Happy Sunday!

🏀 I'm elated to report that my five-year-old daughter Olivia was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday and is doing so great after recovering from a scary bout of pneumonia. The photo above was taken at last night's Toronto Raptors vs. Los Angeles Clippers game at the new (and swanky) Intuit Dome. Thank you again for all the prayers and well-wishes.
⚕️Mycoplasma pneumonia
BTW: Mycoplasma pneumonia is going around and a few things I learned are:
1. It's contagious.
2. If a child has a high fever for more than five days, make sure they get checked.
3. If a child has a cough for more than a week, have them checked.
Olivia didn't have a cough until about a week after having a high fever and her lungs sounded great in the beginning. The doctors only caught the pneumonia because they finally did a chest x-ray after all her other tests came back negative. Here's some more information from a local publication and from the The New York Times about this nasty bug that's going around.

🎁 Give the gift of family-friendly travel to California this holiday season
This holiday season, skip the sweaters and socks and get more creative with your gift giving. In partnership with Visit California, we've rounded up 10 family-friendly travel ideas that will make an incredible gift. Check them out and tell us which one is your favorite or what California destination you'd add to your holiday wish list!

🏞️ You can visit a National Park for free on Monday, November 11
Planning on visiting any of the U.S. National Parks soon? Or simply looking for a good, cheap adventure? Then take note of the last day left in 2024 on which all National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone. Veterans Day (Monday, November 11) is the last one. On the flip side, if you want to avoid the crowds, you will probably want to skip going on that day. Get all the details here.

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✈️ Today's Travel Outlook

As of 11:10am PT, there have been 35 canceled flights to, from or within the United States and 1,351 delayed. Here's a link to the up-to-date stats and a live look at the FAA's National Airspace System Status. Here's what to do during weather delays and flight cancelations.

🧭 Travel Product of the Week

Limited time deal: 70% off Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds
The holiday season is fast approaching and if you're ready to start checking some of those gifts off your list, it's a great time to get started as early holiday deals have begun. These wireless Bluetooth earbuds are, at the time of this newsletter distribution, on sale for 70% off and just $26.99. This is a limited time deal so check them out here.

💊 Monday

How to save big on prescription drugs at home and on the road
I first wrote about this website and app in 2015 but somehow, I kept forgetting about it, which has proven to be a costly mistake. Fortunately, I remembered it last night when my son's doctor said he needed to get an inhaler after his bout of pneumonia. The doctor's office called in the prescription and the pharmacy price was $320! Here's how I saved a bundle.

🔒Tuesday

A friend's Rolex was stolen: Here's how to prevent it from happening to you
Last night, one of my friends posted on Facebook that his expensive watch was stolen from the gym. He wrote, “Listen to your premonition/Spiderman senses. Lost my Rolex at Equinox while taking a Friday night class. Lock removed and watch taken from inside my shoe. I felt the negative energy of being watched as I was changing before class, and unfortunately ignored the sensory alert.” Here's what happened and how to prevent it from happening to you.

👟Wednesday

Flight attendant shares a travel tip that everyone agrees is simple but genius
If you travel frequently, if you're a little forgetful, if you're directionally challenged or if you just want to save yourself time when you're leaving your hotel room, this simple tip can help. Read the story here.

🥗Thursday

Flight attendants claim this airport vending machine has better food than First Class
Flight attendant and bestselling book author Heather Poole recently shared the airport meal she loves and calls 'way better than first class food.' And it comes from a vending machine. Check it out here.

🍎 Friday

10 tips to avoid getting ripped off in New York City (or anywhere you travel)
Did you know New York gets the most tourists out of any U.S. city? The city brings in a whopping 63 million tourists a year. If you are planning on visiting the Big Apple, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) offers some simple tips for visitors. Here are 10 tips to avoid getting ripped off in New York City but many can be applied to any place in the world.

📺 Travel Videos of the Week

🌎 Top 12 Travel Stories of the Week

1 Russia behind plot to plant bombs on planes
2 Boeing workers vote to accept deal, end strike
3 ‘A municipal swimming pool’: tourists react to temporary Trevi fountain replacement
4 LaGuardia passengers evacuated over suspicious package, flight disruptions expected
5 Another Italian tourist site brings in strict restrictions
6 American Airlines just made it harder for staff to kick passengers off planes
7 Hurricane Rafael pummels Cuba as Cat 3 storm, knocking out the entire country's power grid
8 Trump win could usher in a new era in Washington travel policy
9 Ben Baldanza, the transformative former CEO of Spirit Airlines, dies at 62
10 Spirit Airlines cuts 24 routes, adds 7 others in latest network shake-up
11 Real ID's 2025 deadline may get flexibility through 2027 under TSA proposal
12 American Airlines loyalty members to get streamlined TSA security screening
Read it all here as well as the 84 other top travel news stories from this past week!

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✈️ Miles and Points

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💳 5 reasons why the Bilt Card is worth it
The Bilt World Elite Mastercard continues to be the best way to pay rent with a card as you can earn 1 point per dollar in rent payments without fees. However, if you have a high monthly payment, you can reach the previous $50,000 annual earning cap before year-end. Thankfully, the annual Bilt points cap is being lifted so you can earn more points on rent. Here are 5 of the best reasons the Bilt Card is worth it.