You can earn 10,000 Starpoints per referral to the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card, up to 55,000 Starpoints per calendar year. That's double the normal Starpoints per referral (but the same annual cap.)

I value 10,000 Starpoints at $250 and 55,000 Starpoints at $1,375.
How does the referral bonus work?
Look for an email with the subject "Limited Time: Refer a Friend, Earn Double the Starpoints" and click the Refer Now button.

I recently spent three days in Bonito, Brazil, a small city in Southwestern Brazil famous for its caves and rivers.

There are two ways to get to Bonito:

Fly twice weekly from Viracopos-Campinas (Sao Paulo area)
Fly to Campo Grande and take a four hour bus

I flew into Bonito on Azul Airlines on a Sunday from Rio de Janeiro (via Viracopos-Campinas) and flew out the next Wednesday to Sao Paulo (Azul/Viracopos-Campinas/Free Azul Bus Trip Report Here).

Get a $10 discount the next time you use Uber and pay via the Android Pay application. The promotion is applicable for only one trip within the United States, and you have until 7 PM ET on May 31, 2016 to use it.
How to Get the $10 Discount
Download Android Pay in the Play Store. Sorry iPhone users, I don't think you are eligible for this $10.

For a 90 trial period, Virgin America will match the status you have with either JetBlue, United, Delta, Southwest, or American Airlines to either Elevate Gold or Silver. The offer is valid until 11.59 PM PT September 30, 2016.

Aeroplan is Air Canada’s spun-off loyalty program. Aeroplan.com is an awesome search engine that displays award availability on almost all Star Alliance flights.

You should know how to use aeroplan.com whether or not you ever plan to redeem Aeroplan miles because you shouldn’t necessarily search the website of the miles you’re using. You should just search the website that is easiest and best at displaying award availability. Any award availability shown at aeroplan.com will be bookable with Aeroplan, United, Singapore, ANA, Lufthansa, and Avianca miles.

Aeroplan.com is usually my backup search engine.

Air India will begin flying a Dreamliner from Newark to London on August 15, 2016 as part of a route between Newark and Ahmedabad, India.

American Airlines is offering up to 15,000 bonus miles and 35% off on the purchase of miles through June 1, 2016. You can now buy 165,000 American Airlines miles including bonus for $3,122 or 1.89 cents each.

The discount is fixed, but the bonus miles are tiered, based on how many miles you purchase.

Air New Zealand is now flying a 787 Dreamliner between Auckland and Honolulu.

This is great news because the Air New Zealand Dreamliner has flat beds in Business Class in a 1-1-1 con

"It is possible that because of the weather, your aircraft will not be able to land.

Delta domestic economy and Delta Comfort+ award tickets are on sale for as little as 5,500 miles one way.

Book by June 7, 2016
Travel August 23 - November 16, 2016 (except September 1 - 8)
Fly one of 8,000 routes on sale (although only a few dozen are listed)

I searched for Columbus to Los Angeles and found the sale price widely available in economy and Comfort+;