How to redeem Capital One’s 75,000 bonus miles welcome offer for maximum value

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This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with an employee who has been on a "quiet vacation," which refers to taking time off without using PTO. The interviewee requested anonymity to protect their employment. Business Insider has verified their identity, employment, and travel with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Recently, I walked through Paris to meet a friend on the Rive Gauche. On the hour-long route from my home in Montmartre, I popped in for a croissant at a favorite boulangerie, skirted around the Palais Royal, passed the pyramid of the Louvre, crossed the Seine. Post-coffee, the walk home unfolded in reverse. I ran a few errands as I got closer to my apartment: greens and radishes at our neighborhood épicerie, a crusty and warm baguette at another boulangerie, a bottle of sparkling wine at the caviste. Pausing briefly to adjust my grip on the bags at the base of the stairs leading up to the Sacre-Cœur, I made the inevitable climb up.

By stacking current offers from Citi and Air France-KLM's Flying Blue program, you can score a one-way flight to Europe for as little as 12,000 credit card points (plus fees and taxes).

The San Francisco Peninsula – the region’s Travel & Tourism Board - is pleased to announce that it will host California’s 2024 MICHELIN Guide Ceremony in Half Moon Bay on Monday, August 5, at The Ritz-Carlton. The annual MICHELIN Guide selection of California restaurants will be announced and celebrated at the event, with accomplished chefs from across the state in attendance, along with global media.

Visitors to the upcoming Paris Olympics will soon have an easy way to save money on transportation. Uber, the popular rideshare app, will be offering an automatic 10 percent discount on rides for passengers from Paris airports between July 22 through Sept. 8. The discount applies to arrivals from both Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and Orly Airport Aéroport de Paris (ORY). Passengers can also save 30 percent if they use UberX Share within the city, as long as they are matched with another rider during the trip. 

A new status match opportunity offers SkyPriority benefits on SkyTeam alliance flights like those operated by Delta Air Lines, and, in a unique twist, you can even match your expired status.

Wells Fargo has two Choice Privileges credit cards. A no-annual-fee Choice Privileges® Mastercard® (see rates and fees) and a $95 annual fee Choice Privileges® Select Mastercard® (see rates and fees). Both have compelling limited-time sign-up bonuses.

Sheraton New Orleans Hotel appoints Chandra Swamy as Executive Chef, bringing over 28 years of global culinary experience to enhance guest dining.

At TPG, one of our main missions is to teach our readers how to use points and miles to secure dream trips they otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford. Often, we don't hear about the trips that our readers end up taking, but every now and again, we're gifted with tales of special experiences.

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The city of Venice will plan to renew and even raise its day trip fee next year after successfully implementing it for the first time this summer.