This Woman Used Grocery Store Rewards to Score a Free Exotic Vacation. Here’s How She Did It

This week’s column comes to you from the white sand beaches of the South Ari atoll in the Indian Ocean, where I’m spending a week at the Conrad Hilton Maldives Rangali Island celebrating with my friend as she finishes her doctoral degree.

The sea here is 50 different shades of blue, and island life is quiet, yet amazing.