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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…

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…

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…

Hey y’all, I hope you all had a good Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, or whatever other holidays you chose to observe during this festive time of year. While we’re all resting this week and getting ready to start 2026 on a good note, I decided it was a nice time to play some more…

There’s plenty of theses out there in the MS community on risk – pretty much every other blog out there has one. Over the course of your churning and MS career, your risk tolerance will fluctuate too. Plays and loops that once seemed daunting will soon become a ho-hum 30 second checklist item each day, week,…

We’re halfway through December, which means it’s officially that time of year in which every possible app, website, and community jumps on the “your year wrapped trend” that hasn’t really even been that interesting since Spotify first started it in 2015.  I’ll admit that I used to share mine thinking that people cared (they didn’t),…