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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.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....

While the ever-exclusive Business Centurion Card from American Express charges an astronomical $2,500 annual fee, the perks that come with it make the invitation-only corporate card worth it for some high-budget businesses. Unfortunately, it seems as if Amex is cutting one of the primary benefits employers were able to give to their additional cardholders: the ability to earn points for their personal accounts.Here is an excerpt from the letter TPG reader and Business Centurion cardholder received detailing the changes:“Starting September 28th:Purchases with your Additional Business Card will earn points for your Basic Business Card Member’s Rewards program accountPurchases with your Additional Business Card will no longer earn points for your Additional Membership Rewards program account, and your program account will be cancelled....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I love Canada. I used to make near weekly business trips to Montreal and Toronto in my old job and nowadays there are many Canadian TPG readers - many of whom sit idly on the side as we gorge ourselves on mega credit card bonuses here in the US. While we are accustomed to 50,000 and up bonuses here, our friendly northern neighbors rarely get to see much action....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.When the new World of Hyatt Credit Card first came on the scene almost a year ago, the old Hyatt Visa closed to applicants, but existing card holders could keep their accounts. However, Chase has been trying to entice some with the $75-per-year Hyatt Visa to upgrade to the $95 per year newer World of Hyatt Credit Card by offering some upgrade bonus points to those who make the switch....

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.Tech companies are pushing hard to make mobile payments more mainstream, but as of now, most people are still paying with good old plastic. In an attempt to persuade more customers to begin using its mobile payment platform, Samsung — which finally has some good news to share — has created a loyalty program, known as Samsung Rewards, with the ability to earn points when you make transactions with Samsung Pay....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.American Airlines’ AAdvantage program just launched a new Holiday Bonus Miles promotion offering up to 50,000 bonus miles — in addition to the miles you’d otherwise earn — for earning miles through certain AAdvantage partners.Here’s how it works: AAdvantage is giving members a “holiday to-do list.” You get a bonus for checking items off the list now through December 31....

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.On this episode of our weekly YouTube series, To The Point, senior points and miles editor Nick Ewen explains how to earn and redeem American Miles for incredible redemptions. Despite the carrier’s tricky and frustrating ways of releasing award space that make it challenging to book award tickets, there are several ways to earn tons of AA miles without even flying....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.In light of news that American will change the way customers earn bonus miles and status in the AAdvantage program, TPG Contributor JT Genter takes a look at how the three major US carriers stack up.Last November, American Airlines revealed plans to change to a revenue-based mileage program. Earlier this week — almost 7 months after the announcement — we finally found out when the switch will be made: August 1, 2016....

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.Travel is inspiring in many ways. You can learn a new cuisine, start a fresh wellness regimen or learn another language. You may also find a new paint color for your home. At least, that’s what the folks over at Behr Paint think....

For a limited time you can get 15% off Hotels.com gift cards, at BJ’s Wholesale Club. Normally sold for $95 each, this is your chance to get a $100 card for $85. While BJ’s might not be as well known as or have the name recognition of Costco or Sam’s Club, they do have really good deals on gift cards from time to time.BJ’s does require a membership, but the good news here is that even if you don’t have one in your area, you can buy an online-only membership for $10 per year....

Technicolor-bright coral once blanketed the reefs of the Florida Keys, covering as much as 40 percent of the rock. Today, that percentage has dropped to a dismaying 2%, according to the latest estimates. Look at an underwater dive photo from 20 years ago and compare that to what you see when you swim or snorkel the reefs today. The difference is shocking.But it’s not all bad news. This month, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a dramatic 20-year plan to save the coral reefs of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary....

As you may have noticed, we have not published any new flight or hotel reviews on our site for some time now.During the COVID-19 crisis, our team has temporarily ceased taking review trips, and as more and more nations and U.S. states entered lockdowns we also decided to halt the pipeline of new reviews ready for publication. Providing reviews is one of our core missions, and we know our readers look to us for unbiased coverage of the experiences they will encounter on their travels — but with almost the entire world staying at home, it was time to pause....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – View the current offers here.Arriving in Music City for a national trade show at the nearby convention center, I was very excited to stay at the newly remodeled Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown — a former Hyatt property taken over by SPG a year and a half ago and treated to a $25 million renovation. While the hotel itself was nice looking, Sheraton needs to take a closer look at its service, amenities, and, most importantly, the building’s erratic fire alarm system....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.This past week, a number of travelers with the Platinum Card® from American Express found themselves unable to enter the Centurion Lounges in Seattle (SEA) and Miami (MIA) airports… until two hours before their flight departure time, that is.We reached out to American Express for clarification, curious to know if the situation was temporary/location-specific case, or if Amex had made additional changes to Centurion lounge access rules, as with last fall’s new policy limiting access to holders of the Amex Platinum, and the personal and business Centurion cards....

Turkish Airlines has opened a new lounge in the E concourse of Miami International Airport (MIA), according to One Mile at a Time – and it’s accepting Priority Pass members.While it’s still not showing on the Priority Pass website, the latest version of the lounge network’s eponymous app lists the new lounge as an option for travelers in concourse E.Interestingly, Turkish Airlines doesn’t even operate from the E gates – its daily flight to Istanbul (IST) departs from the H concourse....

Editor’s note: This article is part of a new weekly column to answer your credit card questions. If you would like to ask us a question, tweet us at @thepointsguy, message us on Facebook or email us at info@thepointsguy.com. Here at TPG we try to make the best recommendations for credit cards- whatever your situation. Whether you’re a travel card guru or a college student seeking to open their first account, we’re here to help you make the best of your situation....

Update: 11/19/19: Spotify has enhanced the mobile capabilities and is now fully accessible via mobile device.Sounds like music to our ears: The audio streaming platform Spotify just launched a feature that will curate a road trip soundtrack for you based on where you’re driving.Because if you’re not listening to “Life is a Highway” while driving down, well, a highway, are you really road tripping? (No. The answer is no.)For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter....

Life has given us all a few (or perhaps a lot of) lemons over the last couple of weeks. The entire TPG staff has been hard at work not only reporting everything you need to know about COVID-19 but also thinking about how we can take those lemons and turn them into lemonade for you, our readers.This led us to develop our new #TPGLemonade sessions: a series of 15-minute overview trainings on one loyalty program at a time....