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Thomas Pallini/InsiderThe Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card offers Priority Pass Select airport lounge membership. But late last week, Capital One quietly updated the Priority Pass lounge access rules for the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. Now, instead of the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card as the undisputed king of Priority Pass credit cards, your Priority Pass-conferring airport credit card will take a bit more deliberation. The Ritz Carlton Credit Card, while not publicly available, is still the best credit card for Priority Pass lounges because: It comes with a Priority Pass Select membership that gives you access to Priority Pass restaurants and non-lounge experiences. The Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card is the first Visa credit card to drop access to discounts at participating Priority Pass restaurants and other non-lounge experiences.

☆ 10 Amex Business Platinum card benefits you'll want to activate right away, so you can enjoy hotel elite status, statement credits, and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Caroline Lupini | Joseph Hostetler | Freelance Reporter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Thomas Pallini/InsiderThe Business Platinum Card® from American Express offers luxury benefits and rewards. The Business Platinum Card® from American Express is packed full of benefits that are perfect for small business owners — including freelancers and remote workers. Here are 10 things you should do when you first get The Business Platinum Card® from American Express. More travel benefits than you'll find on any other business credit card Check mark icon A check mark. But by paying with The Business Platinum Card® from American Express, you'll get a statement credit of up to $189 back**.

With the right Amex cards, you can get complimentary access to Delta Sky Club airport lounges, like this one in Minneapolis. Thomas Pallini/InsiderIf you want access to Delta Sky Club lounges, certain Delta credit cards can get you in for free. Delta Sky Club credit card accessIf you have the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card or Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card, you can access Delta Sky Clubs if you're traveling on a Delta flight that same day. Access to Delta Sky Clubs and American Express Centurion Lounges when you're flying Delta Check mark icon A check mark. Access to Delta Sky Club and American Express Centurion Lounges when you're flying Delta Check mark icon A check mark.

☆ See Honeywell's 40-year-old Boeing 757 the company uses for testing things like private jet engines and weather detection technology
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"The engines that we make go on private jets," he said. "We have a big airplane so we can take that engine up in the air and expose it to all the elements and the environment that is up there." Where Honeywell engineers sit to monitor and collect data during test flights. Thomas Pallini/Insider

What are credit card and bank rewards points worth? One great feature of the program is that all points are equal, so any account that earns Membership Rewards points has access to transfer partners. If you're a Bank of America Preferred Rewards customer, you'll earn 25% to 75% more points, depending on how much you have on deposit, but your rewards points are still worth 1 cent apiece. However, those miles expire after 36 months regardless of your account activity, so only transfer miles when you have immediate plans to redeem them. Non-elite members may transfer points to other members with the same address, provided both parties have been members for at least one year.

Read more: The Amex Platinum card just increased its annual fee to $695 — but fancy new perks and a 100,000-point offer could take the sting out of itHowever, if you're an active-duty US military member, Amex will actually waive the annual fee for the Platinum Card along with all other Amex cards. The best Amex Platinum card benefitsThe Platinum Card can be incredibly valuable even for non-service members who have to pay the whole fee. Access to these lounges is limited to holders of the Platinum Card, The Business Platinum Card® from American Express , or Amex Centurion cards. Membership Rewards pointsThe Platinum Card earns Membership Rewards points, which are the currency in Amex's loyalty program. Other card benefitsThe Platinum Card comes with a few other benefits that help offset the annual fee.

