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You don’t have to figure this out alone.
Whether you have a trip coming up and don’t know where to start, or a stack of credit card points you’ve never used, or a London flight booked without realizing you need a travel authorization — this is what we do. Jeremy and Shana have been navigating travel, points programs, and entry requirements for a while now. They’ll tell you the honest answer, including the parts most travel guides skip.
What We Offer
Trip Planning & Destination Advice
You have a trip coming up — or you’re thinking about one. You want honest advice on what to see, where to stay, what to avoid, and what most guides won’t tell you. Entry requirements, getting around, neighborhoods worth your time — we’ve been there, or we know someone who has, and we’ll tell you the truth.
Points & Miles Strategy
You have credit card points sitting somewhere and you’re not sure if they’re useful. Or you’ve heard about award travel and want to understand how it actually works. We’ll look at what you have and tell you what’s realistic — no jargon, no sales pitch for another card.
Award Search & Booking Guidance
You want to use your points for a specific trip and you need help finding the availability and understanding the process. We do the search; you make the booking. We walk you through it step by step.
Most consultations overlap two or three of these. The intake form sorts it out.
What It Costs
We put the pricing here because you shouldn’t have to ask.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Trip planning call (60 min) + written summary | $150 |
| Points & miles strategy call (60 min) + written action plan | $150 |
| Award search for a specific trip + booking walkthrough | $200 |
| Combined strategy + award search | $300 |
If your situation is more complex, we’ll tell you before the call — not after.
This Is What’s Possible
Here’s what the system looks like in practice.
It was Tuesday. An open week on the calendar, a stack of Chase Ultimate Rewards points sitting idle — and a question: Want to go to Belgium? By Saturday morning, Jeremy and Shana were in United Polaris business class seats, Newark to Brussels, round trip. They transferred 330,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Avianca Lifemiles, redeemed on United, and paid $225.42 in taxes and fees. Cash value of those seats: $17,681 per ticket.
Four days from idea to takeoff. Award availability moves fast — but so does someone who knows where to look.
Why Trust This Advice
Jeremy spent 25 years making consequential decisions under uncertainty. Search and rescue operations. Marine safety oversight. Emergency response coordination. Good decisions require honest information, systematic analysis, and the willingness to say when something isn’t the right call.
He applies exactly that approach to points and award redemptions. Not affiliate-driven recommendations. Not generic advice that works for everyone, which means it’s optimized for no one. Honest analysis of your specific situation, with specific next steps.
Jeremy and Shana use the programs they recommend. Every card review, every award redemption, every strategy in the blog is documented from personal experience — including what didn’t work and what we’d do differently.
That’s the standard. It’s the same one that runs through every post on this site, and it’s the standard for the consultancy.
Who You’re Talking To
Jeremy Smith retired as a Coast Guard Captain after 25 years. His career was built on making consequential decisions under uncertainty — search and rescue, marine safety oversight, emergency response. He learned early that the honest answer, even when it’s not what someone wants to hear, is the only one worth giving. He brings that standard to every recommendation, whether it’s an award redemption strategy or a neighborhood you should probably skip.
Shana Morris flew Coast Guard helicopters for 25 years, eventually expanding into joint operations with the Department of Defense. She handles hotel programs and points decisions with the same rigor she brought to preflight assessments: if the math doesn’t work, she’ll say so. Shana is on client calls whenever possible — her read on a hotel program or a destination often changes the answer.
How It Works
1. Fill out the form
Takes about five minutes. Tell us where you’re going, what you have, and what you’re trying to figure out. The more specific, the more useful the call.
2. Jeremy reviews it
He responds within 48 hours. If it’s a good fit, you’ll receive a payment link and, once that’s processed, a link to schedule the call.
3. You get a clear answer
The call is 30–60 minutes. Afterward, you receive a written summary — recommendations, an award search result, or an itinerary outline, depending on what you asked for. Then you go on your trip.
No bureaucracy. No follow-up sales pitch. One call, a clear answer, and you’re on your way.
SMorris Travels may earn a referral commission if you apply for and are approved for credit cards recommended during a consultation. This doesn’t change what gets recommended — advice is based on your situation, not the commission rate — but you should know it’s there. Affiliate disclosure.
Start Here
Fill out our short intake form and Jeremy will get back to you within 48 hours. No commitment, no pressure — just a conversation about what’s possible.