Happy Saturday, and happy last day of 2022. My gosh, time really flies, and I can't believe it's about to be 2023. What a year 2022 has been, both good and bad. I hope everyone has an amazing start to the new year -- thanks so much for reading! I have a very exciting review trip planned for next week, which I'll share the details of shortly (though I think y'all will really enjoy this).
On the points & travel front, this week Southwest Airlines had a meltdown of epic proportions, Alaska Airlines published its new partner award chart, a Starbucks Rewards devaluation was announced, Hong Kong dropped its travel testing requirements, countries added new travel restrictions for those from China, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog: