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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – The Platinum Card from American ExpressAs I wrote about earlier this week, you can collect coupons worth 300 American Express Membership Rewards points every time you visit a SkyClub and show your American Express Platinum Card (not the Delta Platinum Card). It looks like this promotion will run through May and June, or until points obsessed TPG readers clean out every SkyClub of their supply!...

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.You’ll probably need to budget more for your morning cup of joe at Starbucks. Without notice, the company has added between 10 and 20 cents to the price of regular drip coffee, depending on the location. That’s an increase in price of nearly 10%....

Last night the winners of the James Beard Awards — the Oscars of fine dining — were announced at the Lyric Opera of Chicago building before a crowd of nearly 2,000 gourmands and industry insiders. And like every year (the awards began in 1990), there were big winners and losers, tremendous surprises and a whole lot of heartfelt, this-medal-really-belongs-to-someone-else, thank-you speeches.If you want to know where to eat across the USA, the Beard winners list would be a fine place to start, and possibly more reliable than the Michelin guide (full disclosure: I used to be on the James Beard Restaurant & Chef committee)....

The United States isn’t among the top 100 safest countries in the world – in fact, it isn’t even among the top 120 safest.That is what new rankings from the Institute for Economics and Peace say. The organization released its 2018 Global Peace Index, which ranks 163 independent countries and territories according to their levels of peacefulness.The report analyzes 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators and measures the state of peace based on cultural, economic and political factors, such as ongoing domestic and international conflict and militarization....

Have you every wanted to conquer your bucket list all in one go? Maybe you’re even willing to take about a third of a year off to get it done? If that sounds like you, Regent Seven Seas Cruises is planning a 117-day excursion that might be right up your alley canal. It’s a subtle 33,500-nautical mile trek.The ship, called the Seven Seas Mariner, is set to sail in January of 2021....

This is the first post in a new Transcontinental Series aimed at helping flyers choose the best options while flying coast-to-coast, as well as strategies on leveraging elite status and miles to get the most valuable upgrades possible. Other posts include: United, Delta and Virgin America. Today, we’re starting with American’s recent announcement of new three-class Airbus 321’s that will begin servicing its transcontinental routes between New York JFK and Los Angeles and San Francisco....

Update 4/21/17: After researching the issue outlined in “Cancelled Double Bookings” below, Southwest has confirmed that only one of Paul’s itineraries was cancelled, not both.Southwest is in the midst of a major change in its reservation system. It’s switching from an ancient reservations system to the more-modern Amadeus. Yawn, right? Well, while Gary Kelly said in October that this change will be “invisible to our customers,” there are a few key changes that you should know about, especially if you’re used to how things worked under the old system....

Update 8/3/17 12:09pm: Boeing just sent along the following explanation:Boeing flight test teams are performing an 18 hour endurance flight with a 787-8 Dreamliner. Rather than fly in random patterns, the test team got creative, flying a route that outlined a 787-8 in the skies over 22 states. The nose of the Dreamliner is pointing at the Puget Sound region, home to Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The wings stretch from northern Michigan near the Canadian border to southern Texas....

Want to get away this fall? Orbitz is currently offering $300 off when you book a flight and hotel (min 3 nights) to Nassau, from now until Sept 15 for travel:Travel: 08/17/10 - 11/22/10 Use Promotion Code: 300NASSAUTravel: 11/30/10 - 12/22/10 Use Promotion Code: 300NASSAU2I played around with long weekends in December and was getting Continental flights from EWR and decent hotels for under $400 TOTAL. Others have reported packages from the west coast for not more than $400 total....

From June 1 and August 31st, 2011 you can earn up to 10,000 British Airways miles when you rent with Avis.1st rental = 2,000 mile bonus plus the regular earning ratio of 1 mile per dollar spent (500 minimum)2nd rental = 3,000 mile bonus plus the regular earning ratio of 1 mile per dollar spent (500 minimum)3rd rental = 5,000 mile bonus plus the regular earning ratio of 1 mile per dollar spent (500 minimum)There is a three day minimum on rentals and you need to use the British Airways AWD in order to get the bonus, so its very likely the increased rate will be much more than the lowest discounted rate you could get....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – The Platinum Card from American ExpressUPDATE: Continental is now part of United.Continental is offering a 250 point bonus when using any Mastercard (credit or debit) to purchase a flight at continental.com from now until June 30, 2011. The flights just need to be purchased by then and the bonus points will be awarded 4-6 weeks after the purchase....

Germany’s second largest airline, Air Berlin (Airline code AB), announced yesterday that is will be joining the One World alliance. While this may not take effect for over a year, I think its a great win for Oneworld mileage collectors. The airline has an extensive list of destinations and will allow Oneworld mileage redeemers more options to interesting destinations like the Maldives, Reykjavik, Tel Aviv and Palma de Mallorca.Some key points:1) With the addition of Air Berlin, Oneworld will be the only alliance to allow mileage redemptions to Iceland....

After a UK woman was jailed in July for drinking a glass of wine on an Emirates flight from London to Dubai and possessing incorrect documentation, the British Embassy in the United Arab Emirates is warning UK citizens of the consequences of drinking alcohol when flying to the UAE.In a message posted on Facebook, the British Embassy reminded its citizens that in the UAE “it is a punishable offence to be under the influence of alcohol in public — including when transiting through the UAE....

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.When it comes to finding travel information, the internet is full of so much information that it can sometimes be hard to find everything you’re looking for in just one place — which is why I decided to launch our very own Travel Resources Page....

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.About 500 employees at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) announced today that they’re planning to go on strike next Tuesday, November 29. Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 1 announced the strike outside the airport and on the group’s Twitter account....

We’ve written a few pieces about the excellent award availability on Austrian Airlines — a Skytrax four-star carrier that ranked eighth in the world on TPG’s list of the best airline food back in 2015. Now, it’s finally time we gave this airline a proper review.BookingI was looking for options to fly back to New York from ITB Berlin, a massive travel trade show, and award availability was understandably tight. However, thanks to Austrian Airlines’ generous award availability, I was able to find business-class seats from Berlin (TXL) through Vienna (VIE) to New York (JFK) for 70,000 United MileagePlus miles and $112 in taxes and fees....

Korean Air has long been one of my most recommended options for award seats to Asia. The combination of great award seat availability in all classes, fair award ticket pricing and the ease of transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards points to its SkyPass program has always made it a winner. I’ve often been able to find up to eight business-class and nine economy-class seats on the same flight.Over the last few months, I’ve been searching for award seats to get me back to Atlanta (ATL) from Auckland or Sydney....

The past few days have been a disaster for residents in Kauai after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides over the weekend. The weather has left many stranded and caused major damage to roads, bridges and homes across the island. The U.S. Army and National Guard reportedly airlifted more than 340 people from the Hā‘ena and Wainiha area since Monday.Photos from Hanalei Kauai, where more than 27 inches of rain fell within 24-hour period, according to the National Weather Service officials, show feet of standing water and even flipped cars....

Quora.com is a question-and-answer site where content is written and edited by its community of users. Occasionally we syndicate content from the site if we think it will interest TPG readers. This article originally appeared on Quora.com in response to the question Often When I Fly in Planes, I Experience a Lot of Pressure in My Ears. How Can I Help This? and was written by Attila Gyuris.The following is not official medical advice....

The Points Guy has teamed up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help dreams come true for children who are fighting life-threatening medical conditions. Since more than 2.8 billion airline miles are needed to cover travel for every child’s wish this year alone, they need our help to make that happen.We’re sharing the stories of how four carriers — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines — are helping Make-A-Wish to grant travel wishes....