Stop hoarding your points — book that trip now

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November 29, 2025 View in browser

Points paralysis: How to book an award trip by Andrea Rotondo, Director of content operations Hi everyone, This week, I’ve asked TPG’s director of content operations, Andrea Rotondo, to share her strategies for finding award flights, including the online tools she uses. It’s the perfect time of year to start planning your 2026 trips — especially since award availability typically opens up 11 months in advance in most cases. Have a great weekend, BK ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ Friends don't let friends hoard points and miles. A huge balance does no good until you book an award. If you're sitting on a heap of loyalty currency, I’m here to encourage you to book something today. Life is too short to wait for the perfect flight on the "right" aircraft at the lowest price anyone has ever seen. Instead, find an award to somewhere you've always wanted to go at a fair price. Then, continue to recheck your reservation and search for alternative routes. More often than not, you'll improve your booking when better options become available. I outline my strategy to find award flights in this article — even if you've never searched for availability before. The more you search, the more intel you'll glean about sweet spot redemptions from your airports of choice. If you're new to booking awards, start by learning how to search award availability for the major airlines and sign up for TPG Points 101, a one-month email series to help you book your first award trip. Also, don't overlook vital award search tools and services that can give you an edge: How to use Seats.aero to find the best awards How to use Points Path to compare award rates in Google Flights Redeem your points and miles: How to search flight award availability for the major airlines 12 apps and websites that make award redemptions easy to find Good luck with your search, and let us know what you book! Safe travels, Andrea 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, and this may impact how or where they appear. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Photo Credit: ROBERTO MOIOLA/GETTY IMAGES.

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