Citi ThankYou Points transfer 1:1 to 12 types of airline miles. If you transfer your points to miles, they become those miles with all the related rules, restrictions, and award charts. Transferring ThankYou Points to miles is the main alternative to using them like cash toward any flight.

Two weeks ago, several blogs reported that transfers from Citi ThankYou Points to Etihad Guest miles made before May 15, 2015 would have a 25% bonus.

To me, this was huge news because this was the first transfer bonus of Citi ThankYou Points to airline miles.

Via The Points Guy, Delta has posted blackout dates for award travel on the following three partners online:

China Airlines (hub: Taipei)
China Southern (hub: Guangzhou)
Korean Airlines (hub: Seoul)

The blackout dates announced for 2015 and 2016 are as follows:

Don't shoot the messenger, me or Delta. These have always been the enforced blackout dates for trying to use Delta miles to fly these partners.

The Limited Time Offer is Over! The card still comes with everything except the $100 statement credit.

Roomer is a new hotel booking site with a radically different concept.

Update at 11:45 PM: A previous version of this post speculated the space was phantom because I couldn't book it on my only attempt before writing the post and rushing to dinner.

I booked a few awards to Thailand and Egypt in January. The awards would have allowed me to explore new areas and fly some of the world's fanciest First and Business Class products.

I just spent a completely legal week in Cuba, split between Havana and Viñales. An American in Cuba in 2015 is a six part series on the trip.

I was just on the Rudy Maxa Radio Show discussing Round the World (RTW) trips since the end of Round the World awards.

My interview talked about how to book a huge RTW trip by piecing together underpriced awards. Here's a master list of such awards:

How to Book a RTW Trip in 2015.

Right now the Citi Prestige® Card comes with 40,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $4,000 in purchases made with your card in the first 3 months the account is open.

Beyond the sign up bonus, the card competes with the American Express Platinum card by offering a host of travel benefits like:

$250 in airfare or airline fee credits per calendar year
$100 credit for applying for Global Entry
3x points on Airlines and Hotels, 2x on Dining and Entertainment
American Airlines lounge access until July 23, 2017
Priority Pass Select Lounge Access

It is these two lounge accesses

There's a weird tax that you pay on awards leaving Colombia that you get refunded at the airport. American Airlines takes advantage of this by not fully refunding to you the tax you've already paid.

Check out this one way award from Bogota to Houston on united.com.