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Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you might have missed from the week before. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you might have missed on TPG this week.The Citi Prestige Is (Finally) Open for Applications Again, With a 50k BonusThe revamped Citi Prestige has some new perks, like 5x back on dining and air travel, and some new limitations, like only two uses of 4th Night Free per calendar year....

Developing a fear of the main aspect of your job description may lead to a few problems. A Flybe airline pilot was fired after dealing with severe anxiety related to flying but was vindicated by a recent court ruling, The Telegraph reports.Matthew Guest had worked for Flybe for nearly a decade when he started experiencing panic attacks in 2014. Over the next three years he battled with his anxiety, which manifested itself mainly in a fear of flying....

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.While TPG puts Delta SkyMiles lower on the valuation totem pole, we’ve seen some pretty incredible Delta award sales recently, including 22,000 SkyMiles round-trip to Europe and 30,000 SkyMiles round-trip to Hong Kong....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.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, which allows you to cancel flights without penalty by 11pm Eastern Time within one day of booking. Remember: Fares may disappear quickly, so book right away and take advantage of Orbitz’s courtesy cancellation if you’re unable to travel....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG reader Ben tweeted me with a question about lounge access:@ThePointsGuy — “Do I need to print out my boarding pass to access a Centurion Lounge?“The Amex Centurion Lounges are among my favorite recent developments in the travel world. While there are still only six locations across the country — with a seventh slated to open next year in Houston — I think they’re really changing the game when it comes to domestic airport lounges....

Don’t count Wow Air out just yet.[Update, 3/28/2019: WOW Air has ceased operations. Find our ongoing coverage of WOW Air’s collapse, and what affected passengers can do about it, here.]Even though the struggling ultra-low-cost carrier has been cutting routes, selling off 20% of its fleet and attempting to negotiate a failed buyout from Icelandair, it might have found a new financial savior willing to step up in the nick of time to save the airline from a seemingly imminent demise....

Just six years ago Etihad Airways was on the fast track to becoming a serious global airline player, it had placed orders for dozens of aircraft and was investing in airlines around the world to build out its partner network and potentially build an airline alliance of its own. But the recent times have not treated the carrier well — its run into serious financial issues, and many of the airlines it bankrolled fell apart or declared bankruptcy....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.If you’ve flown on an American Airlines flight in the last few months, you’ve no doubt heard the credit card pitch. While sometimes this pitch is made shortly after takeoff, many passengers are either woken up or have their in-flight entertainment paused for the announcement mid-flight. And, if your flights have been anything like mine, the announcement will go on for two or three minutes....

Starting June 4, LifeMiles launched a new promotion offering 25% bonus miles when transferring Citi ThankYou, Hilton Honors, IHG Rewards or Marriott Bonvoy points to Avianca LifeMiles. While that promotion is still set to run through July 5, it just got a little sweeter for those hoping to transfer points from Citi ThankYou Rewards.Through the end of the day on June 28, you’ll get an extra 5% bonus for transferring Citi ThankYou Points to LifeMiles for a total of a 30% bonus....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Exactly five years after Sandy made landfall in the Northeast, the area is bracing for another tropical system to wreak havoc on travel. Sustained winds of 15-25 mph aren’t expected to do much damage, but gusts up to 50 mph are likely to impact air traffic, leading to lengthy delays and cancellations.So far, just two airlines have issued travel waivers for the area for flights Sunday....

IHG Rewards, formerly Priority Club, is notorious (in a good way!) for having a lot of live, targeted promo codes going on at once - anything from bonus points for a single stay or a series of stays to anniversary bonuses and even elite status for just a few stays.Belgian points blogger Bart has a great post on all the current promo codes he could find, and he actually registered for all of them to earn nearly 23,000 IHG Rewards points on a single night’s stay at the Holiday Inn Brussels Airport last week, but more interestingly, one of the codes he had was for instant Gold status after a single stay....

Delta touts its complimentary Medallion upgrade program as best-in-class, and by many metrics it is precisely that. Over the years, however, it has become far less generous, quietly but deliberately devolving into a system that incentivizes more spending and less hoping.During a recent investor day in New York City, Delta Air Lines President Glen Hauenstein confessed that the airline now sells 60% of its first-class seats, compared with just 13% a few years prior....

Hotel reviews are a critical determinant in the booking process for many travelers. This is especially true for travelers who aren’t necessarily loyal to a certain hotel chain. Unfortunately, some newer properties don’t always have a large selection of reviews.Now, one popular accommodations booking site is looking to change that. Hotels.com customers are being incentivized to leave reviews after completing their stay at new-ish hotels with a limited number of reviews, as reported on One Mile At A Time....

In the world of credit scores, things don’t generally change at a fast pace. Yet every once in a while, a big announcement will be made that causes lenders and consumers alike to sit up and pay attention. Most recently, that announcement came in the form of a new service called Experian Boost.Why Experian Boost is a Big DealNew credit reporting policies and new credit scores are introduced from time to time....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today, I want to share a story from TPG reader Nick, who learned a costly lesson after misunderstanding his credit card benefits. Here’s what he had to say:Recently, I flew on American Airlines with my family of four to Nassau, Bahamas for a week-long vacation. We could have packed all of our belongings in carry-on bags, but since I have both the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite Mastercard and the AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite Mastercard, we went ahead and used larger bags so we would have more room for clothing and souvenirs....

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.Good news for IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card holders: IHG has confirmed that those with the old IHG card will have one of the card’s most loved benefits extended....

For years, Qantas had a problem with its US flights. For the sake of connecting traffic, it makes sense for flights from Australia to the US to arrive early in the day and for flights to Australia to depart at night. That meant the airline was parking numerous wide-body aircraft all day in Los Angeles, where most of its flights to the US land, and idle aircraft can be incredibly costly to an airline....

Some meet-ups are held in cocktail attire at posh clubs; others choose to geek out over shared interests at convention centers, or trivia night at a dive bar. For one particular group of travelers, though, the venue of choice is far more exclusive — the “pointy end” of a wide-body Lufthansa plane.I jumped at the chance to experience the latter, when legendary first-class flyer Gino Bertuccio extended an invitation to join him and six friends to buy out an entire eight-seat Lufthansa first-class cabin (four, for a variety of reasons, would later drop out)....

In what it’s calling a “wake up call” for airports, UK low-cost carrier EasyJet disclosed Tuesday that it lost £15 million ($19.4 million) in the drone incident that disrupted London’s Gatwick Airport (LGW) over the peak holiday travel window last December.LGW, the second-busiest airport in Britain, was shut down for 36 hours after drones were seen flying illegally in its airspace, causing thousands of canceled flights and diversions to other airports in the region....

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.Tired of carrying a thick stack of credit cards around? Soon enough, you might be able to ditch your debit card completely — at least if you’re banking with Chase, Bank of America or Wells Fargo. In the coming months, the three major banks are planning to release ATMs in select cities that will allow customers to withdraw funds using a smartphone rather than a traditional debit card....