The Two Things Every Newcomer Needs to Do Before Earning Points and Miles

Maybe you just noticed, for the first time, that the credit card in your wallet has been earning you "points" for years, and you have absolutely no idea what that means or what they're worth.

Whatever brought you here, you felt that electric combination of excitement and confusion. The sense that there’s an entire world operating just beneath the surface of ordinary life, and that other people are living in it while you’ve been paying full price for everything. So you start to dig in. And almost immediately, you hit a wall.

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Travelogue: Brunch at Gemma on Opening Weekend

We got there for the first Sunday seating of opening weekend at Gemma, the newly opened rooftop at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, and what has to be the best view in LA.

There’s something about being one of the first people through the door at a new restaurant.

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