The Standard Brief

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One five-minute email: offer deadlines ranked by real net value, the monthly valuation re-mark, and one concrete move. Every number traces to the public index — if we can’t source it, we don’t send it. The regular run starts soon; sign up now and the next issue comes to you first.

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The format

Five sections, five minutes

The mark

What points are worth right now — the index re-mark, plus the latest market moves: closures, fee changes, intro offers.

Clock running

Every confirmed offer deadline, with full value and first-year net side by side — the net column is the point.

The move

One concrete, dollar-quantified play. Not ten ideas — one, with the arithmetic in the email.

What we'd skip

One offer or redemption we'd pass on, with the math for why. The section sponsored content can't write.

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Issue #1 · 2026-07-07

July re-mark: Aeroplan holds 2.1¢, and three clocks start ticking

Aeroplan's real spread, $96/year in free Costco money, and the 100K offer we'd skip.