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From: The Points Guy - Saturday Jan 05, 2019 02:05 pm
✈ Choosing the Best American Express Card for You & More Daily News From TPG ✈

Changes to Singapore KrisFlyer
We're not even a week into 2019 and have already seen our first devaluation. Singapore KrisFlyer will be raising award rates on many premium classes starting Jan. 24, and just announced additional changes to award searches, upgrades and waitlists. Be sure to redeem your miles in the next few weeks before the new prices kick in.
TODAY'S POSTS: 
- Choosing the Best American Express Card for You  
- A New Packing Method, How to Fly With Kids of Every Age, 9 New Disney Attractions and More  
- Air New Zealand Says It’s Honoring Biz Class ‘Special’ Fares to Australia — But There’s a Catch  
- Hundreds of TSA Agents Are Calling In Sick. Will This Affect Your Next Flight?  
- Bank of America Adds a 24-Month Restriction to Certain Credit Cards  
- You Can Now Visit the World’s Largest Ice and Snow Festival  
- Kim Jong Un Slept Here: A Review of The St. Regis Singapore  
- Delta Mileage Run: Spain to US in Lie-Flat Biz From $538 Round-Trip  
- Marriott Failed to Encrypt More Than 5 Million Passport Numbers Taken in Hack  
- Join Us for a TPG Reader Meetup at the Capital One Cafe in Denver, Thursday January 10 

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Choosing the Best American Express Card for You

By Nick Ewen on Jan 05, 2019 08:50 am
Choosing the right credit card is a tricky proposition. There’s no shortage of alternatives out there, with many companies offering dozens of options from which you can choose. Today I want to focus on one such issuer to answer a simple question: How do you choose the best American Express card for your wallet? How ...
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A New Packing Method, How to Fly With Kids of Every Age, 9 New Disney Attractions and More

By Alyssa Cerchiai on Jan 05, 2019 08:00 am
Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you might have missed from the week before. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you might have missed on TPG this week. This Army Packing Technique Could Save You Money on Baggage Fees It’s not quite folding and it’s not quite rolling, but it might ...
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Air New Zealand Says It’s Honoring Biz Class ‘Special’ Fares to Australia — But There’s a Catch

By JT Genter on Jan 04, 2019 09:30 pm
We’ve seen a slew of amazing flight deals over the past week. On New Years Eve, Cathay Pacific offered incredible sub-$700 business class and sub-$900 first class fares between Vietnam and the US/Canada. The financially-struggling Hong Kong-based airline is honoring the fare — perhaps feeling the pressure after its competitor Hong Kong Airlines honored its ...
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Hundreds of TSA Agents Are Calling In Sick. Will This Affect Your Next Flight?

By Edward Pizzarello on Jan 04, 2019 08:52 pm
Airport security is a complex machine on the best of days. Thousands of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees show up at the nation’s airports to screen passengers each day. When those employees stop showing up for work, it can quickly affect the security experience. Under normal circumstances, TSA staffs enough employees to cover any temporary ...
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Bank of America Adds a 24-Month Restriction to Certain Credit Cards

By Brendan Dorsey on Jan 04, 2019 08:00 pm
Just a few days after a major Wall Street Journal article pronounced “Rewards Credit Cards Gained a Fanatic Following—Now Banks Are Pulling Back,” it looks like that prophecy is being brought about, at least for one issuer. Doctor of Credit reports that Bank of America has added a new rule that will restrict how many ...
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You Can Now Visit the World’s Largest Ice and Snow Festival

By Haley Mellen on Jan 04, 2019 07:00 pm
Undeterred by below freezing temperatures? On Saturday, Jan. 5, the world’s largest ice and snow festival officially returns to the Heilongjiang Province of northern China. Basically a winter-themed Disney World, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival — now in its 35th year — features illuminated ice castles, fireworks displays, exhibitions, sleigh rides and ...
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Kim Jong Un Slept Here: A Review of The St. Regis Singapore

By Eric Rosen on Jan 04, 2019 06:00 pm
The St. Regis Singapore is everything you’d expect from a top-tier hotel in one of Asia’s business hubs, luxurious and discreet, if not remarkable. Pros: solicitous staff, nice facilities, plenty of restaurant options. Cons: feels like it could be anywhere.
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Delta Mileage Run: Spain to US in Lie-Flat Biz From $538 Round-Trip

By Brendan Dorsey on Jan 04, 2019 05:08 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. Airfare deals are typically only available on limited dates. We recommend you use Google Flights to find dates to fly, then book through an online travel agency such as Orbitz or Expedia, which allows ...
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Marriott Failed to Encrypt More Than 5 Million Passport Numbers Taken in Hack

By Jessica Puckett on Jan 04, 2019 05:00 pm
Marriott executives said on Friday that the hotel chain’s massive four-year breach of its Starwood reservation database did not affect as many customers as it had originally thought. The world’s largest hotel chain lowered its estimate of customers with personal information stolen to about 383 million, down from 500 million. But just as noteworthy was ...
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Join Us for a TPG Reader Meetup at the Capital One Cafe in Denver, Thursday January 10

By Jason Steele on Jan 04, 2019 04:45 pm
One of the great things about being a TPG contributor are the chance encounters I have with readers all over the world. That’s why I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be hosting a reader meetup in my home town of Denver on Thursday, Jan. 10, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Join us for a lively ...
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