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Hyatt, American Airlines, JetBlue, Emirates and Qatar Airways among the big winners at the 2023 TPG Awards
07.11.2023 - 03:09 / thepointsguy.com / Delta Skymiles / Airlines
It was the biggest and brightest TPG Awards yet as we celebrated the airline, hotel and loyalty programs our readers and staff loved the best this year.
The Points Guy had much to celebrate, including some 56 million unique visitors so far this year, plus 1 million newsletter subscribers in March and 1 million Instagram followers in July.
But the TPG Awards aren't really just about TPG. They're about the travel industry as a whole: where we're going, trends we're seeing and what products and services are helping travelers the most as they navigate the world.
The way that the winners were determined this year was also new. Gone are the separate readers' choice and editors' choice lists. Instead, a new methodology was created that combines the voices of TPG readers, TPG editors and some external travel experts into one cohesive list of award winners across 22 voting-eligible categories.
With that, there were some new winners and some old favorites that had fallen a bit in the eyes of travelers. Some brands and products just kept on winning, including a few that have won their category every single year we've handed out awards.
Read on for a few of the highlights of the 2023 TPG Awards, including all 22 award winners and some special spotlight moments of the year where TPG recognizes various trends, brands and people having an outsize impact on the travel industry.
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When it comes to ultraluxury products, you can't get much better than Emirates' game-changing first-class cabin on its Boeing 777s. That's why it took home the top prize for Best First Class.
At TPG, we love our business-class cabins, especially when booked with airline miles. This year, Qatar Airways' Qsuite took the top prize for Best Business Class.
TPG's awards didn't stop with first and business class. Next up in the awards was Best Premium Economy Class, which Emirates also won this year.
JetBlue won Best Economy Class (U.S. Only) again this year — the fourth official win in this category for JetBlue, which has been a perennial favorite at the TPG Awards. In fact, the carrier has won every year this award has been handed out.
American Airlines AAdvantage scored a huge victory this year, knocking out reigning champion Delta SkyMiles to win the award for Best U.S. Airline Loyalty Program.
Delta Air Lines led the early voting results, but it began to fade after announcing drastic changes to its program that elicited an outcry from many of its elite Medallion members. As the voting shifted, American Airlines' program emerged victorious, taking the top spot for only the second time since the TPG Awards debuted in 2018. The program's previous win was in 2021.
There's been a bit of a shake-up in the
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