Good morning and happy Monday, my friends.

Today’s headline deal is a little complicated… but if you stick with me, you’ll walk away with a stack of hundreds of thousands of miles.

Let’s get started:

• ✈️ Stack these two deals to buy a ton of miles

• 🏨 Come learn about hotel points and miles

• 🥤The one morning thing that travels with me

✈️ Stack these two deals to buy a ton of miles

I’m about to blow your minds. So lean in close, and pay attention. 🫵

There are two converging deals right now which, if taken advantage of very quickly, could net you a CRAP load of valuable miles.

Let’s start with the more complicated one.

Buy 250,000 Lufthansa miles

Earlier today, ASMALLWORLD (a travel & lifestyle company) launched a limited-time deal to buy a package of travel perks and benefits.

It includes things like hotel elite status, car rental perks, curated travel recommendations, hotel booking perks (which I’ll get to later) and… most importantly… a FAT batch of 250,000 Lufthansa Miles & More miles.

The package costs €3,990… yeah, it’s a lot.

But as a Daily Drop reader, you can get a discount of €100 by using this link, bringing the total cost down to around $4,400 USD.

So who cares? And why would anyone spend that much money on buying miles?

Well, I care. And I would buy them. And you should too.

That’s because Lufthansa miles are arguably the most valuable airline miles in the entire world.

For example, you can fly on partner airlines between the U.S. and Europe for around 62,500 miles in business class with very low taxes and fees.

This even applies to/from the West Coast:

That flight alone costs around $4,000, which is basically as much as you paid for the 250,000 miles that you’ll still have close to 190,000 of left.

I just used Lufthansa miles a few days ago to book a flight from Vancouver to Toronto on Air Canada’s 787 lie-flat Dreamliner seat for just 20,000 miles and $45 USD in taxes:

Air Canada itself was charging almost 70,000 Aeroplan points or $1,500 cash for the same flight. 🤷🏼‍♂️

You can even book flights from the U.S. to Europe on United, which could be a great deal.

For example, I found a flight from Newark to Dublin on Sunday, November 23 (the Sunday before Thanksgiving) for 62,500 Lufthansa miles on United.

That’s significantly fewer miles than what Aeroplan or United itself were charging, against a cash price of over $3,000.

You can see how the value really starts to add up.

Still not convinced? How about I throw another 84,000 miles into the equation… 😏

Pair this with another limited-time deal

As you know, the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card is currently offering a $300 travel credit (to use on hotel and vacation rental bookings through Capital One Travel in your first cardholder year) AND 75,000 bonus miles after spending $4,000 in the first three months of opening the card.

(You can see where I’m going with this…)

That’s a great deal by any standards.

But also… you can knock out the entire spending requirement with this one purchase.

So now you’re not only getting 250,000 Lufthansa miles, but you’re also getting:

• 75,000 Capital One miles from the welcome offer

• 8,800 Capital One miles from the purchase itself (since the Venture earns 2x miles on all purchases)

• $300 Capital One Travel stays credit from the welcome offer

That’s a total of ~334,000 miles and $300 of travel credits.

And that doesn’t even account for the other perks that come with the ASMALLWORLD package.

The hotel benefits are compelling, too

It’s worth remembering that you’re not just buying miles… you’re buying a membership that comes with a series of perks, of which those miles are just one.

Being a premium member of ASMALLWORLD (including this package) also allows you to book luxury hotels using their special VIP rate.

And unlike some of its competitors, this comes with some tasty perks, including:

• A $100 property credit

• Free breakfast

• Potential room upgrades

• Early check-in and late check-out

Most importantly, you can also earn your normal hotel loyalty points as though you were booking direct.

So you’re getting the extra value without the opportunity cost of not earning points.

In summary

This offer is only valid through September 30th.

If you pair this with the Venture offer (or any other offer with modest spending requirements), you can stack them to earn an absolutely bonkers amount of points. 🤯

🏨 Come learn about hotel points and miles

If that hotel talk at the end of the last section confused you, don’t worry. You’re not alone.

This stuff can get HELLA confusing, especially if you’re new to the points and miles game.

That’s why we’re hosting a live class to teach you specifically about hotel points programs.

Here’s a snapshot of what you’ll learn if you attend:

• Which hotel loyalty programs are worth knowing about and what makes each one useful

• How to earn hotel points through stays, credit cards, transferable points, and promotions

• How to decide whether to pay cash or use points for a hotel stay

• How to maximize free-night certificates and other hotel perks

• How hotel elite status works and ways to get valuable status without staying dozens of nights

• How to evaluate a hotel redemption and find the best option for your trip

The class is taking place this Thursday, September 24 at 3 pm Eastern. If you want to up your hotel points game, save your spot now. 👇

That’s all for today, friends! I hope you enjoyed this epic start to the week.

See you next time. 🫡

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With contributions by Sam Anthony, Katie Begnoche, and April Wilson.