Earlier this year, JetBlue raised its checked bag fees and kicked off a wave of fee hikes across the industry. United followed. Then Delta, American and Southwest. Seven months later, JetBlue is leading the fee-hiking charge again. The carrier on Tuesday raised its bag fees for the second time in 2026. Going forward, customers will…

United Airlines will expand to northern Mexico next spring despite a cloudy outlook. The Star Alliance carrier will return to Chihuahua Airport (CUU) in northern Mexico from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) beginning March 28, 2027. Seating on a United CRJ-550. ZACH GRIFF/THE POINTS GUY Edibray Gómez Gallegos, the secretary of tourism of Chihuahua…

World of Hyatt is my favorite hotel loyalty program, and I’ve loved redeeming my World of Hyatt points over the years on everything from cheap and cheerful Category 1 airport hotels to luxurious bespoke properties on idyllic Greek islands. I knew that the program had expanded the ways to redeem points beyond hotel stays to…

What if I told you that having a United credit card could mean the difference between paying 295,000 miles or just 72,000 miles for the exact same international business-class flight? That’s not a rare or theoretical example. It’s a real award flight that a friend of mine was trying to book recently. And while United’s…