US Mobile is the travel phone. Premium is the plan if you leave the country.
Pull last month’s phone bill. Four US Mobile Premium lines are $1,196 the first year, taxes in. A typical four-line postpaid plan leaves $1,300–$2,000 a year on the table.
Topic
Travel
A collection of 7 issues
You can renew your own passport. Online is narrower than you think.
If the book was issued at 16 or older, is undamaged, and isn’t lost, renew by mail ($130, no $35 facility fee) or online if you actually qualify. Skip if the book already covers the trip.
A child under 16 cannot renew a passport. Here’s the actual errand.
Kids under 16 cannot renew. It is DS-11, in person, with the child in the room. Both parents when you can. Five-year book. Do this before you open a card.
A weekend getaway is a date, not a points balance.
Earn this month, fly next month, only if you can name the Friday you leave. If you cannot name the dates, you do not have a trip.
Fall is documents. Winter is booking. Spring is the trip.
The school year is the trip calendar. Passports in the fall. Dates in the winter. The card is last, and only if a trip is actually on the calendar.
Kids ride a parent’s PreCheck. They do not ride Global Entry.
Kids 17 and under can walk PreCheck with you for free. They cannot use a Global Entry lane unless they are members themselves. If the year is domestic, skip it.
How we'll pick trips (and the tech that actually helps)
Start with the constraints, earn toward the trip, and only keep the tools that help.