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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.Citi is changing up the ThankYou point earning structure just a little bit on the Citi Premier® Card. TPG Editor-in-Chief Zach Honig received a letter in the mail from Citi explaining that the 3x points on travel earning was set to change for some purchases....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.On a recent trip to New York City, I decided to check out the CitizenM, the Dutch chain’s modular hotel on the Bowery. Though the towering property is physically situated in Manhattan’s popular Lower East Side neighborhood, it’s all very European — and, given that each room was built in Poland before being shipped to the Big Apple, it’s easy to understand why....

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....

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....

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 that 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....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Chase has launched two promotions that will have you racking in Ultimate Rewards points this holiday season.Right now when using Chase Pay you can earn 10x points or 10% cash back on all purchases through Walmart and Best Buy. Although, you’ll need to be a Chase Sapphire Reserve, Chase Freedom (No longer open to new applicants) or Chase Freedom Unlimited cardholder to be eligible for the bonus points....

Airlines around the world launch and announce dozens of new flight routes and service changes every month. Today, I’ll share just a few of the latest flights that will take to the skies this month or in the near future. Keep in mind that exact flight details (e.g., flight schedules, aircraft and more) may change based on your travel dates.NEW ROUTES LAUNCHED IN AUGUST 2016Emirates just launched service between Dubai and Yangon, Myanmar....

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.Airbus announced Tuesday that the first A220 destined for EgyptAir was finally wearing the carrier’s colors.In a tweet, the manufacturer said its paint shop in Mirabel, Quebec, had finished working on the plane, which is now being prepared for its first flight....

Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information.In the “good old days” of air travel you could accompany a friend or a family member to the airport, hang out together before the flight and save the goodbyes until boarding.You could also be there to greet someone at the gate as they walked off the plane.All that changed after 9/11, when tighter security restrictions turned send-offs and welcome-home embraces into hurried gestures at the curb or in the security checkpoint line....

In an industry historically underrepresented by women, airlines across the globe are honoring their female employees and passengers to commemorate International Women’s Day.Ethiopian Airlines, for example, marked the day by operating all-female flight and ground crews — from airport operations to dispatch, catering and security, the BBC reported. An all-female-crew flight departed from Addis Ababa and landed in Oslo on Friday morning.The African airline isn’t the only one celebrating International Women’s Day with women-run flights....

We here at TPG talk a lot about credit cards. From the best credit cards for college students to top travel rewards credit cards, it’s safe to say we’re a little bit obsessed. But what if you don’t already have credit? Some of the best opportunities available for points and miles reside in premium cards that require a hefty credit score and a relatively thick credit report to qualify. If you’re just starting out and have no idea what to do, worry not, there are other ways for you to build your credit without a credit card....

Editor’s note: The team at The Points Guy loves to travel, but now is not the time for unnecessary trips. Health officials note that the fastest way to return to normalcy is to stop coming in contact with others. That includes ceasing travel. We are publishing travel deals because we should all use this time to think about and plan our next adventures. TPG doesn’t advise booking travel until the late spring or early summer – and even then, be mindful of cancellation policies....

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.Tuesday Dec. 4 was an incredible moment for The Points Guy, as we hosted the inaugural TPG Awards on the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Musuem. The night featured a live performance by Grammy-nominated Bebe Rexha plus special tributes to Captain “Sully” Sullenberger and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee — in addition to honoring the best airlines, hotel programs and credit cards....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Delta’s getting serious about its efforts in Africa. After complementing service between New York (JFK) and Accra, Ghana (ACC) — which TPG himself flew and reviewed — with year-round service between JFK and Lagos, Nigeria (LOS), the carrier has announced a codeshare partnership with Kenya Airways on flights to and from the African carrier’s hub at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.This time of year, Amex Offers can help you maximize your holiday shopping by enabling you to save money or earn bonus points on eligible purchases made with your American Express cards. However, my personal favorite Amex Offer of the year ends tomorrow and is actually (way) better than earning bonus points by shopping at a department store or similar....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View other current offers here.Maximize Monday is a new weekly series, where I’ll dig into different topics and offer my suggestions on how you can change your habits in order to get the most bang for your buck (and points). If you have any topic ideas, please feel free to Tweet me @thepointsguy or email me at info@thepointsguy.com. For the first week, I thought I’d write about maximizing miles and points when purchasing airfare, since this is one of my big expenditures and there are many different ways to be savvy along the way....

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.Despite numerous national parks opting to stay open during the ongoing government shutdown, recent behavior by park guests has caused some officials to change their tunes.Initially, some parks had stayed open with skeleton staffs and limited services such as closed bathrooms and no trash pickup....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – View the current offers here.Oneworld partners are offering competitive pricing on select routes to Scandinavia in an effort to hold their ground and increase pressure on Norwegian, which has been offering some very cheap transatlantic airfares. American Airlines and British Airways are currently offering great fares from Scandinavian cities to US locations starting from $400 round-trip. Fares are available as early as mid April all the way through to October, so there’s plenty of availability on many of the routes on sale....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – British Airways Visa Signature CardOpenSkies, a subsidiary of British Airways that’s headquartered near Paris and only flies between Paris-Orly (ORY) and New York (both JFK and EWR), has just announced a pretty valuable — and unique — perk for its business-class flyers — a complimentary airport transfer via Uber. With the service, Biz Bed passengers can get two $70 Uber credits if they purchase a round-trip ticket between New York and Paris....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here: Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite MastercardTPG Contributor Michael Spelfogel recently flew Finnair’s A350 on the way home from Helsinki to New York (JFK). Here’s his review of the new aircraft.While skiing out west over MLK weekend in January seemed like a great idea, when American Airlines published a fare on its partner, Finnair, to Helsinki for $409, it gave me the perfect opportunity to go on a mileage run and visit a new country — for less....