I get emails from unexpected people and companies with some regularity - it’s all part of the ‘fun’ of making a living in this kind of crazy way. One email that caught my eye recently was from someone that worked at the Hyatt Place Houston, The Woodlands, which is very near my hometown. She was a meeting coordinator and was giving me a tip about earning Hyatt points via meetings, receptions etc....
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.United’s second Polaris Lounge opens to the public on April 30, but access is heavily restricted — you’ll need to be flying long-haul business or first class to get in. However, for one day only, United’s going to let customers redeem their miles for an invite to the new space at San Francisco International Airport (SFO)....
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.Double-dips are always of interest to points and miles enthusiasts. But with one notable exception, companies don’t often promote opportunities to earn points in more programs than one.Hyatt’s just introduced another exception to the equation, however — through October 14, you can “double-dip” by earning points with both the World of Hyatt program and M Life Rewards, without any need to step foot in Vegas....
Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from the week:Gogo is raising their inflight WiFi prices.Gogo Inflight WiFi To Raise Prices: Gogo’s traveler pass prices are going up by $10 a month after April 6, 2014. Single-airline passes currently go for $39.95 a month, and those prices will increase to $49.95 a month after April 6th. Buy now if you want to lock in the lower price. Single airline passes are available for: AA/US Airways, Airtran, Alaska, Delta, Frontier and Virgin....
I just got this email from Southwest:“From August 17, 2011 through October 31, 2011, you can earn Rapid Rewards Points (up to maximum of 12,000 points) when you purchase Marriott Gift Cards. (link to purchase page)Get 1,200 points with a $100 Marriott Gift Card purchaseGet 3,000 points with a $250 Marriott Gift Card purchaseGet 6,000 points with a $500 Marriott Gift Card purchaseMarriott Gift Cards can be redeemed for more than hotel stays!...
Getting ahold of airline representatives when something goes wrong can be a daunting task. If you call a carrier’s standard phone line, you’re bound to sit on hold for extended periods, not to mention the ensuing transfers from representative to representative. But with Twitter as an option, the whole process becomes much more painless.According to a study by Stratos Jet Charters, an Orlando-based air charter firm, there’s one airline that’s superior to the others when it comes to answering customer tweets....
Ryanair reported that it has the widest gender pay gap in the airline industry—with a 67% pay gap between women and men in the UK.According to the report, the Irish-based carrier pays its male employees more than three times as much as their female colleagues. Of Ryanair workforce, 405 of its 586 UK cabin crew are women, equivalent to 69% of all crew. When comparing the median hourly pay, male employees’ wages are 71....
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.Last week we announced the inaugural TPG Awards, to be held on Tuesday, December 4, onboard the Intrepid Air and Space Museum in New York City. The ceremony provides a perfect opportunity to celebrate everything that TPG and our readers love: credit cards, loyalty and travel....
Update 9/29/18: United’s Excursionist Perk bug has been corrected:Back in the day (i.e., before late-2016), United offered one free stopover and two open-jaws on round-trip award tickets.As part of an October 2016 MileagePlus devaluation, the airline replaced the free stopover option with its new “Excursionist Perk,” offering a complimentary stopover or open-jaw segment within the destination region. (For more on making the most of this benefit, see How to Travel More for Fewer Miles With the United Excursionist Perk....
With our summer interns preparing to bid TPG farewell, we’re looking to hire a new batch for the fall to come work in our spacious new office in NYC’s Flatiron District. This isn’t your average internship — you won’t be making coffee runs or standing by the printer all day. This is a real-world, hands-on internship and you can expect to walk away with serious media experience, including dozens of editorial clips....
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.Netflix is offering 2,500 miles for customers who sign up through this link.Technically, this is for new customers, but as long as you use a different address, email, and credit card, I don’t know how they’d possibly be able to trace duplicate accounts since this promotion doesn’t require a social security number....
If you’ve been racking up those InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Rewards Club points, now is the time to use them for free luxury stays at spots around the globe. TPG Contributor Lane Nieset spotlights seven stand-out InterContinental Hotels around the world from overwater bungalows in French Polynesia to over-the-top suites in Paris, France.Island views from an overwater premium bungalow at Moorea Resort And SpaMoorea Resort And Spa, An InterContinental ResortSet in French Polynesia on Tahiti’s sister island of Moorea, this 144-accommodation resort is strategically situated between a lagoon and mountains, and knows how to make the most of its surroundings....
Ask most Californians what they love most about LAX and the likely responses will range from low groans to “well, it’s one step higher than hell…probably.” Precisely why the fifth-busiest airport in the world by number of passengers is so widely reviled is due to a combination of factors historical, structural (the terminal loop roadway, for example, is basically one long traffic choke point) and demographic, but the end result is that LAX is the SoCal version of New York’s Penn Station: a mostly soul-crushingly dingy and overcrowded space that’s always ripe for instant vilification....
Cute animal memes and videos dominate the internet for a reason — nothing fill us with delight quite like the sight of adorable baby goats hopping excitedly around a barn. But if you want to witness some of the world’s cutest and most amazing animals in real life, there are a multitude of spots around the globe where you can view cuddly or exotic animals without the aid of a screen....
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 Delta flight flying out of New York’s JFK Airport was forced to make an emergency landing after it struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff Saturday morning.Reports say the Denver-bound flight was scheduled to depart JFK at 8:05am....
Now through October 31 when you register for this promo and fly on any US Airways Shuttle flight (between Boston, New York LGA and Washington National DCA), you will earn double Preferred-qualifying miles.Registration with the code SH2X is required prior to travel. Travel on any US Airways Shuttle flight September 3 – October 31, 2012 and earn double Preferred-qualifying miles on the US Airways Shuttle segments flown. A US Airways Shuttle segment is any nonstop flight operated between Washington DC (DCA), New York City (LGA) and Boston....
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.Virgin America is running an easy promotion on Facebook where you can earn 500 Virgin America Elevate points just for liking them on Facebook and entering their contest with Singapore Airlines now through March 31, 2013.Earn 500 Virgin America Elevate points....
This morning, February 6, several people received a message on their phones alerting them of a tsunami warning. For all residents on the East and Gulf coasts and the Caribbean, fear not: The message was supposed to be a test and was sent in error.People are pointing the finger at Accuweather, a weather forecasting service, because the tsunami alert was sent via the app. Accuweather has released a statement detailing how the information was not sent out as a test as it was originally intended....
For just about any day of the week, a flight between Chicago (ORD) and San Francisco (SFO) on United Airlines — even on a wide-body — isn’t anything out of the ordinary. The carrier operates numerous daily flights shuttling passengers between two of its largest hubs. Last night, however, was an entirely different story.We reported earlier this week that United was offering lots of availability on a special 747 flight between the two cities....
If your GPS navigation system fails you on your road trip west this month, it isn’t you — or your Garmin. It’s probably the United States Air Force.Between January 26 and February 16, the USAF will periodically block GPS over a wide swath of the Western states, on dates coinciding with Red Flag 18-1, the military’s “premier set of aerial war games.“Exercise Red Flag is an advanced military training series that simulates real-time combat conditions for pilots and weapons systems officers....
