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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 a TPG advertising partnerOut of nowhere, Citi cut the sign-up bonus for their Thank You Premier card from 50,000 to 30,000 points. 50,000 points were worth $665 in travel and now 30,000 equates to $399....

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.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.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.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 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.Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you may have missed from the week before, including several that already appeared on The Points Guy, and some more that we haven’t covered yet. If you’re an avid TPG reader, scroll down for the new stuff. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you may have missed this week....

It has been an exciting week for one male pink betta fish.The pet fish, named Cassie, was brought to the Denver Airport last week by its owner, college student Lanice Powless, in order to board a flight home to California. But, the trip hit a sudden snag when a Southwest employee told Powless it was against the airline’s animal policy to have live fish fly in the cabin. Cassie the fish was denied boarding and was reportedly handed off to an unknown person at the airport....

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.A flight attendant’s somewhat unusual act of in-flight kindness has gone viral.Patrisha Organo, 24, was working a Philippines Airlines domestic flight when she heard an infant crying mid-flight. Organo later described the sound as “a cry that will make you want to do anything to help....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available.On Tuesday, United launched a new buy miles promotion with a catch. Instead of just getting bonus miles, you’d also get entries into a sweepstakes offering 1,000,000 bonus United miles plus $10,000 cash. That’s a nice little prize, and it probably caught a bunch of eyes when United sent out the promotion email.Here’s the catch: there are cheaper ways of getting United miles than 2....

If you’re looking to take a trip to London or beyond, you’re in luck: British Airways just announced that it’s “made more than 50,000 extra reward seats available for its Executive Club members” in the airline’s Club World international business-class cabin.This additional availability is only good through Dec. 2 — if it lasts that long — and is good for flights from Dec. 16, 2018, to March 31, 2019. The terms and conditions specifically note that award space has been opened on the following routes:London Gatwick (LGW): Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando Las Vegas, San Jose (Costa Rica), New York JFK and MauritiusLondon Heathrow (LHR): Abuja, Accra, Amman, Atlanta, Austin, Bahrain, Baltimore, Bangalore, Beijing, Beirut, Boston, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Calgary, Cape Town, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Durban, Houston, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Montreal, Moscow, Nairobi, Nashville, New Orleans, New York JFK, New York EWR, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, CA, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Seychelles, Shanghai, Singapore, Tel Aviv, Tokyo NRT, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington....

We’ve partnered with American Express to bring you personal finance insights, advice and more. Check out Credit Intel, Amex’s financial education center, for more personal finance content.Any offers or benefits mentioned below are subject to change at any time, and may no longer be available.Being retired can offer you the time that you’ve always wanted to travel far more than you could when you were part of the workforce. You spent years (decades) saving up for retirement....

Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, is the place to be seen this weekend with the running of the annual spectacle that is the Kentucky Derby — the first leg of the Triple Crown, the hardest trophy in sports to win. The Derby crowd is known for being over the top — especially when it comes to women’s hats, which often get more attention than the horses. But this ethos applies to drink scene as well....

It’s always important to keep an eye on your belongings as a tourist — especially when your assailant has the advantage of going airborne in the blink of an eye. And nowhere is this problem worse than at Sydney Harbor’s famed Opera House, where hungry gulls have been targeting unsuspecting patrons dining at the attraction’s outdoor bar and restaurants.The problem has gotten so bad recently that in order to combat the greedy gulls, the Sydney Opera House has decided to call for backup by bringing in a team of five dogs that will patrol the area with handlers from 12 - 4pm in the hopes of scaring off the pesky scavengers....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Check out TPG’s YouTube channel for his video review of The Residence on Etihad’s A380, and subscribe for more fantastic in-flight footage.When I heard about Etihad’s inaugural flight from New York-JFK to Abu Dhabi on its A380, I knew I had to go — not just because I’m a fan of aviation and premium-cabin travel, but also because I wanted to be the first to experience The Residence on the airline’s new flagship route....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Emirates is widely regarded as one of the best airlines in the world. Its premium classes are known to offer some of the better products — both hard and soft — in the skies. I’ve flown with Emirates in business class before and was thoroughly satisfied with my experience.On a recent trip to Dubai to AvGeek out and fly on the shortest A380 flight (in Emirates first class!...

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The day has finally arrived: Marriott and Starwood are merging to create one of the world’s largest hotel chains, with more than 1.1 million rooms at over 5,700 hotels in 110+ countries around the world. While there will no doubt be some growing pains — no surprise for programs with a combined 85 million members — the merger gives both Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest members access to many more exciting properties....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Here’s something we’re not used to hearing every day: Spirit is doing something to benefit its customers. The ultra low-cost carrier is known for nickel-and-diming its passengers for everything imaginable — from checking bags to printing boarding passes and selecting seats. Now, we have information that the airline is becoming a member of the TSA PreCheck program.According to the Spirit Airlines Twitter account, the carrier is planning on becoming part of the program by the end of the month....