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What happened
- Credit card protections: Prioritizes time savings over detailed knowledge of terms.
- Breakfast: Avoids standard breakfasts at Comfort, Wingate, Hampton; keeps Holiday Inn Express for Cinnabon rolls.
- Bonus points: Confirms initial posting for targeted spend offers but doesn't reconcile later.
- Rental cars: Always uses a card with CDW coverage
The author outlines several personal assumptions they make regarding travel and points: they don't need to be an expert on credit card travel protections, they skip standard complimentary breakfasts at lower-tier chains (except Holiday Inn Express for cinnamon rolls), and they don't verify if targeted, capped spend bonus points have posted. Key points: