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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Starwood Preferred Guest just opened registration for their new first quarter promotion of 2015 which is SPG Double Play, where SPG members will earn double Starpoints on eligible stays (those that earn Starpoints, i.e. paid nights) of two or more consecutive nights. This is for stays between January 5-April 15, 2015.Registration is now open for the new SPG promotion, Double Play....

Boeing and Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer have agreed to form a commercial jet joint venture. As reported by Brazil’s Globo TV, Embraer has accepted Boeing’s offer to create a joint venture for commercial jets. The US aerospace giant had been in talks for a potential takeover of Embraer, but the Brazilian government made it clear that it would not allow the acquisition to occur if it involved the weakening of its control of Embraer’s military division....

During the COVID-19 crisis, our team has temporarily ceased taking review trips. However, we have resumed the publication of new flight, hotel and lounge reviews, from trips taken before the lockdown. We have also been publishing a selection of our most popular reviews from the past year. We hope this will help you choose once we’re all ready to start booking trips again.Bear in mind that for the foreseeable future, service on board will be greatly reduced to lower the risk of contamination, and that the ground experience — with lounges closed or without food and amenities — will also be very different from what was available before the pandemic....

One way to make travel easier, or at least more comfortable, is to have access to airport lounges where you can usually get complimentary snacks, drinks, places to sit, clean(er) restroom, decent internet, and if you are super lucky, even a family room. I’ve sat on the floor in a corner of a crowded gate area with my phone plugged into an outlet that looks like it was left over from the Walking Dead, and I’m sure I will find myself in that situation again, but I’d much rather wait for my flights in a decent lounge…especially when I am traveling with my family....

Porter Airlines is a godsend for travel to Toronto from New York, Boston or Chicago. Its main hub, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport or YTZ, is on an island adjacent to downtown Toronto.But the airport experience in New York isn’t quite as pleasant as the views on landing at YTZ. Porter’s New York home is Newark’s Terminal B. From midtown Manhattan, it’s quite a schlep to make for the roughly one-hour flight to Toronto....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We’ve talked about how the MileagePlus X app is a great tool to earn extra United miles. Working somewhat like a traditional shopping portal, you buy electronic gift cards from retailers and get 1 to 5 bonus miles for each dollar spent on a gift card (occasionally, the bonus can be as high as 10 miles per dollar)....

Better late than never, but United’s Washington Dulles (IAD) Polaris Lounge is very late indeed. It was originally expected to open in 2017, and we’ve finally received word that construction has been underway for a few weeks, with a targeted opening date of 2020, United said.Once the Dulles lounge opens up next year, United’s US Polaris Lounge network will be complete, with the five other locations already open, including:Chicago O’Hare (2016)Houston (2018)Newark (2018)San Francisco (2018)Los Angeles (2019)United will offer three Polaris Lounges overseas as well, including locations in Hong Kong (HKG), London (LHR) and Tokyo (NRT), but construction has not yet begun....

About twenty years ago we saw Lake Tahoe for the first time. We were driving in from Reno and caught a glimpse of this blue jewel sparkling through a green forest of tall, sweet sugar pines. We stopped the car in a small turnout and scampered down through the trees to a clearing that allowed a clear line of sight to the lake. To say that we were impressed would be an understatement of massive proportions....

Passengers flying out of the Oakland airport usually see a lot of just one type of airplane: the Boeing 737, and mostly in the colors of Southwest, the biggest airline at OAK. There isn’t a lot of airplane variety at the airport on the other side of the bay from San Francisco, despite a relatively big number of yearly passengers. About three-quarters of those 13.6 million passengers fly Southwest, and Southwest only flies 737s....

I wrote a post this morning about how my own family is approaching planning our potential next big trip to Australia and New Zealand using miles. The premise of the post was tips for searching for business or first class award seats from the US to Australia for a family of three or more. That is not impossible, but it is pretty challenging, especially depending on what type of miles you have to work with....

A new partnership between British Airways and Airbnb means more rewards for you and your family on vacation.Here’s how it works.As was reported by Head for Points, if you’ve used Airbnb before, you’ll get 3 British Airways Avios per £1, €1 or $1 spent. If you haven’t, you’ll receive that plus 500 Avios as a welcome bonus. And if you’re thinking about hosting your home on the platform, doing so can net you up to 30,000 Avios when you host for the first time, as TPG’s Benet Wilson reported last week....

Sixteen women — many who didn’t know each other — decide to go on a 10-day trip to Morocco. What could possibly go wrong?We spent nine days traveling around Morocco riding in four Toyota Land Runners with five guides from Trips To Morocco. Here are eight tips from me and my besties, Lauren and Roxana, that you should strongly consider if you decide to plan and execute a girls trip.Our trip planner, Lauren A....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.This weekend, American Express launched a 40% bonus when transferring Membership Rewards points to either British Airways Executive Club or Iberia Avios.While we dove into how to book an economy award to Ireland for just 10,000 Amex points one-way, there’s another great way you can maximize this promotion. Iberia has fantastic award rates for business class flights during its off-peak dates when flying between a handful of its destinations in the US....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Out of the way, OpenTable: American Express is launching a new reservations feature for premium cardholders, directly accessible through their mobile phones.The mobile app feature is for cardholders of The Platinum Card® from American Express and the Centurion Card . Members will have access to thousands of restaurants worldwide, including exclusive tables at Michelin-starred Amex partners around the globe....

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.Earlier this month, Chase launched its latest business credit card: the Ink Business Preferred Card. With the addition of the card to Chase’s lineup, the issuer is no longer accepting new applications for its predecessor, the Ink Plus Business Card....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.It’s always intriguing when an issuer unveils a new credit card, and even more so when that issuer is one of the biggest players in the industry. So Chase’s decision to launch a brand-new business card compatible with its existing Ultimate Rewards credit card line, but with no annual fee, means there are new opportunities to explore in the world of travel rewards for businesses....

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.Beach vacations are interesting to plan because some of the best oceanfront resorts can have a ho-hum or even unswimmable beach rendering their location picturesque, but not necessarily functional. Then, of course, some of the best stretches of beach can be flanked by lackluster hotels and resorts that are banking solely on their five-star location to draw in the crowds....

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.A Flybe plane carrying 48 people took a 500-foot nosedive after the 60-year-old pilot erroneously selected the wrong autopilot setting just after takeoff, according to the results of an inquiry launched earlier this year.The Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 turboprop plane traveling from Belfast City to Glasgow on January 11 had reached an altitude of 1,350 feet when it “pitched nose-down” toward the ground, according to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch report....