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TODAY'S POSTS: 
- How to Easily Move Credit Across Your American Express Cards Online  
- Spending New Year’s Eve in New York — Reader Success Story  
- The Points & Miles Backpacker: Dealing with Bed Bugs at a Hostel  
- Commercial Flights In a 9-Seat Piston-Engine Cessna Launching Next Week at New York’s JFK  
- TPG Readers Reveal Their Favorite Credit Card and Elite Status Perks  
- Southwest Axes Service Between Two Major East Coast Cities and Fort Lauderdale  
- 3 Ways to Do Johannesburg on Points  
- Deal Alert: Domestic Flights Between 21+ Cities From 10,000 Miles Round-Trip  
- Lufthansa Has a New (and Weird) Business-Class Layout. Sort of.  
- Travel Etiquette: How to Be Polite When Walking on a Sidewalk 

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How to Easily Move Credit Across Your American Express Cards Online

By Richard Kerr on Oct 15, 2018 08:00 am
There are some great tips hidden in plain site when it comes to managing your credit card portfolio. I recently reviewed my travel plans for the rest of the year and saw I was going to be roughly 10,000 Delta Medallion Qualifying Miles short of regaining Platinum Medallion status for 2019. I have the Platinum ...
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Spending New Year’s Eve in New York — Reader Success Story

By The Points Guy on Oct 15, 2018 07:00 am
Today I want to share a story from TPG reader Amin, who bought hotel points for a valuable hotel award. Here’s what he had to say: I spent last New Year’s Eve away from my wife while stationed in South Korea. Since we’d been apart for a year, I wanted to make this upcoming new year special. When ...
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The Points & Miles Backpacker: Dealing with Bed Bugs at a Hostel

By Brian Biros on Oct 15, 2018 06:00 am
I’m often asked “What scares you when you travel? Kidnapping? Political unrest? Terrorism? Plane crashes? Nuclear war? Volcanoes? Tsunamis? Sharks? Ebola?” I’ve honestly never lost a minute of sleep over any of the above, often exaggerated, threats. But there is one littler critter that has kept me up at night: bed bugs. If you’re unfamiliar ...
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Commercial Flights In a 9-Seat Piston-Engine Cessna Launching Next Week at New York’s JFK

By JT Genter on Oct 14, 2018 06:00 pm
New York’s JFK is one of the busiest airports in the world, hosting airlines and cargo operations to and from all around the globe. But, starting next week, one of the airport’s coveted landing slots will go to a commercial flight with just nine seats on-board. That’s right, the airport that’s better known for Airbus ...
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TPG Readers Reveal Their Favorite Credit Card and Elite Status Perks

By Kaeli Conforti on Oct 14, 2018 05:00 pm
We recently asked our TPG Lounge readers to share the credit card or elite status perks they’ve used the most so far this year. Here’s a look at some of our favorite answers. (Some responses have been lightly edited for style and clarity). Perks Related to Airport Lounges and Flying Whether it’s lounge access at the airport or ...
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Southwest Axes Service Between Two Major East Coast Cities and Fort Lauderdale

By Max Prosperi on Oct 14, 2018 04:30 pm
According to a schedule posted on the Southwest Airlines website by one of its employees, the airline is set to end service between two major US East Coast cities and its Fort Lauderdale focus city in the spring of next year. The final flights from Newark (EWR) and Washington-Dulles (IAD) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) will operate ...
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3 Ways to Do Johannesburg on Points

By Benji Stawski on Oct 14, 2018 04:00 pm
With most tourism in South Africa revolving around Cape Town, Johannesburg, more commonly known as Jo’burg or Jozi, is an afterthought for many tourists. While it’s still important for visitors to be mindful of their surroundings, most of the neighborhoods you’d want to spend time in are safe and offer an experience as diverse as the city itself. Home ...
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Deal Alert: Domestic Flights Between 21+ Cities From 10,000 Miles Round-Trip

By JT Genter on Oct 14, 2018 03:30 pm
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 continues to impress us with one award sale after another. In fact, these Delta award flash sales have made the finals in TPG ...
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Lufthansa Has a New (and Weird) Business-Class Layout. Sort of.

By Max Prosperi on Oct 14, 2018 03:00 pm
Lufthansa used to operate nonstop flights from Frankfurt to Pune, India, until June — with a Boeing 737 operated by Swiss-based luxury charter operator Privatair and configured with lie-flat business class seats. Then it suspended the service after ending its agreement with Privatair. Now it’s bringing it back, but with a twist: No more lie-flat ...
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Travel Etiquette: How to Be Polite When Walking on a Sidewalk

By Chris Abell on Oct 14, 2018 02:00 pm
If you’ve ever been stuck behind a five-person-wide group of tourists taking up an entire sidewalk, you know there’s such a thing as sidewalk etiquette. City-dwellers tend to assume walking etiquette is common knowledge, but not everyone lives in a city. Walking among crowds is a rare experience for many, and local customs vary from ...
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