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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – Chase Sapphire Preferred CardNow through Thursday September 5, 2013, United is offering a buy miles promotion, where depending on the number of people who partake in the deal, the higher the bonus will be for everyone.Earn up to a 60% bonus on purchased United miles.It starts out at a minimum of a 30% bonus, and could go as high as a 60% bonus if more than 1,500 people buy miles through this offer....

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 Points Guy’s newsletter — curated daily by yours truly — is about to hit a major milestone, and in typical TPG fashion, we’re celebrating with a fun giveaway!This time around, we’re offering one lucky new subscriber in the United States or Canada $500 to spend on any TPG-branded gear in our online store....

Here in the US, Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet may actually be better known for its heartwarming Christmas videos than its low fares. With a new idea and video every year since 2012, WestJet’s “Christmas Miracle” videos have become a tradition of their own.Fittingly, 2018’s theme is “uniting through traditions.” And, based on this “preview,” it looks like WestJet is doing a series of videos this year:Released on Sunday, the first video shares three heartwarming stories in the Christmas Miracle’s signature rhyming style:Or, for those who prefer French:Stay tuned to WestJet’s Christmas Miracle website to find out if we are really lucky enough to get 25 of these heartwarming videos this year....

Airlink, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization that enlists airlines and other transportation providers to help with emergency situations, is raising $10 million to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.Airlink, with a 10-year history of helping fight diseases and recover after natural disasters, says the $10 million includes cash and in-kind contributions to help with transportation and logistics costs. The money and contributions will also go toward helping communities affected by natural disasters during the pandemic....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Priority Pass membership is a perk of certain credit cards, and it allows members entry into multiple airport lounges around the world. Today, TPG Contributor Cindy Gossett discusses her experience with Priority Pass lounges at London’s Heathrow airport.I recently picked up The Platinum Card® from American Express, which comes with a ton of benefits, including a membership to Priority Pass Select, a program that gives flyers access to more than 850 airport lounges all over the world....

Air Canada has invested heavily in improving its long-haul business class product in recent years, including retrofitting a number of older jets with its flagship Signature Class cabins. Those seats had only been available on 777 and 787 aircraft, but yesterday Air Canada’s first Airbus A330 featuring the improved business class seats took to the skies.For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.American Express just announced a 40% transfer bonus to British Airways until March 31, 2011, which is a pretty phenomenal deal. The T&C say you can only receive the bonus once, but I’m not sure if thats true since the bonus is hard-coded on membershiprewards.com, so every time you transfer it has a ratio of 1,400 BA miles = 1,000 Amex....

Skiers, rejoice: The 2020 ski season isn’t entirely canceled yet.https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlK-DnHlV-/Arapahoe Basin (A-Basin) in Colorado announced it will reopen this week, beginning Wednesday, May 27. The resort will be operating under limited capacity and conditions.Here’s what you need to know:No reservation, no access: A limited number of skiers are admitted each day, and you will not be permitted without a pre-booked reservation with a valid pass, or a pre-purchased day ticket. Reservations can be made online only, beginning at 7 p....

A Delta flight out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (ATL) was delayed on Wednesday night due to a bomb threat issued against the plane on Twitter.Flight 2234 with service to Austin, Texas, was delayed after officials were alerted in the early afternoon to the threat against the Airbus A321 aircraft. Officers from Atlanta’s police department searched the plane for explosive devices, but determined the plane was safe, and the person making the threats was not on board the flight....

Qsuites has long been one of our favorite business class seats, scoring an impressive 89/100 on TPG Editor at Large Zach Honig’s 2020 review. It offers a fully enclosed suite in the sky, and you can expect attentive service, decent food and a nice (but crowded) lounge in Doha (DOH).If you’re itching to try Qsuites yourself, now’s a great time to book a post-coronavirus trip in Qsuites from the U.S. to the Middle East or South Africa....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The war for transatlantic business has been heating up in Seattle in recent months, with Norwegian, Virgin Atlantic, Aer Lingus and Air France ramping up service. Lufthansa is a relatively old player in the market, having begun serving Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) in 2008 with an A330 to Frankfurt (FRA). It’s since increased capacity to a daily 747-400, which is now a somewhat rare sighting in Seattle....

Although he is the founder and original CEO of JetBlue, David Neeleman is no longer a part of the company. But the appreciation from the airline’s staff seems to be timeless. On Monday, Neeleman took to Instagram to share a warmhearted note left by the crew on his flight to JFK.https://www.instagram.com/p/BtNOn0hhMEv/Comments on the photo also echoed the kind note.“You changed many lives David. Me as one of them. I had the pleasure of meeting you on a flight to Salt Lake and I was profoundly impacted by your passion and dedication....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Frontier Airlines is back at it, with another round of almost-too-low-to-be-true fares that start at just $15 each way, with no round-trip purchase required.To get in on these fares, use the promo code SAVEBIG and purchase your tickets by 11:59pm ET August 26, 2015. The sale is also limited to the first 100,000 users, so figure out your plans 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 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....

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....

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.There’s nothing quite like flying in a first class suite complete with a sliding door to provide the utmost in privacy for your long-haul flight across the globe. Some of the world’s top airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways and Asiana Airlines feature these super-private suites in the first class cabin....

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.Delta is known to periodically discount its award redemptions sometimes with notice and other times without any notice at all. This time around, Delta has posted a handful of discounted awards....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Believe it or not, private jet travel is not just an exorbitant luxury only to be enjoyed by the super-rich — there are times when it can be a practical form of transportation, such as when a group needs to travel to an airport without convenient commercial service. In addition, many private jet providers offer prepaid “jet cards” that simplify payment of charter services....

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.Ever forgotten to add your rewards number to a booking and spent hours later trying to reclaim the miles you’ve flown? Yeah, me too. Fortunately, Etihad has recognized these issues, and has introduced a new feature designed to award your miles when you’ve entered your information incorrectly, or even forgotten it entirely:Though Etihad Guest continues to fly under the radar, this is a pretty cool move on its part....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG reader Jim sent me a message on Facebook to ask about earning points during hotel stays:“How do you recommend paying for meals at hotel restaurants? Should I pay with a card that has a dining bonus, or should I charge meals to my room?”One way I maximize rewards from restaurant spending is by paying for meals with a credit card that earns a bonus on dining purchases....