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.Are you the type of person to arrive hours before your flight to savor the entire airport experience? From checking out the different aircraft through the terminal’s windows to stuffing yourself with food and drink at the lounge?...
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – Marriott Rewards Premier Credit CardThis week’s Thursday Giveaway is the chance to win 50,000 Marriott Rewards points — enough for two nights at a Category 5 hotel, or other uses such as a transfer to get started on the Southwest Companion Pass.Marriott also bumped up the sign-up bonus on the Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card to 80,000 points when you spend $3,000 in the first three months....
Last week I decided to go to Iceland last minute by redeeming Delta SkyMiles to fly BusinessElite from JFK to Reykjavik and using a combination of Club Carlson points and cash to check out both Radisson Blu properties in Reykjavik. Since I hadn’t been out of the country since May, I booked the ticket on a whim and threw together some accommodations and activities for the 5 days I would be there....
TripAdvisor is still reeling from the revelations that it had been deleting user reviews containing allegations of rape and sexual assault at hotels. The company announced it will be implementing a system that identifies hotels and resorts that are associated with sexual assault and other serious issues.The website will place badges on a property’s TripAdvisor Page that will indicate that their have been cases of sexual assault or other health, safety and discrimination issues....
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 Monday, the Transportation Security Administration announced its plans to test computed tomography scanners (CT) at select US airport checkpoints. The CT scanners, which have been rolling out slowly — most recently at New York (JFK) Terminal 8 — use algorithms to detect explosives and create a 3-D image that can be viewed and rotated 360 degrees by a TSA agent....
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.Uber has launched UberCentral, a new platform that allows businesses of all types to provide and manage transportation for their customers from one central interface.This new app could provide an opportunity for a hotel to differentiate itself by offering added convenience for its guests....
American has been running the “Century in the Making” promotion for several months now. The next Superbowl is being held in Arlington, TX, so this is a PR campaign celebrating Texas’ football history, since American is based in Dallas. If you vote for 5 moments in history, you receive an email with a 10% off code for future travel on AA.There are a bunch of prizes including a grand prize trip to the Super Bowl (and 100,000 AA Miles)....
Now through February 3rd, American AAdvantage members have the opportunity to earn up to 1,000 bonus miles with AAdvantage eShopping. AAdvantege members will receive 100 free miles just for signing up, 300 miles with their first purchase through the portal, and 600 bonus miles for spending $100 through the portal. These miles are in addition to the normal miles earned for shopping through the AAdvantage eShopping mall.AAdvantage eShopping is American’s online shopping portal, which is an intermediary site where you click through to popular retailers’ sites and in doing so, a cookie is stored on your computer and you get bonus miles for every dollar you end up spending....
Joon, the millennial-targeted Air France subsidiary, will take flight beginning December 1, 2017. The carrier, which its parent company Air France describes as a hybrid between low-cost and traditional carriers, will target 18-35-year-olds as it launches service in Europe.The carrier announced that beginning December 1, 2017, Joon will launch service from its base in Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to four European cities: Barcelona (BCN; 51x weekly flights), Berlin (TXL; 37x weekly flights), Lisbon (LIS; 28x weekly flights) and Porto (OPO; 3x weekly flights)....
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 2/16/17: Airbnb closed on its purchase of Luxury Retreats today for around $300 million.For a company that caters to travelers looking for low-cost alternatives to hotels, it may seem odd that Airbnb is now reportedly acquiring Luxury Retreats, which offers stays at high-end homes....
Technical glitches have plagued American Airlines in recent months. From a regional carrier’s technical issue costing AA $35 million after canceling nearly 3,000 flights, to the most recent issue on Sunday, when an outage at the airline’s main operating system caused a national ground stop.Around 2:05pm ET on Sunday, the main operating system and dispatch of American Airlines went down, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. During the period while the system was down, all domestic AA flights were grounded....
Wildfires continue to tear through California, forcing evacuations of entire cities and the resulting in the death of at least 23 people. At least 3,500 buildings and homes have been destroyed. Residents and visitors alike have had to flee the flames at all hours of the night. The devastation is heartbreaking to see.Firefighters on the ground are getting air support from 30 air tankers and 73 helicopters, including the the largest supertanker in the world....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – Citi Hilton Honors Reserve Card, The Hyatt Credit CardTPG reader Jared sent me a message on Facebook to ask about redeeming free hotel night certificates:“Are there any restrictions with using Hyatt or Hilton free nights consecutively? In other words, if my wife and I both earn two free nights, can we combine them for a four-night stay?”Hotel free night certificates are among the top travel rewards, since you can score huge savings by redeeming at top-tier properties like the Conrad Maldives and Park Hyatt Tokyo....
Thanks to highly sophisticated tracking mechanisms (and things called clocks), we know that the last five Delta flights between New York-Kennedy (JFK) and Nice Côte d’Azur (NCE) each took around 7 hours and 20 minutes from takeoff to touchdown.The one on August 14, 2018, however, took longer. And it never got to France.An otherwise unassuming Tuesday night flight across the Atlantic got weird when passengers were informed that they would not, in fact, be landing in Europe....
Airlines around the world launch and announce dozens of new flight routes and service changes every month. Today, I’ll share just a few of the latest flights that will take to the skies this month or in the near future. Keep in mind that exact flight details (like schedules and aircraft, among other things) may change.NEW ROUTES LAUNCHED IN AUGUST 2017Norwegian Air Starts Flights From Florida to Barcelona and Paris (Launched August 10 and 23)Norwegian has added a low-cost connection between Ft....
Airlines around the world launch and announce dozens of new flight routes and service changes every month. Today, I’ll share just a few of the latest flights that will take to the skies this month or in the near future. Keep in mind that exact flight details (e.g., flight schedules, aircraft and more) may change based on your travel dates.NEW ROUTES LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 2016New Yorkers now have another nonstop option for reaching Dublin....
Before I got to Seoul, TPG editor Eric spent a couple nights mattress hopping around the city, and his first hotel was the W Seoul Walkerhill. Here’s his review. Other posts on my trip to South Korea include reviews of the Park Hyatt Seoul and the Grand Hyatt Seoul.I chose to stay at the W Seoul Walkerhill because I was arriving in Seoul on a Sunday evening and figured I’d be tired and wouldn’t want to do much, so it made sense since the hotel is actually quite a distance outside the city center....
This is an installment in my Istanbul: End of Year Mileage Run with Dad series. Posts include; Cheap Istanbul Flights: From $576 Total Roundtrip on Delta from JFK, Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul, Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach, Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome, Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room, Istanbul Eats and Excursions.Since we were flying to Rome on Alitalia en route to Istanbul, my dad and I decided to take a breather and spend a night in Rome to get our bearings and have a good Italian meal....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – IHG Rewards Club Select Credit CardLast year, IHG announced significant changes to its loyalty program, including a new top tier elite level and points expiration policy. Then the brand announced it would be changing the award night requirements for 450 properties, raising redemptions by 5,000 or 10,000 points at 300 locations and lowering redemptions by 5,000 points at 150 locations. Today, IHG is issuing yet another round of new award night requirements....
InterContinental Hotels Group announced Thursday that it will add 13 UK hotels to the Kimpton and IHG brands.The conditional agreement between IHG and French real estate investor Foncière des Régions (FdR) will rebrand the 13 properties under the IHG umbrella over the next two years, pushing IHG’s total number of hotel rooms in the UK past the 2,000.But IHG isn’t purchasing the hotels outright. Instead, the company will operate the UK hotels under long-term “managed leases” as part of the brand’s luxury and upscale portfolio, with all revenue and profits going to IHG....
