Interesting Status Match For Delta Flyers, My Favorite NYC Hotel Shutters & Southwest Adds More Partner Window Dressing

December 18, 2025
Mark Ostermann

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December 18, 2025
Mark Ostermann

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ToP Roundup

In this series I will share articles I found interesting from all over the web. These will be articles about miles, points, travel, finance and everything in-between. Hopefully this ToP Roundup series will give you some interesting tidbits and new information you may have missed during the week. If you see anything out there that you think others may find of interest please feel free to share it with me at [email protected].

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Interesting Articles

Southwest to Partner with Turkish Airlines in Early 2026 – Danny the Deal Guru

Southwest keeps piling up these interline agreement partners, which is a great first step, but we need a bit more to make it interesting. I think they need to allow Rapid Rewards bookings on at least one of these new partners at some point for me to really start to pay attention.

Apply for a Kenya Airways status match today – Kenya Airlines

This could be of use to Delta flyers potentially since they are a SkyTeam partner.

The only hotel on NYC's Roosevelt Island appears to be closing – TimeOut New York

This is super sad for me. I absolutely love Roosevelt Island, and I have really cherished this hotel. I just poured one out to the hotel's epic rooftop bar overlooking the Manhattan skyline. I missed this news while traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday, but hopefully Hilton gets someone else in there to manage it.