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Finally, planes may be required to stock their emergency medical kits with child-sized equipment and doses.The Airplane Kids In Transit Safety Act was folded into the recently adopted 2018 reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, which is good for five years. As previously reported by TPG, the same bill requires large and medium sized airports to set aside private lactation rooms for nursing mothers along with changing tables in both men’s and women’s restrooms....

If you’ve ever noticed that you were skipped on an American Airlines upgrade list or standby list, there’s probably a legitimate reason for it — as frustrating as it may feel. The “out of order” passenger could be a crew member who’s been cleared to fly in a jump seat or a passenger who’s standing by for a different cabin (i.e. first class instead of main cabin).Of course, the airline could tweak the system to make it clearer what happened — and now that’s exactly what American Airlines’ boarding system does systemwide....

Every airline tries to be a well-oiled machine. Planes arrive at the gate, passengers and cargo are unloaded, the aircraft are cleaned, fueled and turned around. A lot of that happens in view of the passengers; sometimes you’ll see cleaners come in even as you disembark, for example.But one key part of the process that happens outside of the view of passengers — unless you’re watching from the terminal through the window — is the walkaround....

United’s giving female artists a very special canvas to show their work: a Boeing 757. In anticipation of Women’s History Month in March, United’s offering underrepresented female artists the opportunity to promote their art on the side of one of its planes.To enter to have your art displayed on the side of one of United’s Boeing 757s as part of the Her Art Here campaign, you must identify as a woman, including cisgender, transgender, woman-aligned or non-binary....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Want to see the latest flight deals as soon as they’re published? Follow The Points Guy on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to text message alerts from our deals feed, @tpg_alerts.Airfare deals are typically only available on limited dates. We recommend you use Google Flights to find dates to fly, then book through an online travel agency such as Orbitz or Expedia, which allows you to cancel flights without penalty by 11pm Eastern Time within one day of booking....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Want to see the latest flight deals as soon as they’re published? Follow The Points Guy on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to text message alerts from our deals feed, @tpg_alerts.Airfare deals are typically only available on limited dates. We recommend you use Google Flights to find dates to fly, then book through an online travel agency such as Expedia, which allows you to cancel flights without penalty by 11:00pm Eastern Time within one day of booking....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Sign up for a free Plastiq account hereIf you use a rewards credit card to make rent or business payments through the bill-paying service Plastiq, you usually will earn the non-bonus category rewards rate on the transaction — typically just 1 or 2 points per dollar depending on the card you use.In these cases, the transaction fee Plastiq charges — 2....

Virgin Australia is now offering special assistance to nervous flyers, as was announced by The Virgin Group in a press release. The program, which was first teased in October 2018 alongside the introduction of onboard meditation programs via the in-flight entertainment system aims to help passengers with a fear of flying or anxiety related to air travel.The program entails receiving an email prior to the flight with “in-flight wellness research” and a behind-the-scenes look at certain “technical aspects of Virgin Australia’s operations,” an “encouraging, positive text” on the day of travel, access to meditations on Virgin Australia’s in-flight entertainment system, and an alert to the cabin crew to keep an eye out for you....

Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Each year, Starwood Preferred Guest offers a promotion that gives travelers 35% off Free Night redemptions at select resorts. The brand has just announced that this year’s promotion is back and will be valid through February 28, 2017....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The idea of quitting my job and traveling the world with my partner, Trey, was often only a daydream that would come to me during the sixth conference call of a hectic workday.But like many people, 2016 turned out to be a year of serious contemplation for us both.Politics aside, we had already spent much of that year in reflection since Starwood, where Trey led brand communications, had been acquired....

British Airways is currently experiencing two major IT systems issues, causing flight cancellations and delays to and from most of its destinations. The airline has had similar issues in the past since it migrated most of its ground-staff systems to a newer system in late 2015.The issues on Wednesday actually stem from two systems covering online check-in as well as flight departures. Though the issue is not global, according to the airline, it is affecting flights to most destinations with cancellations to short-haul airports and delays to long-haul flights....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Happy New Year! With the new year upon us, I decided to reflect on the past year in the points and miles world — both good and bad. So, I ended up coming up with a points and miles wish list for 2016 that I can only hope comes true.In 2013, I told you about my wish list for the coming year, and I was happy that some — although not all — of my wishes came true....

If you have ever had any casino related experience, good or bad, you have inevitably seen the signs advertising " certified loosest slots" or “guaranteed 99% slot payback.“These enticements can be seen alongside the highway on massive billboards, in print media, and in television commercials anywhere and anytime that a casino is nearby. The casinos want you to think that your chances are better in their casino than in the one across the street or around the corner....

Brace yourselves: we’ve received word that the World of Hyatt program is set to make a few changes next month. Some are decent, but there’s one update that’s pretty hard to swallow, and a credible source from the TPG community tells us these changes will go info effect beginning on November 1, 2018, giving you just a week and a half to adjust any plans that will be affected.While these changes have not been confirmed by Hyatt at this point, we’re reporting them given the reliability of the source....

Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.SPG has been in the news a lot lately – whether it be for rumored acquisitions, potential Cyber Monday deals, offering up to 10% off select stays or adding two new hotels in Las Vegas....

To a casual observer in the cabin, Delta Air Lines flight 8777 from New York to Los Angeles on Saturday might have looked like a run of the mill hop from coast to coast, one of many crisscrossing the country every day.But at a closer look, it would have become clear that this was not a normal coast-to-coast flight like we used to have before the pandemic.All the middle seats, blocked by Delta’s social-distancing policy, were unoccupied, and everybody wore a mask — but most importantly, the vast majority of the passengers behind those masks weren’t regular flyers just getting from JFK to LAX....

Denver International Airport (DEN) may be one of the most mysterious airports in the world. For years, it has been the subject of a number of elaborate conspiracy theories. While the wild rumors have circulated since the airport’s opening in 1995, DEN has recently embraced its notoriety — even devoting an entire page of its website to highlight them. In September, the airport poked fun at the theories with some satirical signage at a construction site in the terminal....

When I learned that I’d be traveling to Venice, Italy, for the second time, I was excited. I planned to attend a screening for a PeaceJam film about the Dalai Lama, and I wanted to check out the Venice Bienniale, an art festival that comes to the city every two years.As I started my hotel search, my mind immediately went to the Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection hotel that I stayed at during my first trip that exudes classic Venetian grandeur....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG reader Daniel sent me a message on Facebook to ask about earning elite credits on Delta:“Will I earn elite credits when I use Pay with Miles to buy a Delta ticket?”Award flights generally don’t earn miles or elite credits, which is one reason why you may be better off paying cash for airfare when prices are low....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.If you’re a frequent flyer with Delta eyeing top-tier Diamond Medallion status, you’re going to face a much, much tougher hurdle to hit that status after this year ends. The airline just increased the Medallion Qualifying Dollars (MQD) waiver spending requirement to an absolutely mind-boggling $250,000.As it stands now, you’re able to earn the MQD waiver for Diamond status after spending $25,000 on an eligible Delta co-branded Amex card like the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express....