WeWork has exploded in recent years, with nearly 700 locations popping up across 121 major cities around the world. These shared offices cater to small businesses, startups, freelancers, large enterprises and everyone in between. In fact, The Points Guy originally ran its operations out of WeWork offices in New York City, first in Soho and then …
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Best Cash Back Credit Cards With Low Spending Requirements
Written by Benji Stawski @ Million Mile Secrets
INSIDER SECRET: There are lots of ways to get creative with your spending to easily meet credit card minimum spending requirements. A common misconception about welcome bonuses is that they require spending several thousand dollars in the first few months. That may be true for many travel rewards credit cards, but there are plenty of valuable cards …
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Read MoreSeparate Your Business and Personal Expenses With the Best Credit Cards for the Self-Employed
Written by Benji Stawski @ Million Mile Secrets
INSIDER SECRET: You may be more eligible for a business credit card than you think — freelance jobs like providing paid childcare and writing could qualify you. It doesn’t matter if you’re a freelancer just getting off the ground or are already running your own enterprise; if you’re self-employed, you need to separate your business expenses from personal ones, …
Order a Metal Amex Gold Card in Less Time Than It Takes to Make Coffee
American Express just rolled out a slew of positive updates to the Premier Rewards Gold Card, including a $120 annual dining credit, 4x points at US restaurants and supermarkets and change in name to the American Express® Gold Card. Also among these changes is a new metal design, similar to the Platinum Card® from American Express. Existing cardholders can …
Read MoreMaximizing the SPG Amex Luxury Card
There are many reasons to pick up the all-new Starwood Preferred Guest® American Express Luxury Card. The card comes with lucrative benefits which make it easy for even infrequent Marriott guests to offset its hefty $450 annual fee. Let’s take a deeper look into some of these benefits and discuss maximization strategies to ensure you’ll get full value …
Read MoreChase Is Back With Special Access for Sapphire Cardholders in NYC This Summer
One of the less-heralded perks of many credit cards is exclusive, early or discounted access to special events. For instance, Amex has offered cardholders cheap Hamilton tickets; AA Citi cardholders have access to exclusive concerts; and Ritz-Carlton offered cardholders access to The Cayman Cookout. And after being such a hit last year, Chase brought its Seaport Summer series back to NYC this …
Read MoreAlaska Slashing Customer-Friendly Price Guarantee
Alaska Airlines has long differentiated itself from the other major US carriers through a generous change fee policy, not offering a basic economy product and allowing you to receive a credit if the price of your flight drops. Unfortunately, though, all good things must come to an end. To become more in line with its competitors, in …
Read MoreA Guinness World Record Holding Traveler Is Giving Away All of His Miles
It’s not uncommon for people to have travel-related aspirations on their bucket lists. For instance, flying Lufthansa first class is a common one among points and miles enthusiasts. But they’re often a lot more far-fetched than that and only a select few actually achieve them. Meet James Asquith. Growing up, Asquith has always wanted to travel and see …
Read MoreFlyDubai to Take Over Some Emirates Flights
Just last year, Emirates joined forces with Dubai-based low-cost carrier FlyDubai to form a partnership that included codesharing, network and schedule alignments. Come earlier this month, FlyDubai announced that it is merging its loyalty program with Emirates’ Skywards. Now, the two airlines are taking their relationship a step further and will begin operating flights for each other. Emirates announced …
Read More‘The World’s Most Useless Airport’ Gets More Flights
Remember Saint Helena Airport (HLE)? Maybe you know it as “The World’s Most Useless Airport.” Well, it turns out that it may not be as useless as its nickname suggests after all. In case you don’t know, Saint Helena is a remote island approximately 1,200 miles from the West African shoreline, in the middle of the South …
Read MoreBoeing Wants to Fly From LA to Tokyo in 3 Hours (One Day)
Imagine flying from Los Angeles to Tokyo in three hours or New York to London in two. Right now, those flights take about 11 hours and 7 hours, respectively. As far-fetched as it may sound, Boeing wants to make that possible. Boeing unveiled its first passenger-carrying hypersonic vehicle concept at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics …
Read MoreDeal Alert: Delta Awards to Bermuda From 12,000 SkyMiles Round-Trip
Want to see the latest flight deals as soon as they’re published? Follow The Points Guy on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to text message alerts from our deals feed, @tpg_alerts. Delta frequently has flash sales for award flights featuring fantastic deals such as flights to Asia for 50,000 SkyMiles round-trip, Europe from 32,000 SkyMiles round-trip and most …
Read MoreDeal Alert: Flights to Florida From $106 Round-Trip
Want to see the latest flight deals as soon as they’re published? Follow The Points Guy on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to text message alerts from our deals feed, @tpg_alerts. Airfare deals are typically only available on limited dates. We recommend you use Google Flights to find dates to fly, then book through an …
Read MoreJetBlue’s Founder May Start a New US Airline
David Neeleman, who founded four airlines including JetBlue and is now a major investor in TAP Portugal, is raising money to launch a new airline in the US, according to a report from trade publication Airline Weekly. According to the report the airline, dubbed Moxy (incidentally like Marriott’s hotel brand, Moxy), has an order for 60 Bombardier CS300 aircraft …
Read MoreDelta Ends Flights to Hong Kong — and Adds Two Routes to Asia
Delta announced Thursday that it will be ending its service to Hong Kong (HKG) on October 4. The airline currently operates just one route to Hong Kong, with six weekly flights from Seattle (SEA) it has been operating since 2014. “Delta will continue to serve Hong Kong from Seattle via Seoul-ICN, with its joint venture partner Korean …
Read MoreTransfer Citi ThankYou Points to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles With a 15% Bonus
Over the past several years, Citi has made significant improvements to its ThankYou Rewards points program, not the least of which has been adding 15 airline transfer partners. Transfers are typically at a 1:1 rate (except for JetBlue, which is 1000:800 with the Prestige and Premier or 1000:500 with the Preferred), but sometimes there are bonuses …
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