From: The Points Guy - Tuesday Jan 15, 2019 02:08 pm
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The Points Guy

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

01/15/2019


IN TODAY'S NEWS

After an unusual airline mishap, one family's vacation ended on a very interesting note — the trio boarded to find that their assigned seats didn't actually exist, so they flew much of the way home on the floor.

In other news, we have two interesting card offers to share — one with a big airline bonus, and another that lets you choose when to give your payout a boost. Also, in a rare look inside Apple, we learned that the company spends a whopping $150 million on flights each year — with United Airlines alone!

-Zach Honig, Editor-at-Large

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United Explorer Business Card Offering a 75,000-Mile Sign-Up Bonus

Worth $1,050 based on our valuations, a 75,000-mile bonus can get you far — three round-trip domestic flights, a round-trip coach trip to much of the world or even one flight in lie-flat business class, all the way to Europe or Asia. A very solid offer for United's popular biz card.


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Passengers Face Exorbitant Wait Times at Two US Airports

The shutdown saga continues, and airlines and their passengers are paying the price. Security checkpoint wait times continue to increase at key airports, with some customers queueing up for an hour or more. It's likely to get even worse from here, unless TSA workers and other federal employees start getting paid soon.


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New BoA Cash Rewards Card: Choose Your Own 3% Bonus Category

Many consumer credit cards now offer extra rewards on some purchases, but Bank of America's trying something new — card holders get to pick their own bonus categories, from online shopping to gas. Not a bad option if you don't want to deal with redeeming points.


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Apple Spends $150 Million on Flights With United Every Year

As one of the world's largest companies, Apple forks over a ton of cash to a variety of partners — including United, according to a recent airline leak. The company reportedly even buys business-class seats in bulk — some 50 a day between San Francisco (SFO) and Shanghai (PVG) alone, the top international market for Apple workers.


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Family Sat on Airplane Floor and Crew Jump Seats After Plane Swap

Imagine forking over $1,600 for flights for your family of three, only to find that the row you selected doesn't actually have any seats. One unlucky UK trio wasn't willing to wait for the next flight, so the airline let them sit on the floor for part of the journey to Birmingham. It surely made for an eventful trip.


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