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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.From March 19 - March 26 you can get a 30% bonus on American Express Membership Rewards to Virgin America Elevate transfers.Not all transfer bonuses are great dealsElevate just became a transfer partner in October 2011 and I wasn’t pleased with the 2:1 transfer ratio, when I wrote about it then:“Unfortunately the tranfer ratio is 200 Amex = 100 Elevate points, so a disappointing 2:1 ratio....

After the groundbreaking ceremony on American Airlines’ $1.6 billion LAX construction project, I got a chance to catch up with airline CEO Doug Parker to discuss a variety of topics — from the airline’s future at LAX to the impact of the new FAA mandate to set minimum seat sizes. Let’s go through what we learned from this interview:The Seat-Size MandateIn the recent FAA re-authorization bill, the agency was given a year to set minimums for seat width and seat pitch (legroom)....

TPG Contributor (and pro photographer) Patrick T. Fallon usually shares tips on exploring destinations, redeeming miles, gaining elite status and improving your own photography while traveling — today’s story is a little different. Between TPG posts, follow his photo work and travels on Instagram. (All photos by the author.)When my friend Pinar Istek used her credit card to pay for a 300 Turkish Lira (~$100USD) deposit at an Avis rental car branch in Ankara, Turkey over winter break, she knew that it might take a couple extra days to receive a refund....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.“Reader Questions” are answered twice a week — Mondays and Fridays — by TPG Senior Writer Julian Mark Kheel.Priority Pass has grown significantly in recent years, making it one of the largest lounge networks in the world. But can you only use Priority Pass lounges before you fly? That’s the question TPG reader Riley asked us in an email…[pullquote source=“TPG Reader Riley”]After I arrive from a flight, can I still use a Priority Pass lounge or do I need to have another flight?...

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....

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.If you’re flying Delta Air Lines flight 589 from Seattle to Shanghai tomorrow, July 10, you’re going to be treated to a surprise: the airline’s newest aircraft.According to a tip from a TPG reader, confirmed by Delta, the Airbus A330-900neo will begin operating on the route ahead of schedule....

When you’re traveling with a family or a large group, it can sometimes be less expensive to book a whole home rather than multiple hotel rooms. In fact, for a big multi-generational ski trip that we have planned for this winter, we recently booked a home in Colorado rated for 21 people, as it was significantly cheaper than booking the six or seven hotel rooms per night that this group would have otherwise needed....

*Update 4/18/19: United executives confirmed on the airline’s earnings call that they were moving forward with pulling fares from Expedia, and they were confident that they could sustain United’s profits after the move on Sept. 30.“The most simple way to say this is time to change,” Andrew Nocella, United’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer, said on the Wednesday call. “But quite honestly we think we can sell our lowest fares just as well, and that’s where we are....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Tuesday has been a rough day for flights in Texas and on the east coast as a powerful winter storm has already forced the cancellation of almost 1,600 flights and caused over 3,100 delays as of 6pm ET. Almost half of the cancellations involved flights to/from Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), where 787 flights have been nixed so far....

Frontier Airlines will add three new cities to its route map as part of a broader 19-route expansion.Frontier’s first flights from the new cities — Oakland; Cozumel, Mexico; and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands — will begin in February.Frontier’s Oakland service will begin with three nonstop routes: Denver, Las Vegas and Phoenix. The budget airline will add just one route each from both Cozumel (to Denver) and St. Thomas (to Orlando)....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I was in Guangzhou for the Canton Fair and needed a place to stay. I generally like to check out new hotels whenever possible, but I just wasn’t that excited about the Westin Guangzhou, especially since it was so far from the Canton Fair. I had already stayed at the W Guangzhou back in 2015, which I loved, but this time around, I wasn’t in the mood for that one either....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today I want to share a story from TPG reader Mitch, whose rewards helped him avoid sky-high hotel rates during this year’s NCAA tournament. Here’s what he had to say:I started learning about credit card points when I got the initial 100,000-point bonus for the Chase Sapphire Reserve. Since then I added a few more cards, and I’ve been stockpiling points to spend them on an amazing vacation....

American Airlines has been spending a lot of time and money lately with the goal upgrading the experience it provides for its premium passengers. In addition to updating its entire long-haul fleet to include lie-flat seating in business class, AA has opened four Flagship Lounges in the last few months in New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD), Miami (MIA) and Los Angeles (LAX). I had the chance to check out the LAX lounge before a recent flight to Shanghai (PVG), and I found that this lounge offers a similar experience to that of its other Flagship Lounges — meaning it’s very good....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerA new year means a new opportunity to leverage annual credit card benefits, and the Citi Prestige card has some especially good perks — many of which just reset on January 1, 2016. Below, TPG Points & Miles Editor Sarah Silbert takes a look at the card’s top benefits and provides tips for getting the most out of each of them this year....

The parents of one of the deceased passengers on fatal Lion Air flight 610 have filed a lawsuit against Boeing, the manufacturer of the plane that crashed on Oct. 29.The ill-fated flight was operated by a 2-month-old Boeing 737 MAX 8 out of Jakarta’s airport (CGK) in Indonesia. The new plane suddenly plunged into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff after experiencing a roller coaster of erratic speed and altitude changes....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerWant to fly JetBlue on the cheap? Now’s a good time to find an award, as Citi is offering a 30% bonus when you transfer ThankYou points to JetBlue’s TrueBlue program.Normally Citi’s transfer ratio to JetBlue is pretty poor, at just 1,000:800 for the Citi Prestige and Citi Premier® Card (it’s even worse for the Citi ThankYou Preferred Card, at 1,000:500)....

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 World’s Fanciest Airport Just Added a Crown JewelThis new installation might be reason enough to visit Changi Airport Singapore (SIN).The Points Guy UK Officially Launches Next WeekIf you’re in the neighborhood, check out the TPG pop-up in London in preparation for the launch!...

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American ExpressSome families collect miles and points to spend them on five star luxury blowout trips that they otherwise couldn’t afford. Other families collect miles and points to be able to travel across the country to visit relatives once a year. Many fall somewhere somewhere along that spectrum. While the focus of hotel points on blogs often falls at the aspirational end of the spectrum (because face it, who wants to see a review of a Holiday Inn Express in the middle of the country?...

What happens to blankets and bedding when they become too threadbare or worn to be provided to customers at a hotel or on an aircraft? In the case of some American Airlines blankets, they became bedding at an animal rehab center.American Airlines sent six boxes of blankets to the Florida non-profit Wildlife Haven Rehab. A statement on the organization’s website says the non-profit is devoted to the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned Florida wildlife....