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While tons of stores, airlines and hotels offered fantastic deals starting on Black Friday, today is Cyber Monday, which means there are all kinds of fantastic discounts, rebates and bonuses you can take advantage of by shopping online. Be sure to check out our posts on Holiday Shopping Portal Deals and Top Cyber Monday Hotel Flash Sales for even more great offers.Here are some of the deals being offered today:Delta Air Lines: Delta is running a sale today on over 7,000 international flights that begin January 6, 2015 - March 26, 2015, with all travel completed before June 26, 2015....

A few interesting deals and news items came up this week so I wanted to put them into a tidy wrap-up this Saturday.$10 Small Business Amex CreditsAmerican Express is giving cardholders in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia a $10 statement credit when they spend $10 or more in a single purchase at a qualifying small businesses through July 4th. If you live in one of those cities or if you will be visiting soon, then be sure to take advantage of it, because it’s basically getting $10 for free....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – Citi Hilton HHonors Visa Signature CardHere’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week:Earn a free night stay at Hilton when you buy Rosetta Stone.Earn 25,000 HHonors Points Towards A Hilton Stay When You Purchase Rosetta Stone: Have you always wanted to learn a language? Well now is the perfect time since Hilton has teamed up with Rosetta Stone so that when you purchase a Rosetta Stone course, as you can get 25,000 Hilton Honors Points towards a free night stay at a Hilton hotel....

TPG reader Alvin asked me on Facebook:“I’m an infrequent flyer with United and Star Alliance (two long haul domestic round-trips and a transpacific each year). Since United is shifting to a fare-based mileage plan, this negates my travel style. Should I cash out soon and put my miles on another Star Alliance carrier?“This year there were a lot of changes with elite status programs like United and Delta adding requirements to spend a certain amount of qualifying dollars in order to gain elite status....

TPG reader Hunter sent me a message on Facebook to ask about earning Marriott elite status:“I’m currently two stays away from completing the Marriott Platinum challenge. I normally spend about 50 nights each year with Marriott, but I don’t have any plans to travel before my challenge period ends. I found a local hotel where I can stay for 15,000 points per night; is it worth spending 30,000 points for two stays to earn Platinum status?...

It’s been a big year for United on the customer experience side, with the airline finally ramping up the introduction of its Polaris business class product. Today we had access to United’s latest addition to its customer offering, its new Polaris Lounge at Newark (EWR). Newark is a huge hub for United, and New York City-based flyers are several other fantastic international lounges to choose from, like American’s Flagship Lounge at JFK, so United has been playing a bit of catch-up....

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.It’s no secret that our team here at TPG loves dogs (especially our @PointsPups Frenchies!)Last Sunday, we honored National Dog Day with the release of our list of America’s 10 Best Dog-Friendly Beaches. Yelp celebrated the doggie holiday with a list of their own, naming the Top 10 Dog-Friendly Cities in the US....

Volantio’s office, in the tip of the spear that is Atlanta’s Flatiron Building, overlooks a pedestrian plaza where, in late April, buttoned-up millennials shared Asian fusion takeout next to Hare Krishnas promising enlightenment. Across the plaza, a drifter warned of damnation.In some ways, the site was an odd choice for the company; most tech companies flocking to the New Atlanta prefer to roost among the gleaming cubes of upscale Buckhead or the silicon hive of Alpharetta....

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.Per this link, enjoy triple flown miles on select Delta flights to Florida:“Get triple flown miles on your next getaway. Enjoy triple flown miles on all paid, nonstop flights when you fly January 6 throughFebruary 15, 2011 between these select cities:Atlanta (ATL) and Fort Myers (RSW), Miami (MIA), Orlando (MCO) or Tampa (TPA)Cincinnati (CVG) and Miami (MIA) or Orlando (MCO)Detroit (DTW) and Fort Myers (RSW), Miami (MIA) or Tampa (TPA)Hartford (BDL)and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) or West Palm Beach (PBI)“A couple important things:1) These are not Medallion Qualifying Miles, so don’t start booking mileage runs like crazy, unless you need additional redeemable miles2) It seems that everyone is eligible for this promo3) Its a pretty short window, but if you have any travel to these cities, you might as well sign up for the promo....

