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Update: The 60,000-point pricing detailed below is no longer available as of March 5, 2019. For details on Marriott redemption options, please visit How to Redeem Points With the Marriott Bonvoy Program. Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.While some issues remain with the SPG and Marriott Rewards merger, there has been recent progress for those looking to jump on the limited-time opportunity to book some previously out-of-range SPG suites and villa properties for just 60,000 Marriott Rewards points per night — or 48,000 points per night on a five-night stay....

Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Air New Zealand flight NZ26 successfully completed the longest flight in the airline’s history when it touched down at O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago on November 30, 2018. The flight — which departed from Auckland (AKL) — covered around 8,200 miles....

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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Between swimming pools, golf courses and beer gardens, there are some pretty crazy airport amenities out there. While most of them are found in airports outside of the US, there are a few exceptions. And one of those is a microcinema inside Portland International Airport (PDX): the Hollywood Theatre at PDX.Access and LocationHave a Priority Pass membership? Great!...

One of the toughest jobs on the planet at the moment has to be handling public relations for Boeing. In the wake of the Lion Air crash, the Ethiopian Airlines crash less than six months later, and the worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet, it’s been nearly nonstop bad news for the company. Today, the New York Times published a new report about Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner that will make that job even tougher....

British Airways is bringing retro to the skies — again. On Friday, the carrier announced that on the heel of its BOAC 747 retro livery announcement, which was enough to make any AvGeek swoon, it’s painting another of its super jumbos in its iconic Landor livery.The Boeing 747 will take to the skies this month, sporting the Landor livery, which BA flew between 1984 and 1997. British Airways will paint the 747 registered as G-BNLY in the Landor livery in honor of the airline’s 100-year anniversary....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Want to see the latest flight deals as soon as they’re published? Follow The Points Guy on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to text message alerts from our deals feed, @tpg_alerts.Airfare deals are typically only available on limited dates. We recommend you use Google Flights to find dates to fly, then book through an online travel agency such as Orbitz or Expedia, which allows you to cancel flights without penalty by 11pm Eastern Time within one day of booking....

View this post on Instagram “The aircraft never let me down in 27 years,” Captain Jim Hamilton told me ahead of Delta’s final MD-88 flight on June 2. #avgeek A post shared by Ned Russell (@airbus777) on Jun 3, 2020 at 7:58am PDT View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram “The aircraft never let me down in 27 years,” Captain Jim Hamilton told me ahead of Delta’s final MD-88 flight on June 2....

If you thought touring the country in a giant wiener truck sounded like a fun job, you’re going to love this. An Amsterdam-based chocolate company, Tony’s Chocoloney, is hitting the US with a 10-city Chocotour this Spring. The company is on the hunt for chocolate aficionados willing to travel around the country on its over-the-top vehicle, dubbed the Chocotruck. The best part? This dream job includes all the chocolate you can eat!...

Yesterday the hearts of many miles and points junkies likely dropped to their stomachs, or perhaps even lower, when an email went out effectively announcing the end of “manufactured spending” as we know it via closed Amex Serve and Bluebird accounts. I had many Mommy Points readers reach out to me to make sure I knew (thanks!) and to get feedback on what to do next to earn enough points to keep traveling the world for much less....

Monday’s long-anticipated Southwest Hawaii routes left the travel community abuzz with fresh new beach plans for the spring, summer and fall. Whether you snagged one of Southwest’s amazing launch deals or saved yourself a seat on a competing carrier thanks to attack fares, congratulations!Unless you live in California, yesterday’s Aloha deals probably meant you had to ponder the logistical question: Is it better to fly straight from Point A to Point B?...

Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Great news for non-SkyTeam flyers: Another foreign carrier has a status match opportunity for you this month. Earlier this year, Oneworld partner AirBerlin offered a status match to SkyTeam, Star Alliance and other elites, including perks like lounge access and priority lines on American Airlines flights....

Google is continuing to add power to its intuitive Flights platform, helping to set it apart as the premier booking engine for air travel. On Monday, Google announced that Google Flights would be getting two new functions, as well as providing travelers with information to help you to decide when is best to book your Thanksgiving travel.With Monday’s announcement, Google has placed an emphasis on helping travelers to plan for holiday travel....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.“Reader Questions” are answered three days a week — Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays — by TPG Senior Writer Julian Mark Kheel.There are some great credit card welcome bonuses out right now and TPG reader Will wants to know whether he can get one without starting entirely from scratch…[pullquote source=“TPG Reader Will”]I’m an existing Amex Premier Rewards Gold cardholder and I’ve been curious about the new Platinum and its sign-up offer....

Through July, United Airlines is offering customers an opportunity to book tickets for future travel without change fees. As of now, tickets booked through July 31, 2020 — for travel on any date — can be changed without the usual $200 reissue fee.That sounds like a win-win on the surface. United can raise some much-needed cash, while customers can lock in travel at a great rate with the flexibility to make adjustments as needed, given the uncertainty surrounding future travel....

Now that Barack Obama has a little more free time on his hands, he’s been busy hitting the speaker circuit. This week, he sat down with Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta at the World Travel And Tourism Council Global Summit in Seville, Spain, to talk about all things travel.And as someone whose job involves a significant amount of time on the road, the 44th president had plenty of insight to share, which the San Francisco Chronicle rounded up....

Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Travel trendsetters, listen up. In what Lonely Planet has called Sri Lanka’s “moment in the equatorial sun,” the island nation off the southern tip of India has been officially named the No. 1 country to visit in 2019....

An entire state may join the war against single-use plastics.Long Island Democratic Senator Todd Kaminsky, in partnership with a group of lawmakers, is leading a campaign to ban individually-packaged amenities in New York state hotels with more than 50 rooms. If passed, the law would go into effect by 2023, and smaller hotels would be required to follow suit by 2024. The group estimates the move would eliminate about 27.4 million plastic bottles annually....

Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Southwest Airlines, the largest operator of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the US, announced Thursday that the plane would remain off its schedule through September.The airline had previously planned to reintroduce its MAXes into service on Sept. 2....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today I want to share a story from TPG reader Amin, who bought hotel points for a valuable hotel award. Here’s what he had to say:I spent last New Year’s Eve away from my wife while stationed in South Korea. Since we’d been apart for a year, I wanted to make this upcoming new year special.When IHG had a promotion for points purchases, I saw I could earn a 100% bonus....