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If traveling light isn’t really your style and you’re tired of schlepping your luggage back and forth between the airport, home and hotel, you might have a new option. Bringit, who bills itself as an on-demand luggage delivery service, has launched in Miami. The company will be expanding to New York’s LaGuardia (LGA) and JFK as well as Los Angeles (LAX) later this year.For a fee of $25 the service will pick up your bags — up to two — and deliver them to the airport, home or any destination you choose within a 10-mile radius of the airport....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerFollowing the launch of an elevated offer for the Citi Prestige Card, we’ve had quite a few readers ask about the 4th Night Free benefit, which I consider to be one of the travel industry’s top perks. Naturally, getting a rebate for your fourth night on most hotel stays sounds a bit too good to be true, so it’s no surprise that TPG reader Daniel emailed us with the following question…[pullquote source=“TPG Reader Daniel”]Does the Citi Prestige 4th Night Free perk include stays at all-inclusive resorts?...

Cruise lines keep trying to outdo each other in every way possible.The biggest Carnival Cruise Line ship ever will debut in Europe next year, and offer two voyages from New York City before heading to its permanent home at Port Canaveral, Florida.Image courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line.At 180,000 tons, the 5,200-passenger Mardi Gras will be the world’s sixth-biggest cruise ship at the time of its arrival and by far the biggest vessel ever for the so-called “Fun Ship” line....

Silvercar was born in 2012 out of frustration with some of the problems common with traditional car rental companies. The company threw out the old car rental playbook and quickly became my family’s favorite way to rent cars across the country. It offered an all-Audi fleet, and in some cases, would pick you up and drop you off right at the terminal. The company didn’t charge huge fees for tolls or gas refills and didn’t charge any extra fees for ski racks and high-quality car seats....

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.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....

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 Expedia, which allows you to cancel flights without penalty by 11:00pm Eastern Time within one day of booking....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.“Reader Questions” are answered three days a week — Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays — by TPG Senior Writer Julian Mark Kheel.Status matches and challenges are a quick way to “copy” your elite status from one airline to another, but TPG reader Tim wonders if there might be a credit card shortcut when it comes to a status challenge on Delta…[pullquote source=“TPG Reader Tim”]I’m considering doing a status match from United Platinum to Delta Platinum....

Update 5/15/17 9:20am: JetBlue has provided the following statement to The Points Guy regarding this incident:During boarding, the customers stowed their cake and other items in an overhead bin reserved for safety and emergency equipment, and refused multiple requests from the crew to remove the items. Federal regulations require that the emergency equipment remain unobstructed during the flight. The customers became agitated, cursed and yelled at the crew, and made false accusations about a crewmember’s fitness to fly....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG Contributor Max Bloom explains how planning meetings—even if you’re not a “meeting planner”—can earn you points and elite status at the major hotel chains. In this post, he explains how each chain calculates the number of points you earn by spending money on “meeting” expenses.Meetings can be a great way to earn a lot of points at once, especially if you are earning them on the spending generated by a block of sleeping rooms....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Although Virgin America ceased to exist on January 11, people have still technically been on flights operated as Virgin America. We knew that Virgin flights would become Alaska flights as of April 25, but now Alaska has confirmed the last official flights.For flights booked after April 24, you’ll get redirected from Virgin’s website to Alaska’s to complete your purchase....

View this post on Instagram ¡Amig@s! Nos vamos a sumar a las medidas de prevención y de responsabilidad social para que entre todos y todas consigamos que la situación vuelva a la normalidad lo más rápido posible. . Durante un tiempo vamos a estar ausentes para salvaguardar nuestra y vuestra seguridad, y cuando recuperemos tod@s la normalidad, seguiremos como siempre al pie del cañón. . Un abrazo grande y cuidaros mucho....

Next month, one of the best places to play in New York City might be, well, the middle of the road.For three Saturdays in August, nearly seven miles of streets (including a long length of Park Avenue) in Manhattan will be totally car-free, as part of the annual Summer Streets celebration. Between 7am and 1pm on Aug. 3, 10 and 17, a stretch from the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd Street, by Central Park, will open only to pedestrians and cyclists....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We’ve had plenty of questions ever since we learned that Marriott and Starwood would be combining into one loyalty program, and this week we finally got answers. And as TPG detailed in his post outlining the combined program that will launch this August, the news is largely positive — with improved points-earning even for non-elites and a much larger portfolio of hotels where you’ll be rewarded for your loyalty....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Chase and Southwest frequently change the sign-up bonus on the Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Visa between 25,000 and 50,000-points, but they just launched a new 50,000 point promotion that should be good for at least the next month or so. Southwest Rapid Rewards is a fixed value frequent flyer program, which means you can use the points to redeem for any flights and those 50,000 points are worth approximately $900 in Wanna Getaway Fares (I recently redeemed Southwest points and got 1....

Hotspots like London, Paris and Rome likely top the list for just about anyone’s first trip to Europe — but on subsequent visits, it can be entirely worthwhile to venture far beyond.One TPG favorite is Scandinavia — Norway, to be more specific, including the capital city of Oslo, the outdoor adventure mecca of Bergen and one of the continent’s northernmost cities: Tromso.On this latest episode of Miles Away, TPG global news editor Emily McNutt joins to share some of her favorite Scandinavia tips as we work together to plan a first trip for Nick Ellis, who manages all of the site’s reviews....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.It’s always good news when a credit card lets you transfer your rewards to airline miles, like the recent announcement on the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card. New applicants can earn 50,000 Capital One miles after spending $3,000 within three months of account opening. Finnair is one of those new transfer partners to consider.Finnair is an attractive European airline that operates brand-new Airbus A350 aircraft for the majority of its long-haul fleet....

The world’s longest flight is ready for a comeback.Singapore Airlines said Tuesday that it will restart its nonstop service between New York and Singapore on Nov. 9, even as restrictions remain on travel to Singapore.However, there will be a new U.S. home for the route when it returns. The flight – which will resume with a schedule of three weekly flights – will now operate from New York JFK instead of Newark, as it had previously....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG Reader Vick recently tweeted me to ask:"@thepointsguy Help! Should I use my SPG Amex or my Barclaycard Arrival for fixed monthly costs like cell, cable etc.? Which card’s points are worth more?“TPG reader Vick Tweets: “@thepointsguy Help! Should i use SPG Amex or Barclaycard Arrival for fixed monthly costs like cell cable etc. which pts are worth more?...