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I hope you had a good week. Thank you for reading my work each week.

The weather is insane everywhere. My friends in New York are complaining about the heat, and so are the ones in the U.K. How’s the weather in your neck of the woods?

I hope you are enjoying the World Cup Football as much as I am. Love the folks in Cabo Verde and Curaçao. I think many people will head to these places in the very near future. What are your thoughts?

I’ve been creating a ton of content this week to help you through your travels. There are three articles in the Survival Series, and the fourth will be in your email inbox tomorrow. Thanks for all your feedback.

My goal is to help you have a better travel experience, so I hope these guides are helping. Please share them with your fellow passriders.

I also spent this week updating the Destination Intel. If you tried it and got no results, please come back and take a look, as I’ve done a ton of updates and there are close to 150 destinations in there. It’s interesting, I started with mostly international destinations, but you all want domestic, so you have that now :).

Please hit that reply button and tell me what you think.

International Flights at Airports

PDX is the latest one completed at

Travel Guides

New Guides have been added for added for the following countries:

Nakholmen, Norway. Easily accessible by ferry from Oslo

  • Belgium

  • Croatia

  • Nigeria

  • Norway

I'm 63 With $1.5M. Can I Spend $10K a Month?

You’ve saved $1.5 million. Now comes the real test.

Can it produce $10,000 a month, or will that pace drain your portfolio?

Most retirees do not get a clear answer until it is too late.

The issue is not just how much you have. It is whether your portfolio was built to pay you, not just grow.

That difference can determine whether your money lasts decades or starts breaking down early.

Sequence of returns, taxes on withdrawals, healthcare costs, and whether the 4% rule still applies all play a role.

Fiduciary advisors created a breakdown showing what drives sustainable income and why the same $1.5M can produce very different outcomes.

If you have $1M or more invested, do not guess.

Check out the research piece on a timeline of 250 years of aviation and aerospace in the U.S.

Rebuild St. Elizabeth Project

The game is still on; please keep those donations coming.

If you have anyone willing to donate to the cause, please send them over to https://gofund.me/6938f19d4.

Flight Loads

More new members have joined; thank you and welcome. If you’ve not done so already, remember to sign up for Flight Loads, (https://flightloads.passrider.com), my new free anonymous load-sharing service. And spread the word, please.

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PS: My book proceeds go right back into keeping Passrider running and creating travel content to make your travels smoother and maximize your travel benefits. I appreciate your support.

TRAVEL EVENTS CALENDAR

  • FIFA World Cup Football (Soccer) - June 11 - July 19, 2026

  • Wimbledon - Monday, June 29 - Sunday, July 12, 2026

  • Tour de France - Saturday, July 4, 2026 - Sunday, July 26, 2026

  • Farnborough Airshow (Farnborough, U.K.) - July 20-24, 2026

  • Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI USA) - July 20-26, 2026

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✈️ Passrider Non-Rev Travel Tip of the Week

The Southern Hemisphere

It's winter below the equator and the loads are not as bad usually. So maybe do a summer vacation in winter. Lots of destinations to choose from. And remember to bring winter clothing.

Remember you can request flights loads for other airlines at https://flightloads.passrider.com.

My Asia, Caribbean and European Playbooks also has a ton of tips you can use.

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