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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerApparently Citi AAdvantage cardholders have been enjoying a benefit by mistake that they were not entitled to. One of the many perks to holding a Citi American AAdvantage credit card is priority boarding – you’re among the first to get onto the plane so you don’t have to worry (as much) about finding space for your overhead bag....

No1 Lounges is officially leaving the Priority Pass program. On Wednesday, the group sent an email to members, detailing that “Priority Pass has chosen to remove No1 Lounges” from its program. While the divorce had been on the cards for about a month, the removal is effective immediately.Sign up for the daily TPG newsletter for more travel newsUnfortunately, this means that you’ll no longer be able to enter any of No1s worldwide lounges using your Priority Pass membership – including Clubrooms, My Lounge and The House locations....

If you live in Minneapolis, you are probably familiar with Sun Country airlines. This unique MSP-based low-cost carrier flies to 35 destinations in the US, Caribbean, Mexico and as of June 2010, seasonal service to London Stansted. Sun Country has a similar operating model to Southwest in that it only has a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft, but differs in many ways, such as servicing international destinations and having a first class cabin on all flights....

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.Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Over the past few years, airlines and hotel chains have really ramped up their efforts to offer benefits through a variety of partnerships with other brands, be it an opportunity to earn Starpoints on Uber rides, which Starwood has offered since 2015....

The biggest passenger airplane in the world, and a TPG favorite, is about to fly into the dustbin of history. But before it does, the Airbus A380 has some spectacular tricks left to show the world. On Thursday night, it performed one of them for the last time.A convoy of trucks transporting A380 parts ready to be assembled traversed the French village of Lévignac, on the way to the Airbus plant near Toulouse....

I’m often asked “What scares you when you travel? Kidnapping? Political unrest? Terrorism? Plane crashes? Nuclear war? Volcanoes? Tsunamis? Sharks? Ebola?” I’ve honestly never lost a minute of sleep over any of the above, often exaggerated, threats. But there is one littler critter that has kept me up at night: bed bugs.If you’re unfamiliar — consider yourself lucky — bed bugs are tiny insects that feed on the blood of humans and other animals....

Following our popular posts exploring the Most Instagrammed Cities of 2017 and the Most Instagrammed Locations of 2017, we naturally asked, “What are the most Instagrammed airports in the world?“The data comes straight from Instagram’s metadata for 2017, based on the most geotagged airport locations. We were a little surprised to find exactly zero international airports on this list — not even Singapore Changi, the World’s Best Airport. Scroll on through to see a glimpse of the most thumb-stopping airports and be sure to be camera-ready, next time you’re passing through....

US authorities have opted not to ground the 737 MAX, while aviation regulators in Europe, China and elsewhere have banned the jets from their airspace as investigations of two fatal crashes within five months are underway. Several airlines and countries have rushed to action, and while aviation-safety experts urge caution, several airlines have quietly allowed travelers to change upcoming trips to flights operated by different airplanes.We asked our readers what their plans were when it came to flying on the 737 MAX....

According to the Transportation Security Administration, floppy-eared dogs are less intimidating than dogs with pointy ears.That theory is the basis of a new TSA initiative to put air passengers more at ease around the growing bomb-sniffing units at airports around the country. TSA Administrator David Pekoske said at a recent visit to Dulles Airport (IAD) in Washington, DC, that the agency is making a “conscious effort” to deploy floppy-eared canines because they are less frightening to some flyers....

Love to travel? Love telling stories?Fantastic! We’re hiring.The Points Guy started out as, well, one guy. But now we’re a large team — and we’re growing even larger. And we want you to join the TPG family.We’re looking for summer interns and plenty of full-time positions, including a points-and-miles expert, an aviation reporter, a general-assignment reporter and people to help keep the news flowing on the weekends.Check out the current job openings here....

We’re partnering with Capital One on our Purposeful Travel Hub. If you have unique ways you like to give back when you travel or just love exploring new places with family and friends, we want to hear about it. Share your most treasured travel moments and purposeful travel tips with us using #MeaningfulMoments.Last January — during the height of summer in South Africa — Cape Town was staring down the barrel of an unprecedented ecological crisis....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Here at The Points Guy, we’ve got travel on the brain, whether we’re planning a relaxing beach getaway to Cape Cod, spending a long weekend in Nashville or cashing in points and miles to go on a dream trip around the world. From the beaches of the Marshall Islands to the middle of the Australian Outback, here’s where TPG’s editors, writers and staff went on vacation this summer....

One question we get all the time is why we choose one chain or loyalty program over another. Naturally, the ability to score upgrades and get great value from rewards are top priorities for me — that’s why my go-to airline program is United MileagePlus, and I’ve always been loyal to SPG — but customer service ranks very high as well. It was always great with SPG — sadly I can’t say the same for the new (and clearly overwhelmed) combined Marriott program....

The travel-deal site Hopper says that passengers will be the biggest beneficiaries when JetBlue starts flying the coveted routes between the East Coast and London — with fares to London dropping by 12%, possibly permanently.Skeptical? You have every right to be.First, let’s look at what the Montreal-based company’s analysis says, and how it came to its conclusions. Looking at five years’ worth of global fare data, Hopper boiled down what it calls the “JetBlue effect” to the dollars and cents, and predicted that, possibly even a little before the airline begins flying from Boston (BOS) and New York-JFK to London, fares for the routes will drop and stay low for a good, long while....

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.We have been reporting on the rather gloomy outlook for Wow airlines in recent days and weeks. The airline has taken steps on its own to try and survive by downsizing its fleet and cutting routes. And as the faltering Reykjavik-based carrier has struggled to continue operations, it has seen potential saviors come and go....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.This week TPG reader John asks a question comparing the value of Ultimate Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest points as well as the Starwood and Hyatt programs:“Do you value Ultimate Rewards points or Starwood points more? Would it be beneficial to use Ultimate Rewards points for airline awards and Starwood for hotel or Ultimate Rewards for hotel and Starwood for airlines?...

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.If you saw last Friday’s video, you probably know by now that I accepted an invitation to get a Business Centurion “Black Card” from American Express. Off the bat, it sounds insane that I would pay $10,000 ($7,500 initiation and $2,500 annual fee) for a credit card with no sign-up bonus. Especially considering I run a site called “The Points Guy,” I understand why many of you were scratching your heads, but hear me out....

At 8,439 miles, the nonstop flight from Johannesburg, South Africa to Atlanta is long — really, really long.Sure, it isn’t the 9,534 miles from Newark to Singapore — currently the world’s longest flight — but it’s long enough to eke out a spot on the list of the world’s 10 longest flights. It’s currently the longest in Delta’s system.And it’s the longest I have flown, topping prior trips from New York to Hong Kong....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here: Citi PrestigeI may call Chicago home, but I’ve been in New York City for work almost as frequently this past year and have come to think of the Big Apple as my home away from home. I’ve stayed at nearly two dozen different hotels during that time, and have got a good handle on which places are best suited to which style of business travel....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today, I want to share a story from TPG reader TJ, who paid cash for a flight that could have been folded into an existing award itinerary. Here’s what he had to say:I’ve always wanted to travel across Southeast Asia, but the cost of airfare was prohibitive until I discovered TPG and travel rewards last year. I needed 80,000 United miles to get myself there and back in economy, and I planned to use buses and low-cost airfare to travel around the region....