☆ I went on board the largest container ship to ever use an East Coast port and found a visual representation of American spending
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-26 | by ( Thomas Pallini | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Each mariner has a job to do while on the ship. Even when workers are off the clock, they're still bound to the ship while it's on the water. Touring the Port of New York and New Jersey. Thomas Pallini/Insider

☆ The world's only all-business class airline is launching VIP tours from the US to the Caribbean. See inside its glitzy Airbus A321neo jet.
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-15 | by ( Thomas Pallini | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

In row 15, for example, the windows don't exactly line up. Nevertheless, these are only minor inconveniences that don't take away too much from the overall product — and its sure to please customers. A La Compagnie Airbus A321neo. Thomas Pallini/Insider

Persons: Thomas Pallini Organizations: La Compagnie Airbus A321neo

☆ Insider Life: 200K cruise around the world — Luxury ultramarathon — Weddings return
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-30 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's that time of week again — settle in for another edition of Insider Life. In today's collection of our best reads, you'll find stories about an around-the-world cruise, a $20,000 ultramarathon, and a woman's time traveling alone through Barbados. He walked us through the differences between Breeze and JetBlue, and gave us an inside look into the low-fare airline. Regent Seven SeasA five-month cruise that takes passengers on a voyage around the world just sold out in less than three hours. Tickets for the cruise, which will hit 31 countries and four continents, started at almost $73,500 per person, and climbed to an astounding $200,00 per person.

☆ 6 Amex Business Platinum card benefits you'll want to activate right away, so you can enjoy hotel elite status, statement credits, and more
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-07 | by ( Caroline Lupini | Freelance Reporter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

The Amex Business Platinum comes with perks like airport lounge access and airline incidental fee credits. Thomas Pallini/InsiderThe Business Platinum Card® from American Express offers luxury benefits and rewards. Here are six things you should do when you first get The Business Platinum Card® from American Express. Activate elite status with Hilton and MarriottLike the personal version of the card — The Platinum Card® from American Express — The Business Platinum Card® from American Express offers complimentary Gold elite status with two hotel programs**: Hilton Honors and Marriott Bonvoy. To do this, log into your Amex Business Platinum account online, and navigate to the Benefits tab.

☆ Photos show the aftermath of an unprecedented and destructive siege on the US Capitol that left 4 rioters dead
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( Thomas Pallini | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The US Capitol Building was vandalized one year ago today during a riot by supporters of President Donald Trump. Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick also died a day later after sustaining injuries from rioters. Law enforcement officials guarding the congressional chambers drew their weapons as rioters attempted to enter while pepper spray and tear gas were deployed. The Capitol itself also sustained damage as rioters broke windows and climbed scaffolding to gain entry. Here's what the US Capitol Building looked like after rioters failed to overturn the 2020 US election.

☆ The 8 best 'personal' private jets that only require one pilot to fly
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-21 | by ( Taylor Rains | Thomas Pallini | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Personal private jets are intended to be flown by one pilot and are ideal for business, leisure, or both. aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via GettyCessna has long been the leader in single-pilot jet aircraft, with multiple models in its popular Citation line-up built with solo operations in mind. The light jet aircraft have dominated the skies since the 1970s with Cessna continuing production of new models nearly five decades later. Three variants of the product line are in existence, the HondaJet, HondaJet Elite, the HondaJet Elite S, and the HondaJet Elite II. David Slotnick/Business InsiderThe Pilatus PC-24 capitalizes on the success of the highly versatile PC-12 turboprop, another single-pilot aircraft, but adds on the speed of a jet aircraft.

☆ See inside the world's largest private jet: a Boeing 747 with an interior so large it took 4 years to design and build
▼ + stars: | 2020-03-29 | by ( Thomas Pallini | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cabinet Alberto Pinto is the design firm behind the interior of one of the world's largest private jets, a Boeing Business Jet 747-8i. Based on Boeing's commercial passenger aircraft, the Boeing Business Jet product line consists of VIP-configured variants of existing aircraft. Each Boeing aircraft currently in production has its own BBJ variant from the smallest Boeing 737 to the largest 747. Famed French interior design firm Cabinet Alberto Pinto was tasked with creating the interior of one BBJ 747-8i, purchased for private use by a Middle Eastern businessman. Take a look inside the BBJ 747-8i, the largest aircraft project taken on by the firm.

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