Update 6/19/18: United has responded with the following statement:“Sydney remains an important part of United’s global route network. As we continuously monitor the demand for travel in all of the markets we serve, we are adjusting our schedule on certain flights between Houston and Sydney in response to a weak demand in August, September and October. We are looking forward to returning to our normal, daily schedule between Houston and Sydney on October 22....

The City by the Bay has been sung about, lusted after, and touted for its many charms; so many that even the most frequent of travelers could miss the city’s hidden gems. These 10 tips will get you one step closer to exploring San Francisco like a local.Where to Find the Best Chinese FoodNestled in the Sunset District — an area of San Francisco that, ironically, rarely sees the sun — you’ll find the authentic, delicious, made-fresh-in-house cuisine of King of Noodles....

Swiss Air Lines is the biggest operator of the newest jetliner in service in the world, the Bombardier C-Series, with eight CS100 and three of the larger CS300. It was also the first airline to put the CS in service, in July of last year. Swiss will soon cede the title of biggest operator of the CS to Delta, which has 75 CS100s on order plus options and plans to introduce the new plane next year on flights from New York....

As your may have seen, Katie and I recently got to fly in a brand new retrofit aircraft on our way to Europe, and it turns out we also got an AA retrofit aircraft on the way back. The Boeing 767-300s — yes, the same aircraft that recently had an uncontained engine failure in Chicago — are quite past their prime, but American Airlines recently went through the trouble of retrofitting them to squeeze out a few more years of life....

One of the things I love most about being The Points Guy is getting to hear stories from readers about how award travel has affected their lives — the exotic vacations they’ve planned, the trips they’ve made to be with family and friends, the premium seats and suites they’ve experienced and so much more, all made possible by points and miles. I love to travel and explore, and it’s an honor to be able to help so many of you get where you want to go....

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.Whether or not you’re bound for the final stretch of the Cannes Film Festival, which concludes its 69th annual fête on Sunday, travelers making their way from LAX to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport aboard an Air France Airbus A380 with an AF065 flight number can get a taste of the French Riviera at 40,000 feet....

Update: These fares are no longer bookable.For amazing deals like these, be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Merry Christmas to all from Etihad Airways. Right now they have flights from as low as $187 TOTAL roundtrip, including all taxes from JFK- Abu Dhabi. I recommend searching on Google.com/Flights and playing round with dates- generally leaving Monday-Thursday Jan-March, but there may be wider availability. These won’t earn miles in most US programs, but you may be able to collect in Etihad Guest or partners like Alitalia....

On my recent Tokyo trip, I had the pleasure of spending nearly 30 hours in an airplane, which gave me plenty of time to sleep, eat and read. Actually, this is one of the things I love most about flying - in the air my cell phone is switched off, emails are off (at least for the international legs) and I have time to do what I want to do. In fact, I just calculated my flying this year and since January 1, 2011 I have flown 79,650 “butt-in-seat” miles, with another 25,000 over the next four weeks....

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is known for having had its fair share of problems. In its first year of service, at least four aircraft suffered from electrical problems stemming from its lithium-ion batteries, which led to a months-long grounding of all 787s. Last year, the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a directive instructing airlines to carry out an urgent fix on 176 Dreamliners because of an engine icing problem. Those problems have been solved, and now 787s operate worldwide with a dispatch reliability — essentially, the percentage of aircraft departing on time — second only to Boeing’s long-haul workhorse, the 777....

TPG reader Claire sent me an email to ask about transferring points:“I know I can transfer 10,000 Ultimate Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic for 10,000 miles, and I can transfer those miles to Hilton for 15,000 HHonors points. Can I also go the other way and turn 15,000 HHonors points into 10,000 Ultimate Rewards points?“One great way to maximize your points and miles is by taking advantage of transfer opportunities. Transferable points programs are highly useful because they enable you to redeem with whichever transfer partner suits your travel plans and offers the best value....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here - Chase Sapphire ReserveI think pretty much every miles and points fan knew that the Chase Sapphire Reserve card was going to be an insanely big freaking deal. I mean, it’s a new rewards credit card no one has had before, it comes with an easy to use $300 travel credit each year, it offers a huge 100,000 sign-up bonus points, its points are worth more when redeemed for travel than any other Chase card, and it has lots of other built in perks that add real value for travelers....