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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.After video footage of a seemingly careless baggage handler at Honolulu Airport (HNL) went viral, Twitter went up in arms. Passenger Vanessa Marsh (@vanessaleemarsh) recorded luggage from a Hawaiian Airlines flight as it was tossed down a chute to be transferred to the plane. One thing’s for sure: We sure hope it’s not your luggage.It’s clear in the video that the luggage could have been handled with greater care, and, as expected, commenters blew up the post with replies that reflected their distaste for the “service....

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.One of the best and most unique features of the United credit cards is expanded award availability. But TPG reader Christopher wants to know if it might be possible to book that extra space using miles from someone else…[pullquote source=“TPG Reader Christopher”]If I have a United credit card which opens up more award options, will I be able to use Singapore KrisFlyer miles to book that space?...

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.(The Chase Freedom is no longer open to new applicants)The Chase Freedom is one of the best no-fee options for earning travel rewards out there, as it earns you 5% back or 5x points (if you have an Ultimate Rewards-earning card) on rotating quarterly bonus categories. Due to the ability to rack up cash back or transferable points on things like restaurants, movie theaters and more, it’s earned quite a fan base among award travel enthusiasts, and now Chase is refreshing this popular card with a brand-new design....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Frontier Airlines is having a 2-day sale with flights starting at $39 from many of the cities they fly from including Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Charlotte, NC; Chicago-O-Hare; Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; New York (LGA); Las Vegas, NV; Miami, FL; and Washington-Dulles for select dates Feb. 23, 2015 through Apr. 29, 2015.Frontier Airlines is having a 2-day sale on flights for Valentines DayIf you are interested in scoring any of these fares for $39, be sure to book sooner than later because during the past several sales that Frontier has offered, the fares usually sell out rather quickly....

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.If you applied for your Chase Sapphire Reserve before May 21, 2017, then you will want to make sure that you have used up your annual travel credit for 2017 ASAP. That annual $300 credit towards travel charged to the card gets used automatically as you use your Sapphire Reserve to pay for everything from airline tickets, to hotels, to cab rides, to train tickets, and so much more....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Still have yet to buy that special someone their Valentine’s Day gift? You could be in luck thanks to several new airline shopping portal promotions. So, not only could you walk away with that gift, but also some bonus miles to help top off your mileage account.With three airlines — Alaska, American and United — offering shopping portal bonuses for the winter, you could earn up to 1,200 bonus miles for a limited time....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Cathay Pacific has shared the details of a new promotion in honor of its 70th anniversary. You can earn up to 60,000 Asia Miles when you complete a round-trip flight between the airline’s US gateways in Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK & EWR) and San Francisco (SFO) and Hong Kong (HKG) in first, business, or premium economy between now and December 31....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – IHG Rewards Club Select Credit CardAirline and hotel program auctions might be an easy way to blow hundreds of thousands of points without even taking a trip, but they also offer exclusive experiences that you couldn’t otherwise buy. Today, TPG Senior Points & Miles Correspondent Jason Steele explores one such auction program, IHG Rewards Club.Last week, I showed you how United’s MileagePlus Exclusives auctions off some truly unique experiences, like a chance to pilot a United Airlines full-motion aircraft simulator....

On Monday evening, Harry, the Duke of Sussex, began his journey to start a new life in Canada with Meghan, Archie and their dogs.He first boarded British Airways flight BA85 to Vancouver, which departed Heathrow at 6 p.m. — about 30 minutes later than scheduled, according to flight-tracking site FlightRadar24. On board the Boeing 747, a plane aptly nicknamed Queen of the Skies, he is likely to have flown in either First or Club World, where he would have experienced the very best of British hospitality in the sky....

Picture this: You’re at the neighborhood corner store stocking up on junk food and ice cream as you prepare to settle in for the night with Netflix. You approach the cashier, they ring up your stuff, and you whip out your shiny American Express card. Before you can even hand over your card they say, “Sorry, we don’t accept American Express.” Disheartened, you either fork over another card or put your items back....

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.The holidays are approaching, and for some of us, that means catching up with friends and family over wine—and a lot of it.Alaska Airlines wants to remind travelers that yes, those 12 bottles you bought in Wine Country can fly free....

An internal investigation conducted by Japan Airlines, the second largest airline in Japan, concluded that a flight attendant on a recent flight who failed two breathalyzer tests had consumed champagne while on duty during a flight. This incident, which occurred earlier this month on a flight from Tokyo to Honolulu, is one of three high-profile incidents involving JAL crew members being intoxicated while on duty in the past few months. In response to the recent incidents involving intoxicated crew members, JAL will take a variety of steps to ensure these incidents do not happen again....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Buying miles isn’t the ideal way to accumulate travel rewards — using a credit card or earning miles from shopping portals or dining programs are all generally preferable — and buying miles speculatively isn’t recommended since miles are a bad long-term investment. However, if you have a specific redemption in mind and the cost of the miles is less than the price of the ticket, it might be worth considering....

A man was killed on Tuesday at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) after getting run over by an Aeroflot Boeing 737 on the runway as the plane was preparing for takeoff, according to Russian investigators. A tweet from the Russian Investigative Committee confirmed that “a Boeing 737 plane inflicted deadly injuries on him during takeoff.“The incident happened around 8pm and closed one of the runways at the airport, which is Moscow’s largest....

It’s been 26 months since the Marriott and Starwood merger was inked and three months since the Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and Ritz-Carlton Rewards loyalty programs merged. Since April, Marriott has said that the combined program would operate under a new name starting in early 2019. Despite 2019 being just over a month away, Marriott still hasn’t announced a loyalty program name.But now, we might have the answer from a leaked website and trademark filings....

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.To celebrate Restaurant Week in New York City this year, Amex is offering cardholders some cash back on their in-restaurant meals. With the Amex Offer, you can dine at more than 350 participating restaurants and get a $5 statement credit after you spend $35 or more in a single transaction between January 23 and February 10, 2017....

Just last week, Los Angeles (LAX) announced that they’ll now allow car services Uber and Lyft to finally pick up passengers at the airport. In further good news, now through September 18, 2015, you can save $5 on your next ride with Lyft to a variety of airports.You can receive $5 off rides to or from the following featured airports by using one of the codes listed below:Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS): FLYAUSBurbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR): FLYBURDenver International Airport (DEN): FLYDENIndianapolis International Airport (IND): FLYINDJohn F....

The American Airlines AAdvantage program has a couple of fantastic soft spots on the award chart. Though many readers may disagree, the AAdvantage program — in terms of mileage redemption for award flights — is one of the best programs globally. While AAdvantage is a popular way to redeem miles for inexpensive flights in business class to the Middle East, there are other soft spots.The AAdvantage program, thanks to its partnership with Alaska Airlines, allows travelers to fly nonstop from Los Angeles (LAX) to New York-Kennedy (JFK) in business class for just 25,000 miles one-way....