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.Happy birthday, Boeing, you look great! Today marks the 100th year of the company, first founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing, who had a vision for building airplanes that would forever change the concept of air travel....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG Special Contributor Eric Rosen found himself in a difficult situation when a Hyatt Points + Cash award he meant to book mysteriously disappeared… after he’d transferred Chase Ultimate Rewards points to book it. But as he discovered, Hyatt agents can sometimes open up award availability. As always, it never hurts to ask!I’m traveling to a wedding in Asheville, North Carolina later this summer....
Update: A BA spokesperson said the following to TPG: “We are committed to offering our Executive Club customers great value and as many opportunities as possible to spend their Avios. We are increasing the number of Avios needed to book a reward flight with various of our partner airlines.“April 30 Update: TPG has built what we think to be the new BA partner award chart based on test calls to the Executive Club....
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information on additional Club Suites routes. It was originally published on November 8, 2019.Earlier this year, British Airways introduced a fabulous new business class product to replace the current aging “ying-yang” Club World product. This was great news for many travelers who don’t like the current cramped seating arrangement, in which the business cabin features a 2-4-2 configuration on many of the airline’s long-haul aircraft....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG Advertising Partner.It isn’t abnormal for credit card companies to offer lucrative targeted offers for certain credit card products. Credit card bonuses cost money and the marketing teams at credit card companies want to stretch their budgets are far as possible to get as many new lucrative customers as possible. So instead of making the juiciest offers public, they try to target the people they want the most....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today starts the third week of Daily Getaways — an assortment of daily discounts and deals with various travel brands and loyalty programs, sponsored by the US Travel Association. It’s been an interesting two weeks so far. Some deals have sold out in seconds — like the Choice hotel points packages — while other offers are still available more than a week after going live....
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....
Per The Flight Deal, there are currently some cheap flights from Los Angeles to Copenhagen available this summer starting at under $700 round-tripb.The best way to search for dates is to head over to Google Flights where you can get a calendar view. You’ll see many dates available in May.You can search for these flights using Google Flights.Once you find your ideal flights, you can head over to American Airlines, where you can book these fares....
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.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 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.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.It’s no surprise that travel rewards credit cards are a popular discussion here at TPG. By strategically opening and utilizing them, you can earn large sign-up bonuses and extra points in a variety of categories of everyday spending, opening up fantastic redemptions like premium-class flights and luxurious hotel rooms. However, there are a number of misconceptions out there when it comes to credit cards, so today I’ll continue our new series that debunks these myths and allows you to begin planning for your next vacation....
2017’s Dubai Air Show was a blockbuster event for Emirates. That’s where we first met the carrier’s incredible new first-class suite, along with a couple of versions of its updated business class.This year’s event was shaping up to be remarkably dull by comparison, but Emirates just threw us a curveball with an absolutely massive order for Airbus’ latest jet.On Monday at the Dubai Air Show, Emirates CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury signed a purchase agreement for 50 Airbus A350-900s, worth $16 billion at today’s list prices....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.After not flying with Delta consistently for several years, I was looking forward to testing out its Delta One business-class seats aboard a 767 on my recent trip to Peru.BookingBack in October, Delta was offering some great business-class fares from Los Angeles to Lima, Peru, via Atlanta that started at around $1,300. Fares for similar itineraries usually start at about twice that amount, and since I had a few things I wanted to do in Peru, I decided to book myself a ticket....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Hotel rooms in New York City range from expensive to astronomically expensive, depending on the time of year and what events are happening. I’ve seen the average daily rate for Manhattan hotels to vary between $257 - $389, depending on the season. All of those are big numbers that I would prefer not to pay the majority of the time, so Manhattan is a place that I frequently turn to hotel points to cover our room nights....
Whether the results of Super Bowl LIII were in your favor or not, the game this year definitely had a few memorable moments for aviation geeks, specifically in its commercials.Not surprisingly, catching our attention with aircraft eye candy didn’t come at a low cost for the companies that promoted the advertisements. This year, Super Bowl commercial spots started at a staggering $5.3 million — that’s not even including the insane production value of the commercials aired....
Qantas business class flyers are getting a pre-departure upgrade — those flying in premium cabins out of SFO will now have access to the Cathay Pacific lounge, Qantas’ Oneworld partner. In the past, Qantas flyers could only visit the Air France-KLM lounge, which wasn’t known for being the fanciest international business class lounge.Qantas operates nonstop year-round flights from San Francisco (SFO) to both Sydney (SYD) and Melbourne (MEL).The Cathay Pacific lounge presents a bit of an upgrade to Air France’s offerings....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed its recommendations for travelers to complete a self-imposed 14-day quarantine period after traveling out of state or the country, according to USA Today.While it no longer recommends that every traveler isolates for two weeks after returning from a trip, it advises following the local recommendations of your state or city upon return. Several states – most famously New York – still require a period of quarantine after returning from a majority of U....
