From: The Points Guy - Friday Dec 28, 2018 02:06 pm
✈ Earning 5x from the Couch: Last Minute Ways to Max Out Chase Freedom Bonus & More Daily News From TPG ✈

Predictions for 2019
With 2018 nearly in the books, it's time to take out our crystal ball and peer into January and beyond. What does 2019 have in store for your rewards? Check out the team's predictions for credit cards and points & miles in the new year.

TODAY'S POSTS: 
- Earning 5x from the Couch: Last Minute Ways to Max Out Chase Freedom Bonus  
- 6 Family-Friendly Hotels in Aruba Where You Can Redeem Points  
- Paying Cash to Earn Elite Status — Reader Success Story  
- 9 Ways Women Can Solo Travel Safely  
- LaGuardia Without Power, Closed Temporarily Due to Massive Transformer Explosion  
- Middle of the Pack: A Review of United’s 757-200 in Business From SFO to EWR  
- TPG Reader 2018 Travel Goals: First Class Honeymoon and Delta Gold  
- Lured by Laksa: SATS Premier Lounge in Terminal 2 at Singapore Changi Airport  
- The Best Restaurants in Disney World in 2018  
- A Thomas Cook Airbus A330 Drew a Giant Heart in the Sky 

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Earning 5x from the Couch: Last Minute Ways to Max Out Chase Freedom Bonus

By Summer Hull on Dec 28, 2018 08:50 am
After the holidays, budgets are tight and most of us are simply exhausted once the holiday dust settles. Luckily, if you have a Chase Freedom, there are some easy ways to max out the 5x bonus categories without wasting cash — or even leaving the couch. As is always the case, the end of the ...
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6 Family-Friendly Hotels in Aruba Where You Can Redeem Points

By Jennifer Yellin on Dec 28, 2018 08:00 am
Aruba is one of my all-time favorite islands to visit with the kids. While many other islands are more secluded and are maybe more preferable for an adults-only trip, I find Aruba to be easy and enjoyable with my now 2 and 5-year-olds. The weather is almost always perfect, there are a ton of low-key ...
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Paying Cash to Earn Elite Status — Reader Success Story

By The Points Guy on Dec 28, 2018 07:00 am
Today I want to share a story from TPG reader Meghan, who opted not to use miles for a flight over Thanksgiving: I was booking a last-minute trip from San Francisco (SFO) to Newark (EWR) over Thanksgiving, and found United award flights with a schedule I liked for 50,000 miles round-trip. Right before I booked, however, I ...
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9 Ways Women Can Solo Travel Safely

By Jordi Lippe-McGraw on Dec 28, 2018 06:00 am
Getting the opportunity to travel may be one of life’s greatest luxuries. Visiting a new destination means you can try new food, meet new people and experience a different culture. And it seems that women are the ones hitting the road more often. According to George Washington University School of Business, almost two-thirds of travelers ...
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LaGuardia Without Power, Closed Temporarily Due to Massive Transformer Explosion

By JT Genter on Dec 27, 2018 10:07 pm
Shortly after 9pm local time on Thursday, a massive transformer explosion at the Con Edison power plant in Astoria, Queens, lit up the New York City skies — and social media too, with questions about what happened. Seemingly as a result of the explosion, New York’s LaGuardia airport has been left without power, with is ...
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Middle of the Pack: A Review of United’s 757-200 in Business From SFO to EWR

By Julian Mark Kheel on Dec 27, 2018 09:00 pm
Even though the very best experiences that US airlines can offer are still found mostly on international flights, the competition has heated up in recent years on transcontinental routes. The Big 3 (and JetBlue) have made it a priority to cater to the discerning business traveler regularly flying back and forth between the East and ...
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TPG Reader 2018 Travel Goals: First Class Honeymoon and Delta Gold

By Darren Murph on Dec 27, 2018 08:00 pm
Back in January, we kicked off the year by highlighting some of our readers’ travel goals for 2018, with the intention of keeping tabs on their progress. We followed up with them once in May and again in the fall, and now that we’re about to bid farewell to 2018, we wanted to check in once ...
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Lured by Laksa: SATS Premier Lounge in Terminal 2 at Singapore Changi Airport

By Katie Genter on Dec 27, 2018 07:00 pm
The SATS Premium Lounge in Singapore's Terminal 2 won the Priority Pass Lounge of the Year award for Asia Pacific in 2017. Pros: tasty food including a make-your-own laksa station, ample power, good atmosphere and multiple showers. Cons: gym-like showers and sound carries easily.
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The Best Restaurants in Disney World in 2018

By Summer Hull and Edward Pizzarello on Dec 27, 2018 06:00 pm
Even surrounded by Disney magic, shows, rides and more — you’ve still got to eat. And at Walt Disney World, not all food experiences are created equal. If you have children in tow for your Disney World trip, you’ll need to think of meals in two separate categories. There are regular restaurants, and then there ...
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A Thomas Cook Airbus A330 Drew a Giant Heart in the Sky

By Max Prosperi on Dec 27, 2018 05:00 pm
A Thomas Cook Scandinavia Airbus A330 took a rather interesting route on a Dec. 26 morning flight. Thomas Cook Scandinavia flight DK4501 departed from Stockholm, arriving back at Stockholm around an hour later. This was a test flight, as the aircraft was recently sold to Thomas Cook by Air Transat. While test flights like this one ...
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