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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.Certain Delta cobranded cardholders receive rather lucrative companion certificates every year upon renewal of their card. If you hold the Delta Reserve® Credit Card from American Express, Delta Reserve for Business Credit Card, Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express or Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Business Credit Card from American Express, you will earn a companion certificate good for one year from the date of issuance....

Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight. Just don’t expect to recline very much.Delta Air Lines is limiting how far passengers can lean back on some domestic flights, part of what the company says is a test of how to best preserve passengers’ personal space. Starting Saturday, the airline will retrofit its fleet of Airbus A320 jets to reduce the coach seat recline from 4 inches at the top of the seat to 2 inches....

If you are a parent flying with children, you probably know that some flights with kids have the potential to turn into your own personal Halloween — a horror story for the ages. (And for your fellow passengers, sometimes.) It’s not the kids’ fault, of course — even grownups can get really testy onboard airplanes. You know how it feels: You’re constantly worried about your son or daughter’s ears hurting. You’re self-conscious about being that parent with the screaming child in row 18....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.It’s incredibly rare that we see 100% credits available from Amex Offers, but that’s exactly the case here. From now through September 30, Amex will give you a $45 statement credit when you purchase a Sam’s Club membership for $45 — so you’re essentially getting a one-year membership for free. Sam’s Club recently began accepting American Express, following Costco’s decision to move to Visa....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Back during the 2012 Summer Olympics, US Bank ran a fun little promo where for folks who signed up for the FlexPerks Visa, you’d earn additional bonus points based on how many medals the US team won during the games.The bank has brought this promo back for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and the terms are pretty much the same as last time around....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.“Reader Questions” are answered twice a week by TPG Senior Points & Miles Contributor Ethan Steinberg.With all the hype surrounding the Platinum Card® from American Express and the recently refreshed American Express® Gold Card, it’s easy to forget that these aren’t actually credit cards but charge cards. TPG reader Nodisha wants to know how using an Amex charge card will affect her credit score…[pullquote source=“TPG reader Nodisha”]I just got approved for the new rose gold Amex....

At TPG, we paused traveling to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Local and federal governments around the globe are now debating the appropriate levels of isolation and distancing. Before booking that next trip, we recommend you talk to your doctor, follow health officials’ guidance and research local travel restrictions. TPG is continuing to publish deals, reviews and general travel news to inform and prepare you for that trip, whether it is next month or next year....

Ride-hailing companies are changing the way our society moves, in cities and even between them. Both Uber and Lyft have already partnered with local governments to provide subsidized rides in lieu of public transportation.Now Lyft has partnered with Martha’s Table, a Washington DC non-profit, to provide heavily discounted rides to families living in food deserts.“Food deserts are defined as parts of the country void of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas,” according to the DC Policy Center and Lyft....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.While the bonus for the Marriott Rewards Premier Visa from Chase normally sits at 50,000 points, there has been a public offer floating around for 70,000 points (after spending $2,000 within the first 3 months) plus one free night at a category 1-4 property upon approval.In my monthly valuation of points and miles for July I have Marriott points listed at ....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.While your calls home might be monopolized by mom, Father’s Day is the ideal time to remind the man who raised you that you really do appreciate all those hours he spent picking you up off the ground when you fell off your bike, or risking life and limb while teaching you how to drive.Whether on a flight across country to a historic baseball park, a round of 18 holes at a golf course he’s never played before, or a trip abroad to a country that was on his bucket list long before you were a twinkle in his eye, why not plan something special for dear old dad this Father’s Day…and maximize your points and miles while doing so?...

Some pilots call him George. The origin of his name is uncertain but he’s on every one of your flights. Once set by the pilots, he keeps your flight pointed in the programmed direction and at the desired altitude for most of your time in the air.He’s the autopilot — as in, “Let ‘George’ take over flying the plane.“Passengers may envision pilots sitting in the cockpit with the computer doing the flying from the moment the plane leaves the ground....

Worldwide London-based hotel chain Millennium Hotels and Resorts recently launched a new rewards program that will simplify loyalty for its guests, as first reported by Skift. The program, called My Millennium, uses a single-tiered system, so you can forget about trying to reach gold, silver or platinum status. All you’ll need to do to redeem rewards is earn points. To earn points, you’ll have to spend. Here’s how it works.For every dollar spent on qualifying room spends (before taxes), My Millennium members earn 10 points....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TO THE POINT: Air India’s business-class product is a solid option for traveling between New Delhi and Hong Kong. The pros: a personal on-the-ground helper at check-in and lie-flat seats that allow for a good night’s sleep. The cons: terrible pajamas and outdated seats that had seen better days.On a recent trip to India, I had to find a way to get from New Delhi (DEL) to Changsha (CSX) in China in order to catch my Hainan Airlines flight back to Los Angeles....

Passengers on an S7 Airlines — also known as Siberia Airlines — flight were forced to endure to a sauna-like cabin with temperatures of up to 122°F. The unbearable heat came as quite a shock, as passengers had experienced temperatures of -13°F just before boarding the aircraft in Novosibirsk, Russia (OVB). Passengers were told — as we all have been — that things would cool down once they were in the air....

Take a vacation, and your friends and family will assume your itinerary includes at least a few amazing meals. But intentionally planning a trip around some of the world’s worst cuisine? That’s a new one.At the Disgusting Food Museum, which opened on Thursday in Malmö, Sweden, curators collect the most bizarre, sometimes stomach-churning foods on Earth.(Photo by Disgusting Food Museum on Facebook.)Promising to have 80 of the world’s most curious cuisines, the museum certainly delivers....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.You know we love our hotel loyalty programs here, but sometimes there’s something to be said for a really cool boutique hotel — or even an Airbnb.In this case, we’re about to pack our bags and head on a flight to Greece. We just stumbled upon this Airbnb lava cave suite (yes, you read that right) and it looks like something straight out of a movie....

Just under three hours from San Francisco, 730 acres of ancient redwood forest will open to the public for the very first time as the Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve in 2021.For nearly 150 years, the forest was privately owned by the Richardson family, who managed the 8,000-acre Richardson Ranch, which encompasses a vineyard, cattle ranch and timber mill. According to Outside Online, Herbert Archer Richardson bought the property in 1870 and passed it down through the generations....

San Francisco’s traffic is no joke. So to help assuage some of the gridlock, the city may be imposing a new tax on the companies that have been clogging its streets: ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft.City officials are considering a 1.5 percent to 3.25 percent tax per ride they say will help up San Francisco’s congestion.According to Intrix, San Francisco is the eighth most congested city in the United States, costing individual drivers about $1,624 last year....

Hands down, the most valuable benefit of United’s top-tier Premier 1K status is its PlusPoints perk. It gives customers the opportunity to book economy or Premium Plus and confirm an upgrade to a higher cabin several times each year.PlusPoints expire at the end of January after one full year of validity — points earned based on travel in 2018 were due to expire on Jan. 31, 2020. As it’s done in the past, however, the carrier extended the expiration of up to 80 PlusPoints upon request, making them valid through April 30, 2020....

When you think of British Airways, you think of a worldwide long-haul network. The last thing that comes to mind is island-hopper flights between islands in the Caribbean as part of so-called milk runs or fifth-freedom flights.https://www.instagram.com/p/B7IxCJJlYxF/British Airways (BA) has an extensive route network from London, so it’s no surprise that they fly directly from its leisure hub, London-Gatwick, to a bunch of Caribbean islands. Not all these flights are round-trips....