The Points Guy ✈ What Are Points & Miles Worth? January 2019 Monthly Valuations & More Daily News From TPG ✈

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From: The Points Guy - Monday Jan 07, 2019 02:05 pm
✈ What Are Points & Miles Worth? January 2019 Monthly Valuations & More Daily News From TPG ✈

New point valuations
Our point valuations for January 2019 went up this morning, and one program's recent devaluation led to a drop in value. Check them out to see which one started the new year out on the wrong foot.
TODAY'S POSTS: 
- What Are Points & Miles Worth? January 2019 Monthly Valuations  
- Using Regional Airports on a Trip to Europe — Reader Success Story  
- Sheep’s Brain for Honored Guests and Other Experiences You’ll Find in Kazakhstan  
- Total Nightmare: Ryanair Flight Diverts 500 Miles From Destination, Strands Passengers Overnight  
- Commercial Supersonic Airliner Raises $100 Million in Funding  
- CBS Puts World’s Longest Flight Back in the Spotlight  
- Interesting Way to Save Money on a Disney Cruise  
- These Are the Current US Travel Advisories for 2019  
- Deal Alert: US Cities to Turkey From $460 Round-Trip  
- Disneyland Announces (Biggest Ever?) Ticket Price Increase 

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What Are Points & Miles Worth? January 2019 Monthly Valuations

By The Points Guy on Jan 07, 2019 08:50 am
One of the questions I’m asked most often is “How much is a point or mile worth?” The answer varies from person to person, and depends on how well you can maximize a particular loyalty currency. Still, some rewards are clearly worth more than others — my goal is to give you a sense of how they stack up. These valuations ...
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Using Regional Airports on a Trip to Europe — Reader Success Story

By The Points Guy on Jan 07, 2019 07:00 am
Today I want to share a story from TPG reader Perry, whose miles helped her save time and money on a recent itinerary: I travel weekly for business on United Airlines, and wanted to use my considerable stash of MileagePlus miles for a trip to Denmark and Norway with my husband this winter. We live about two hours ...
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Sheep’s Brain for Honored Guests and Other Experiences You’ll Find in Kazakhstan

By Brian Biros on Jan 07, 2019 06:00 am
The Points & Miles Backpacker is a weekly column appearing every Monday. TPG Contributor Brian Biros, who has backpacked the globe for the past 15 years, discusses how to fund this adventurous, budgeted and increasingly popular form of travel with points and miles. He’ll also explore all things backpacking-related. Read his story here and high-level approach here. On the first Monday ...
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Total Nightmare: Ryanair Flight Diverts 500 Miles From Destination, Strands Passengers Overnight

By Max Prosperi on Jan 06, 2019 06:30 pm
There are reports of an absolute nightmare of a flight stranding more than 180 Ryanair passengers heading from London-Stansted (STN) to Thessaloniki (SKG), Greece, overnight in Romania, according to the Independent. A delayed departure would end up being the least of the passengers’ concerns. As the flight neared Thessaloniki, fog blanketed the region, forcing the aircraft to divert. ...
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Commercial Supersonic Airliner Raises $100 Million in Funding

By J. Scott Clark on Jan 06, 2019 06:00 pm
Boom Supersonic, a Colorado-based aviation company, announced on Jan. 4 that it has raised $100 million in capital during a Series B investment round. The new funding will allow the company to continue its work on “Overture,” the company’s supersonic airliner. Commercial aviation has been without a supersonic service since the final flight of the ...
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CBS Puts World’s Longest Flight Back in the Spotlight

By Zach Honig on Jan 06, 2019 05:30 pm
Frequent flyers and aviation enthusiasts are probably well aware that the world’s longest flight — Singapore 21, from Newark (EWR) to Changi Airport (SIN) — relaunched in October of last year. Those less tuned into the magical world of air travel, however, may not have had the faintest idea — until a special CBS segment ...
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Interesting Way to Save Money on a Disney Cruise

By Summer Hull on Jan 06, 2019 05:00 pm

You can save money on a Disney cruise, or really any cruise, by taking the journey when the ship is repositioning from one port to another. In some cases, the savings can be more than 50% or more off other similar cruises by simply by looking for the times when the ship is repositioning. Here's an example of how to drop your daily per person day average cost from over $300 to $127 on a Disney cruise...


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These Are the Current US Travel Advisories for 2019

By Alyssa Cerchiai on Jan 06, 2019 04:30 pm
As we enter into a new year and begin to flesh out our incredible travel plans, it’s time to revisit the travel advisories that have been issued by the US Department of State, especially as advisories are constantly being updated. We recently saw the US update its travel advisory level for China to a Level 2, ...
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Deal Alert: US Cities to Turkey From $460 Round-Trip

By Max Prosperi on Jan 06, 2019 04:00 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 ...
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Disneyland Announces (Biggest Ever?) Ticket Price Increase

By Edward Pizzarello on Jan 06, 2019 03:30 pm
Like the sun rising and setting, price increases on tickets for the various Disney theme parks around the world are a way of life. Unfortunately, these price increases are nowhere near as inspirational as a beautiful sunrise. In fact, the latest round of price increases at Disneyland are downright painful in some regards. Odds are ...
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