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The Points Guy Awards

Monday, December 9, 2019
New York City
The Points Guy Awards trophy The Points Guy Awards party Brian Kelly

The TPG Awards are back!

We’re incredibly excited to bring the TPG Awards back this December! Like last year, this ceremony will honor the best of the best in travel, loyalty and credit cards in 2019. From numerous readers’ choice awards to special guests, the second annual TPG Awards will be a night to remember as we celebrate everything TPG represents: Helping travelers get the most value for their points and money, while highlighting the brands that actually make travel enjoyable. Read on for more details and our list of nominees.

Cast your vote for the Readers’ Choice categories.
Hosted by Brian Kelly

Special Guests

  • Beverly Bass

    Beverley Bass was born in Ft. Myers, Florida. She grew up showing quarter horses with her family but always knew she wanted to fly. She enrolled in a flight school at Meacham Airport and got her first job while still in school flying for a Ft. Worth mortician. In 1976, she was hired by American as it’s third female pilot, then went on to become their first female captain a decade later. The Broadway musical “Come From Away” was written about her experience piloting one of the 38 planes that landed in Gander, Newfoundland during 9/11. She currently lives in Argyle, TX and is married with two children, with her daughter continuing her legacy as an American Eagle pilot.

  • Katherine Johnson (Award to be accepted by Katherine’s daughter, Joylette G. Hylick, on her behalf)

    Mathematician and computer scientist Katherine Johnson was born in 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. She studied at West Virginia State University, where she was one of the first African Americans to enroll in the mathematics program. In 1953, she joined Langley Research Center as a research mathematician for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Her calculations proved critical to the success of the Apollo Moon landing program and the start of the Space Shuttle program. On November 24, 2015, she received the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from President Barack H. Obama.

Musical guest annouced soon

NomineesReaders' Choice

NomineesEditors' Choice

Cast your vote for the Readers’ Choice categories.

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