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How to use Amex’s The Hotel Collection to snag extra perks on your hotel stays The Points Guy © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Please note: the offers mentioned below are subject to change at any time and may not be available. Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. One of the lesser-known perks on select Ame...

How to use Amex’s The Hotel Collection to snag extra perks on hotel stays Jason Steele © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. One of the lesser-known perks on select American Express cards is access to The Hotel Collection. This program offers room upgrades and hotel credits...

That ‘too good to be true’ rental car price you saw is probably a scam Ashley Kosciolek © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. As if this summer’s looming rental car shortage isn’t stressful enough for travelers eager to make plans, scammers are taking advantage of the situation, using fake customer service phone numbers and low rent...

Last week, TPG Senior Aviation Business Reporter David Slotnick wrote about how the FAA has cracked down on disruptive passengers by fining an individual $52,500 for their behavior onboard a Delta flight from Honolulu to Seattle. According to the FAA, the passenger ignored the instructions of the cabin crew, punched one of them in the …

Behind the scenes of the company that creates the indoor airport map Zach Griff © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. “Welcome to Chicago! It takes about 9 minutes to get to Gate B3,” read a text message I recently received from United Airlines. I was flying from Bozeman, Montana, to New York, and had an hour layover in the Windy City. ...

The JW Marriott, Anaheim Resort is one of two new luxury hotels near Disneyland. As a Category 7 hotel, it’s on the higher end of Marriott’s award chart, requiring 50,000 to 70,000 points per night. The hotel opened in August 2020 after delays due to the pandemic. Disneyland Anaheim closed down in March 2020 and …

Lollapalooza is happening — here’s how to use your points for flights and hotels Andrew Kunesh © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Lollapalooza — Chicago’s largest music festival — is back after 2020’s event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event takes place from July 29 to August 1, and headliners include hug...

As travel comes back, US airport parking makes a slow recovery Benét J. Wilson © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. The COVID-19 pandemic has cost North American airports $23.3 billion, significantly setting back previously forecasted stable growth prospects, according to Airports Council International – North America. While aeronautica...

Disneyland Paris to reopen in June; can Americans go? Ashley Kosciolek © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Disneyland Paris is set to reopen June 17, and visitors will be welcomed back to the park with enhanced cleaning protocols, mandatory physical distancing and mask-wearing. But what does that mean for Americans? For more travel tips a...

Call it the big-ship cruise line for the country-counting crowd. Among the world’s five biggest cruise lines, all of which operate big, mass-market vessels, Princess Cruises offers the most diverse array of itineraries (around 170 in a typical year) with stops in more than 100 countries and all seven continents. Despite having just 14 vessels, …