✈ 14 Cappuccinos or 1 Free Flight? Math in British Airways’ Future of Avios & More Daily News From TPG ✈

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Math in British Airways’ Future of Avios]( - [Safety Strap to Blame for Helicopter Crash, The Best Business Cards, Pilots Spot a UFO and More]( - [Credit Card Companies Are Influencing Your Award Travel Plans]( - [The Story of Austin Hatch: Michigan Basketball Player and Two-Time Plane Crash Survivor]( - [Lesser-Known Benefits of the Citi ThankYou Premier Card]( - [Back to the Future: A First Look at the Hotel Paseo in Palm Desert, California]( - [Barclaycard Rebrands, Becomes Barclays]( - [Flying Backwards: How Planes Display The American Flag]( - [Bus Catches Fire Outside of London Airport Terminal, Forces Evacuation]( - [Track the Expelled Russian Diplomats on Their Flight From DC to Moscow]( Posts in this newsletter contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, [visit this page](. [14 Cappuccinos or 1 Free Flight? Math in British Airways’ Future of Avios]( By JT Genter on Mar 31, 2018 09:00 am In January 2017, British Airways removed free food and drink from economy on short-haul flights between London and Europe. In its place, the British flag carrier rolled out a Mark & Spencer-branded menu of paid drinks and food. Having bounced back and forth between London and mainland Europe quite a bit over the past few weeks, ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 14 Cappuccinos or 1 Free Flight? Math in British Airways’ Future of Avios on Facebook]( [Safety Strap to Blame for Helicopter Crash, The Best Business Cards, Pilots Spot a UFO and More]( By Jeffrey Preis on Mar 31, 2018 08:00 am Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you might have missed from the week before, including several that already appeared on The Points Guy and some more that we haven’t covered yet. If you’re an avid TPG reader, scroll down for the new stuff. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you might have missed this ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Safety Strap to Blame for Helicopter Crash, The Best Business Cards, Pilots Spot a UFO and More on Facebook]( [Credit Card Companies Are Influencing Your Award Travel Plans]( By Katherine Fan on Mar 30, 2018 07:00 pm Don’t know yet where you will go for vacation this year? Your credit card company might be the ones trying to influence your decision. In the interest of keeping consumers loyal to their brands, credit card companies increasingly turn to artificial intelligence software to influence how cardholders utilize their points. Marketing to consumers based on past ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Credit Card Companies Are Influencing Your Award Travel Plans on Facebook]( [The Story of Austin Hatch: Michigan Basketball Player and Two-Time Plane Crash Survivor]( By Katherine Fan on Mar 30, 2018 05:45 pm Michigan Wolverine Austin Hatch will be courtside for his team’s NCAA Final Four game tomorrow, March 31. But the 23-year-old senior won’t be wearing a jersey for his “last go-round” with the team he calls his extended family. Instead, Austin will be in a suit and tie on the team bench in his role as Michigan’s student assistant ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like The Story of Austin Hatch: Michigan Basketball Player and Two-Time Plane Crash Survivor on Facebook]( [Lesser-Known Benefits of the Citi ThankYou Premier Card]( By Mark Spivak on Mar 30, 2018 05:30 pm The universe of points and miles is similar at times to high school: Some cards are hugely popular and get tons of attention, while others fly a bit under the radar. The Citi ThankYou Premier Card might not be one of the stars of the points and miles world, but it has a great deal ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Lesser-Known Benefits of the Citi ThankYou Premier Card on Facebook]( [Back to the Future: A First Look at the Hotel Paseo in Palm Desert, California]( By Anthony Grant on Mar 30, 2018 05:00 pm Instead of clinging to the 1950s and 1960s like much of the rest of Palm Springs, the Hotel Paseo offers the onetime Hollywood playland a path to a reinvigorated future. Pros: The hotel has an excellent location, aesthetic and food. Cons: You'll need a little extra money for the room and a car to get anywhere more than five miles away. [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Back to the Future: A First Look at the Hotel Paseo in Palm Desert, California on Facebook]( [Barclaycard Rebrands, Becomes Barclays]( By Emily McNutt on Mar 30, 2018 04:00 pm Barclaycard is no longer Barclaycard. In the future, you can refer to your former Barclaycard credit card as just “Barclays.” The issuer is in the process of emailing cardholders notifying them of the rebrand — its new name will simply be “Barclays.” In the emails, the issuer is informing customers that their cards and benefits ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Barclaycard Rebrands, Becomes Barclays on Facebook]( [Flying Backwards: How Planes Display The American Flag]( By Jeffrey Preis on Mar 30, 2018 03:36 pm Have you ever noticed the American flag painted on the side of the airplane as you were boarding? Perhaps it stopped you in your tracks and made you think, “Why is the flag backwards?” Maybe you’ve noticed the same thing on military uniforms and vehicles. That’s not by accident. Federal regulations state that when a ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Flying Backwards: How Planes Display The American Flag on Facebook]( [Bus Catches Fire Outside of London Airport Terminal, Forces Evacuation]( By Brendan Dorsey on Mar 30, 2018 03:00 pm A bus caught fire outside a terminal at London’s Stansted Airport (STN) on Friday, forcing parts of the airport to be evacuated. At 4:40pm local time, Stansted Airport tweeted that a “car park shuttle bus” was on fire and that “parts of the terminal building are being evacuated due to smoke.” Due to a fire ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Bus Catches Fire Outside of London Airport Terminal, Forces Evacuation on Facebook]( [Track the Expelled Russian Diplomats on Their Flight From DC to Moscow]( By Emily McNutt on Mar 30, 2018 02:27 pm The Russian diplomats expelled from the US are on their way back to Moscow, and you can track their journey back home. They’re heading back to Moscow in none other than the last long-haul civilian plane designed in the Soviet Union, an Ilyushin 96-300. The plane is no longer used in commercial service anywhere except Cuba, but ... 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