Month: January 2026

  • Closing the loop – MS edition

    Closing the loop – MS edition

    The word loop is one of those many words in the churning and MS world that can mean a lot of different things depending on who you ask, kind of similar to how the whole hobby doesn’t have a universally accepted name.  In a lot of places, it’s simply used as a synonym for play,…

  • January PSA – Friends vs. Customers

    January PSA – Friends vs. Customers

    One of the best parts of the MS/churning community is how friendly and interesting the vast majority of the people participating in it are. Outside of a couple of bad apples, it’s one of the least toxic online communities I’ve personally ever been a part of. For a side hustle that is pretty lucrative and…

  • Mistakes are part of the journey, and thoughts on pay for play

    Mistakes are part of the journey, and thoughts on pay for play

    Since the beginning of the hobby, there was generally a natural progression to move from churner to shrimp to dolphin to whale using whatever was the most popular platform of the time. Whether it was back in the day on Flyertalk, /r/churning, or deep down in comment threads on Doctor of Credit, you gradually picked…

  • Story time: What churning and MS mean to me

    Story time: What churning and MS mean to me

    Pictured: an ice cold Ožujsko in Dubrovnik, circa 2018 Editor’s note: This post is very long and somewhat personal/vulnerable (my probe group may even go so far as to call it…sensitive?) and while it relates to MS and churning plenty, it isn’t about a specific play. If you liked my post on finding purpose in…