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🤙🏿 Welcome back to the Better Than Points Newsletter - the premier place for all things Credit Card Points News and Travel

My name’s Luis and I’m the one writing this (hit me up here!)

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We’ve got a spicy one today, and I’m not even sure how long it will last.

So let’s get into it.

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A Message from Me

There’s a limited-time offer on a popular travel card right now ✈️

and if you play it right, it could unlock:

✈️ A business-class flight to Europe
🏝️ A luxury resort stay using points
💰 Over $1,250 in travel value through the bank’s portal

Here’s how it works:

✅ After meeting the spend requirements
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Travel News

United Add 3 New Routes (LINK)

There’s nothing better than seeing airlines add new flights, especially when they’re to places that don’t currently have direct service.

Some of these airports had nonstop routes with other carriers, but they were cut a while back.

So it’s exciting to see new options to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand, now available again.

This time as 5th freedom flights (flights between two countries that aren’t the airline’s home base), connecting through Hong Kong.

Even better, these flights will be bookable via United with departures from SFO and LAX, making Asia a lot more accessible.

Also cool to see Adelaide, Australia added to the list, another city that doesn’t often get love when it comes to new long haul routes.

While award redemptions through United will probably be on the higher side, it’s worth checking availability through Air Canada Aeroplan, where you might get a better deal.

Fiji Adopts AA Program (LINK)

It’s official, Fiji Airways is now a full fledged member of the Oneworld Alliance, and they’ve adopted AAdvantage miles as their main loyalty currency.

It’s nice to see they didn’t come in with their own separate points system and instead partnered with American Airlines.

While AA miles can be a bit harder to earn, don’t forget you might still be able to book those same Fiji Airways flights through Alaska Airlines and often for fewer miles 75k vs 80K AA miles.

I talked about this in 🛩️ Flying to Fiji? where you could score a business class flight from Dallas to Fiji for just 75K Alaska miles.

And remember, Alaska allows free stopovers, which adds even more value.

Also, since you can still convert Hawaiian miles to Alaska miles, if you’ve got Amex points, you can transfer them to Hawaiian, then over to Alaska, and still take advantage of some great redemption opportunities.

🤓 Hack

• A lot of places in Europe don’t accept Amex. To get around this add your Amex to your wallet app and pay with your phone or watch.

🛋️ Luis’ Lounge

Each week, I’ll share something cool I’ve discovered or tackle a question from the community. It’s my little corner to explore ideas, offer fresh perspectives, and hopefully spark your own curiosity.

I’ve spent all week putting together guides to help you navigate your 100K welcome bonus from how to maximize the points, to common mistakes to avoid, and even which business class flights you can book with 100K points.

I also covered the best ways to stretch that bonus and some solid hotel redemptions that you’d be able to book.

If any of those guides help you out, show me some love and hit that like and follow button, it really does help!

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Check out these crazy award deals!

🔬 Secret Travel Research

This section includes some of the best award flights of the week bookable with points and miles.

• Lots of availability in first class from Toranto to Abu Dhabi in Etihad First Class with two seats!

• AA is cheaper at 115k and lower taxes

👀 My Favorite Finds

This section includes some of the best links videos and articles of the week around the points and travel community

• Worlds longest flight has ended (LINK)

• These newsletters are changing the game (LINK)

• Earn 777 points per night at Hyatt casino hotels (LINK)

• If its yellow let it mellow and earn Marriot points (LINK)