Here’s a recap of the top points and miles news from this week:Score a Las Vegas hotel deal during the final week of Daily Getaways.Reminder–Last Week of Daily Getaways: June 16-20 is your last chance to purchase Daily Getaways. They will be unveiled daily at 1 pm EDT, and will be available to any US resident age 18 or older to purchase throughout the promotion period until the limited inventory is sold out....
We often publish stories from readers that illustrate how points and miles can help you get where you want to go. However, it’s important to learn from our mistakes as well as our successes, so I’m calling on you to send us your most epic travel failure stories. Email them to info@thepointsguy.com and put “Reader Mistake Story” in the subject line. Tell us how things went wrong, and (where applicable) how you made them right....
While many movie buffs will recognize the Park Hyatt Tokyo as being Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson’s stomping ground in the 2003 award-winning film “Lost in Translation,” that wasn’t the only reason I wanted to stay there.The Category 7 Park Hyatt Tokyo is one of the city’s best Hyatt properties, plus I’m a Hyatt Diamond elite, so I knew there were extra perks like daily breakfast — served for free in the club lounge or via room service — that I could take advantage of....
A few days ago I wrote a post that stirred up a fair amount of unintended controversy (and name calling), and since it has been on my mind pretty frequently since then, I wanted devote another post to the controversial part of the topic since it seems to be one that deserves some additional thought. The original post was on how to potentially display additional award availability on Hyatt.com by also including ADA rooms in your search....
A 70-year-old-man was taken off a flight yesterday after making racist comments toward a member of the crew.The man was aboard a Binter Canarias aircraft that was traveling from Tenerife North Airport (TFN) to La Palma (SPC). As he was boarding the plane, witnesses say he “hurl[ed] racist abuse” at a black flight attendant.Binter Canarias is a small Spanish regional airline that operates flights between the Canary Islands.“I don’t want blacks around me,” the 70-year-old-man told the female flight attendant, according to Spanish media outlet El Pais....
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.AA.com got a little jazzed up today. However, it appears to be a cosmetic refreshening and not an implementation of new tools that will make the experience more robust (like the ability to book partner award tickets online)....
Are you a creative risk-taker? A sucker for mood lighting? In love with the idea of a forward-thinking work culture?If you answered yes to those questions, you’re in luck. You might want to get in touch with Virgin Voyages, Richard Branson’s future cruise line.TPG covered Virgin Voyages’ launch back in May. The cruise line is 18+, so no kids will be on board, and flaunts a more chic design than other cruise ships....
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.Aside from the crystal clear blue waters of Grand Cayman and the super-luxe accommodations at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, one of the best parts about the Cayman Cookout is the access to world-famous chefs like Eric Ripert. When I was at this past year’s event, I sat down with the chef to talk about everything from what goes into putting on the event to his favorite airlines to fly....
Every week, the TSA blogs about items (mostly weapons) that agents have confiscated at airports around the country, and the agency posts some of the crazier ones on its Instagram page. Below are the five most ridiculous items that were confiscated this month — at least according to us at Team TPG. As always, we’re grateful that the TSA remains diligent in preventing passengers from boarding aircraft with such dangerous weapons....
In honor of American Airlines unveiling the first of its new fleet of domestic A319′s at Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) Airport, our Thursday Giveaway last week was a $200 American Airlines voucher to use on any AA flight – but hopefully one on one of these new planes, which go into service next month.Hopefully the winner will use the $200 to check out one of the new planes, like this one.To enter the contest, all you had to do was leave a comment below telling me which American Airlines-operated route you’d use your voucher to fly and why by yesterday at 5:00pm ET....
Oneworld is one of the three major airline alliances: Oneworld (American Airlines and partners), SkyTeam (Delta and partners) and Star Alliance (United and partners). It currently has a roster of 13 airlines and 30 affiliate members — like American Airlines’ regional partners and LATAM subsidiary airlines.And this weekend at the IATA’s Annual General Meeting, Oneworld took steps to get even larger by adding a new airline to its alliance… kind of....
Earlier this week, we posted that there were some fairly cheap flights available on US Airways to a select group of European destinations for as little as $400 roundtrip. Whether you were planning a trip to Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day or Madrid for a last-minute fall trip, these deals were definitely worth it.US Airways featured low-cost flights to Europe, did you get to book one?Although it appears that most of the deals are gone, in honor of this low-priced blitz, we would like to give one TPG reader the opportunity to win a $500 American Express gift card to help supplement the costs of the flight!...
As travelers on the go, we know the importance of our belongings, especially when trekking them through airports near and far. Whether you need luggage, city guides or other assorted travel accessories Flight 001, is a cool store with tons of options for the traveler on the go. With retail stores modeled after the interior cabin of a plane, and locations all around the globe, Flight 001 is a one-stop shop for travel necessities....
Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you may have missed from the week before, including several that already appeared on The Points Guy, and some more that we haven’t covered yet. If you’re an avid TPG reader, scroll down for the new stuff. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you may have missed this week.What to Know About the Revised Travel Ban That Takes Effect TodayPresident Trump’s revised travel ban went into effect Thursday evening (June 29)....
Between February 5 - 11, the Transportation Safety Administration reported that there was a record-breaking number of guns found at airport checkpoints. The TSA found 104 firearms in carry-on bags that week, breaking the former record that was set in July of last year.Of the 104 guns found, 87 were loaded. Of those 87, nearly half had a live round chambered and ready to fire.In 2017, TSA found almost 4,000 firearms at checkpoints across the country....
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.There are two offers going on right now for the United Chase MileagePlus Visa. Which one you get will be determined by your MileagePlus account, so log-in to your account and then click here. You will either get:1) 30,000 miles: 25,000 with first purchase and 5,000 after $250 in spend and an authorized user....
I’ve written about a few recent buy and transfer promos from the airline, including Delta’s 75% miles purchase promo, as well as purchase promos from American (up to 37%) and US Airways (50%). Now US Airways is offering a 50% bonus on mileage transfers between members from March 1-14.The Cost Per MileUS Airways charges you 1 cent per mile transferred, plus a processing fee of $30 (and a “tax recovery charge” of 7....
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 trade organization representing the three American legacy carriers (American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines) is crying out against Emirates’ newly announced fifth-freedom route between Dubai and Newark via Athens, claiming the new flight violates Open Skies agreements....
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 many people think about the romance of flying, thoughts come to mind like cruising at 30,000 feet in the air, being served champagne and gourmet food and then sleeping the rest of their way in a lie-flat bed....
In 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of the hangar to gasps. The gigantic “jumbo jet” was nothing like any passenger jet that came before it. Now, just shy of 50 years later, another chapter in the 747 era is coming to a close.A couple of weeks ago, we shared with you the roll out of the last outstanding passenger 747 order. Yesterday, Jennifer Schuld provided us stunning photos of the takeoff this Korean Air 747-8 headed to Seoul (ICN) on its delivery flight — potentially the last ever passenger 747 delivered for commercial aviation:There remains just one last passenger 747 on Boeing’s order books: a March 2, 2017 order from “Unidentified Customer(s)....
