For frequent travelers, earning status with the “right” airline can make all the difference, minimizing the need for connecting fights, offering a comfortable place to relax before boar…
Earning Tons of Extra Miles on a Large Purchase — Reader Success Story
One of the things I love most about being The Points Guy is getting to hear stories from readers about how award travel has affected their lives — the exotic vacations they’ve planned, …
Customs Outage Slows Border Entry at Airports Across US
Update: TPG’s friend John was traveling through Miami this evening and personally experienced the chaos there. Here is what he told us about the situation: lined up several hundred yards behi…
How winning Ms Wheelchair USA helped me realize how far we have to go with accessibility
Photo by authorSince becoming Ms. Wheelchair USA in July 2016, I have become intimately familiar with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark piece of legislation th…
Thank you, 2016
IN 1992, QUEEN ELIZABETH COINED a new term: “annus horribilis,” or “horrible year.” It had been a rough one for the Queen. Three of her four children were in the middle of m…
Saskatchewan will surprise you
When people think of Saskatchewan, they tend to picture the vast fields of wheat in the south of the province that stretch as far as the eye can see. However, Saskatchewan is so much more than just…
24 times people fought for the environment and won in 2016
1. A bunch of kids won the right to sue the U.S. government for its role in climate change. Twenty-one young Americans, aged 9 to 20, brought their case to an Oregon judge, claiming that the U.S. f…
7 assumptions travelers need to stop making when traveling to developing countries
1. “This is a “developing” country.”Even the term “developing country” can already assume too much. To this day, there is still no standard metric used by global…
Fly a Shared Private Jet Between NYC and London for Under $12,000 Each Way
Looking for another option to cross the Atlantic? Well, if you want inconvenience and a steep price, you’ll soon have an excellent option: Bliss Jet. The new private charter company is launch…
instagram accounts without selfies
Every year people pick their favorite Instagram accounts to follow based on whatever criteria they see fit. I noticed this year there was a big trend in females traveling for the sake of taking pho…