, Girona, a wedding in Ginestas, Carcassonne, then Mallorca.30 Chicago rooftops, in walking orderhttps://vishd.com/articles/chicago-rooftops/https://vishd.com/articles/chicago-rooftops/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvery rooftop bar on my list, grouped by neighborhood so you can do a few in one night.The partners only one bank can reachhttps://vishd.com/articles/only-one-bank/https://vishd.com/articles/only-one-bank/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTDelta, American, Alaska, Amtrak and a few more. If you want one of these, the bank picks itself.I rated every show in 2023https://vishd.com/articles/rating-every-show-2023/https://vishd.com/articles/rating-every-show-2023/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT17 shows in 2023, 16 of them scored out of 10. Four perfect scores, two of them ZHU.Is that transfer bonus actually worth it?https://vishd.com/articles/transfer-bonus-math/https://vishd.com/articles/transfer-bonus-math/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTA 35% bonus can still be a bad deal. A two line check before you move any points.Every transfer partner change in 2026 so farhttps://vishd.com/articles/transfer-changes-2026/https://vishd.com/articles/transfer-changes-2026/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTFourteen changes across five banks since January. Six got better, eight got worse.What is a point worth? One line of mathhttps://vishd.com/articles/what-is-a-point-worth/https://vishd.com/articles/what-is-a-point-worth/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCash price minus taxes, divided by points. That's the whole thing. Try it on your own trip.Where your points can go: five banks, every partnerhttps://vishd.com/articles/where-your-points-can-go/https://vishd.com/articles/where-your-points-can-go/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTChase, Amex, Capital One, Citi and Bilt side by side. Pick a bank and see which airlines and hotels light up.Japan, tips worth stealinghttps://vishd.com/articles/japan-tips-worth-stealing/https://vishd.com/articles/japan-tips-worth-stealing/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTSix things I learned on two weeks in Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo, from cash-only temples to the wrong bullet train.