Today, I want to share a story from TPG reader Jamie, who couldn’t find his wife in an unfamiliar airport:I was in Beijing for work and decided to come home via India for a bit of vacation. I planned to meet my wife in Mumbai where she was staying with friends, and together we would travel on to New Delhi. When my flight was delayed by a day, I decided to fly directly to New Delhi (DEL) to meet her as she flew in from Mumbai (BOM)....
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.Lufthansa’s Miles & More program has just become even less accessible to US-based award travelers. Not being a part a partner of any of the major transferable credit card points programs, the only way to transfer points into Miles & More has been through hotels....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.American Airlines is offering AAdvantage mileage program members 10 miles for each dollar donated to the American Red Cross, with a minimum donation of $25. There are multiple donation options available under the dropdown: the Disaster Relief fund covers relief efforts for natural disasters big and small such as hurricanes and earthquakes.Another option allows givers to donate directly to combat the wildfires currently ravaging California....
Boeing canceled a much-anticipated conference call scheduled for early Tuesday morning to discuss a controversial stall-prevention system in its 737 MAX aircraft, which it had not previously disclosed to airlines or pilots. The system is thought to have possibly played a role in the fatal crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia.It is not clear why the call was canceled, but a Boeing spokesperson told TPG the company “has been and continues to engage with our customers....
Whenever a large storm front develops somewhere in the world, air travel gets a bit more complicated than usual. Air routes are closed, holding patterns are established, flights get delayed and some are unfortunately cancelled. Thunderstorms present a massive problem if they are standing between you and your destination, even if the area they affect is relatively small.Hurricanes, however, are a beast of a whole other nature. Hurricanes are massive, spanning hundreds or thousands of miles and affecting flights on a regional scale....
View this post on Instagram Meet @capeair’s new ride: the Tecnam P2012 Traveller. Entry-into-service due in early-December. A post shared by Ned Russell (@airbus777) on Oct 16, 2019 at 10:10am PDT View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram Meet @capeair’s new ride: the Tecnam P2012 Traveller. Entry-into-service due in early-December. A post shared by Ned Russell (@airbus777) on Oct 16, 2019 at 10:10am PDT View this post on Instagram...
Over the past couple of weeks, Chase has sent letters to some cardholders informing them that the bank will soon be sending Form 1099-MISC for their 2018 tax return. Some cardholders are getting an amended 1099-MISC form while others are receiving a form for the first time — despite the January 31, 2019 due date for filing this form. IRS Form 1099-MISC is used to report “miscellaneous income” paid by one taxpayer to another....
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....
Delta Air Lines customer-facing staffers who know American Sign Language, or one or more of 300 other signed languages worldwide, will now sport a badge on their uniform saying so. The badge will sit under name tags on uniforms for flight attendants, gate agents and other Delta staff.The change was announced in a video posted by Delta CEO Ed Bastian on LinkedIn. The video is almost entirely silent, presented in ASL with closed captioning underneath....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We’re going to switch things up a bit with today’s Destination of the Week, and instead of giving you a rundown of a single destination for mileage runs and points-specific hotels, we’re setting our sights on that most American of holidays, July 4, to fill you in on where some of the best fireworks shows in the country will take place to commemorate the 236th anniversary of America’s founding....
[tpg_rating tpg-rating-score=“50” ground-experience=“3” cabin-seat=“18” amens-ife=“2” food-bev=“15” service=“12” pros=“Comfortable seat, cheap prices.” cons=“Messy ground experience, no in-seat power, IFE or Wi-Fi and a surly crew.” /]As The Points Guy’s first-ever reviews and travel intern, I knew that the pressure was on me to really expand the boundaries when it came to our flight reviews. The team as a whole is no stranger to caviar and Champagne in the Middle East’s most opulent cabins nor to jetting off on far-flung journeys to the farthest reaches of the world....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Hilton is sending out a variety of targeted offers to earn bonus points on upcoming Hilton stays.As reported by Doctor of Credit, there appears to be six different offers that were sent out by Hilton including the ability to earn up to 50,000 bonus points after a qualifying stay. Each promotion requires you to complete a stay of either two or four nights by a certain time....
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.It’s here! Cathay Pacific’s long-awaited inaugural flight between Washington (IAD) and Hong Kong (HKG) departs on September 16, and to drum up interest for what will become the carrier’s longest nonstop route, it’s offering up to $250 off a round-trip ticket by booking directly and applying promo code DULLES....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.This is the eighth installment of my series on maximizing British Airways miles. Since so many of you got in on the super-lucrative 100,000 mile BA Visa sign-up bonus (see details of the current 100K offer), it would be beneficial to check out: General tips, Post 1 – Booking BA Awards, Post 2 – Booking Partner Awards, Post 3 – Oneworld Alliance, Post 4 – Taxes and Fees, Post 5 – Household Accounts, Post 6 – Companion Ticket, Post 7 – Using ExpertFlyer for Partner Award Availability, Post 8 - The Art of the Stopover, Post 9 - Leveraging Miles and Cash Redemptions, and Post 10 - Using Qantas....
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.The current 50,000 point offer for the Chase Ink Bold with Ultimate Rewards card is one of the best deals on the market right now since it only requires $5,000 spend within 3 months and the first year annual fee of $95 is waived....
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.It’s been reported on Flyertalk and numerous blogs that Chase has begun offering select customers a whopping 100,000 point sign-up bonus on the Chase Sapphire Preferred card....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.My family has been visiting the Walt Disney World Resort at least annually since before our first daughter was born. But despite it being just a few miles away from Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando wasn’t really on our radar until recently. This is largely because Universal Studios generally has a greater appeal for the teen and tween crowd rather than the little-kid category that we had been squarely occupying until the last year or so....
Today, I want to share a story from TPG reader Heather, who had a mix-up at the pump while traveling abroad:My brothers and I spent a week in Ireland to see the sights and our favorite band in Belfast and Dublin. We rented a car at the Dublin airport and set out to explore the beautiful isle. While we thought the hardest part of the trip would be winging it one night with no hotel reservations, we discovered the real challenge was filling our gas tank....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.One thing Japan is definitely known for is robots. From specially themed restaurants to robots that perform funeral rites, the country has always seemed to be on the forefront of incorporating them into people’s everyday lives. So where else would you expect to find the first robot-staffed hotel recognized by the Guinness World Records? Sure enough, it’s in Japan — and we paid the Henn-na Hotel a visit....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – British Airways Visa Signature CardHere’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week:Earn a 30% bonus when transferring American Express Membership Rewards points to British Airways.American Express 30% Transfer Bonus to British Airways: In case you missed the post from earlier this week, now through January 14, 2013, American Express cardmembers who transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to British Airways Avios will receive a 30% bonus....
