Why we rebuilt

The old WeDoPoints had grown organically over years. Categories had multiplied to the point where the same topic lived in three different places. The navigation was hard to follow. The design didn’t communicate what we wanted it to. And honestly, the line between editorial content and affiliate content had gotten blurrier than we were comfortable with.

We could have kept patching it. Instead, we decided to start over — keep what worked, throw out what didn’t, and build something that looks and feels like the publication we want WeDoPoints to be: clear, useful, and worth your time even if you never apply for a card through us.

What’s new

Six concrete changes you’ll notice as you explore the site:

What’s not changing

Two things matter to us above everything else, and neither of them changed in the rebuild:

• Honest reviews. We make money through affiliate commissions when readers apply for cards through our links — that’s how this site sustains itself. But we don’t change our reviews based on commission rates. The cards we recommend are the cards we’d recommend to family members. Period.
• Real travel. Every destination guide on this site is built from trips our team has actually taken. When a guide says “the seaplane transfer to the Maldives takes three hours,” it’s because we sat on it. We don’t write about places we haven’t been.

A note on AI and editorial integrity

We want to address something directly, because we think it matters. AI has changed what’s possible in publishing — including in the points-and-miles space. Sites can now generate hundreds of articles a month with no human ever touching them. That content ranks. That content monetizes. And in the short term, it might even look fine to readers.

We’re not going to do that. Not because we’re philosophically opposed to AI tools — we use them for research, fact-checking, and editing support — but because the value of this site has always been the people behind it. If we let AI write our reviews, the reviews stop being ours. And then there’s no reason for you to be here instead of anywhere else.

So everything you read on WeDoPoints, going forward, is written and edited by a human who has actually used the cards, taken the trips, and learned the programs we write about. Our editorial policy spells out the specifics.

Where to start

Three suggestions, depending on where you are:

What’s coming next

The site you’re looking at today is the foundation — not the finished product. Here’s a quick preview of what we’re building over the coming months: