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The Points Daily
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
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| 🔥 FIRE | | Etihad's 20% Fare Sale Covers Middle East Routes Through Nov. 30 | | Etihad Airways is offering up to 20% off economy and business fares with a booking deadline of July 26. Travel is valid through November 30, and the sale covers flights from six U.S. gateways including New York, Chicago, and Washington Dulles to destinations in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent, though first class is excluded and not every Etihad route participates. The discount is decent if you were already planning a trip to Abu Dhabi or the region, but the short booking window and limited route map make this a narrow play. | | source → |
| 🔥 FIRE | | OnePay Adds $1 Cashback Per Gallon on Wednesdays Through 2026 | | OnePay is offering $1 cashback per gallon every Wednesday through September 15, 2026, redeemable at participating stations listed in the OnePay app with any linked card in your wallet. The dollar back stacks on top of whatever the station already offers, with a limit of two redemptions per day and a 50-gallon cap per transaction. This looks like white-labeled Upside with a deeper Wednesday bonus, so decent station coverage is likely. If you were already using a fuel cashback app, this is a clean upgrade for Wednesdays, but the offer can be canceled anytime without notice, so don't build a fuel strategy around it. | | source → |
| 🦨 STINKER | | Expedia One Key Cuts Blue Member Hotel Earning to 1% on July 28 | | Expedia is restructuring One Key earning rates starting July 28. Blue members drop from 2% to 1% on hotels and rentals, Silver and Gold hold steady, and Platinum climbs to 3%, while flight bookings now earn nothing, down from a mostly worthless 0.2%. The Hotel Price Guarantee is also gone on both Expedia and Hotels.com. If you're Blue tier and book casually, you just lost half your earn rate for no upside. | | source → |
| ✅ SOLID | | Delta's Summer Promo Doubles Miles on Routes to Paris, Sydney, Seoul | | Delta's Beyond the Summer promotion bundles flight deals, double SkyMiles on select routes, and elevated earning on hotels, cars, and packages. Book a qualifying Main Classic or Main Extra flight by July 23 to earn double miles on featured routes including Auckland, Paris, Seoul, and Sydney. Most other offers—vacation packages up to $275 off, 4x miles on Delta Stays hotels, and bonus miles on Airbnb Experiences—run through August 6. This is useful if you were already booking one of the featured routes and have status or spend to optimize. Everyone else can skip the urgency. | | source → |
| ✅ SOLID | | Alaska Awards to São Paulo Business Class Start at 50,000 Miles | | American Airlines has wide-open business class award space to São Paulo from August 2026 through June 2027, bookable with Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan points at 50,000 points one-way plus $18 in taxes. That's saver-level pricing on a lie-flat 787 with direct aisle access for every seat, and the date spread is unusually broad for South America. You can transfer points in from Bilt at 1-to-1 or Marriott at 3-to-1. If Brazil's on your list and you've got the points or an easy transfer path, this is a straightforward win. | | source → |
| 🔥 STEAL OF THE DAY | | Wyndham Rewards and Caesars Rewards are temporarily doubling their transfer cap to 60,000 points through September 11, 2026, up from the usual 30,000 annual limit in either direction. Transfers go both ways, but this only matters if you already have a specific use case lined up on one side or the other. If you've been sitting on Wyndham points with a Vegas trip planned or need to top off Caesars for a redemption, check the rate and move what you need before the cap drops back down. | | source → |
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| 💳 CARD OF THE DAY | | The American Express Hilton Aspire Card carries an elevated welcome bonus of 175,000 Hilton Honors points after $6,000 spend, ending July 29, 2026. The card has a $550 annual fee, so this is not a casual signup unless you already stay with Hilton enough to use the perks that justify that cost. If you were planning to apply anyway, do it before the bonus drops back down. |
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