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United is putting a 787-9 Dreamliner on its only route to Argentina, from Houston to Buenos Aires, starting October 25. source: gcmap.com   The United 787-9 Dreamliner has 48 beds in Business…

United is putting a 787-9 Dreamliner on its only route to Argentina, from Houston to Buenos Aires, starting October 25. source: gcmap.com   The United 787-9 Dreamliner has 48 beds in Business…

Starting today, all Wyndham free award nights cost 15,000 Wyndham points. Wyndham operates over 7,400 hotels under the following brands: Free award nights previously cost 5,500 to 50,000 points per…

Until May 31, 2015, you can up to 20,000 Starpoints with up to a 25% discount on the normal purchase price. Starpoints are normally sold in increments of 500 points for 3.5 cents per point.

Until May 31, 2015, you can buy between 10,000 and 55,000 Hyatt Gold Passport Points and get a 40% bonus on the number of points you purchase. Hyatt points normally cost 2.4 cents each.

Congrats to Ty, a commenter below, for being selected as the winner. He tells me he has successfully applied with my $100. I will be giving away at least one more of these prizes in the future. Keep…

Citi offers you the chance to create Virtual Account Numbers for any of your credit cards to add an extra level of security for online purchases. You can set how long you want a new virtual account

The Citi ThankYou® Premier Card changed its 3x categories to gas and travel on April 19. I covered just how broad those categories are in this post at the time. Gas and travel purchases that earn 3…

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.

Still alive at 11:42 AM ET on May 7, though fewer dates than at midnight. I tweeted this deal first from @MileValueAlerts. Follow @MileValueAlerts on Twitter and follow these directions to get a text…

Avianca LifeMiles is running a 2 x 1 sale on the purchase of their miles through May 29, 2015. You can buy up to 75,000 LifeMiles during the sale and get up to 75,000 bonus miles. LifeMiles cost 3.3…

This is the eleventh post in a monthlong series that started here. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to complete.…

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…

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:…

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…

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…

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.…

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.…

You can share your Citi ThankYou Points with anyone else who has a ThankYou account completely free of charge. This is way better than Chase Ultimate Rewards and American Express Membership Rewards,…

You can very easily go to the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks on a multi-hour layover at Panama City's Tocumen International Airport.