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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.In honor of Cyber Monday, United is offering a discount on travel to Hawaii for a limited time. Start planning your getaway to the 50th state and get 20% off round-trip award bookings.As part of this Cyber Monday deal, you must book by December 8, 2017, for travel between January 7 and March 10, 2018. Normally, a round-trip award between the mainland US and Hawaii costs 45,000 MileagePlus miles....

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 that 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.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. However, if you’re using The Platinum Card® from American Express, you’ll need to book directly with the airline or through the Amex Travel portal to get 5x MR points....

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 that 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....

We’ve seen Alaska, American, United and JetBlue overhaul their boarding procedures in the past two years alone, and on Tuesday, Delta announced a major revision of its own. Crucially, it’s not just introducing more zones. While the total number of boarding buckets will increase from six to eight (excluding pre-boarding), it’s the addition of hues and tighter integration with products a passenger can buy that has piqued our interest.A glimpse at Delta’s future booking portal with new boarding hues....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerTPG reader AJ sent me a message on Facebook to ask about booking hotels:“Does the Citi Prestige Concierge offer good rates on hotel rooms? How do prices compare to direct bookings?”Perhaps the most lucrative travel rewards credit card perk out there is the 4th Night Free benefit on the Citi Prestige Card. As the name implies, you can get a free night when you book your stay of four nights or more and use your card to pay....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.This is the fourth post of our series on using Hawaiian Airlines for those folks who might have just signed up for the new Barclaycard Hawaiian Airlines World Elite Mastercard. So far we have looked at award availability on Hawaiian’s Mainland routes, the new card’s share miles benefit, and whether it’s worth converting HawaiianMiles to Hilton HHonors points....

Our TPG Insider Flight Attendant Carrie A. Trey delves back into life at 35,000 feet, this time explaining how exactly flight attendants’ hectic schedules work, and what goes into putting them together.Hey there, friendly flight attendant — is this your regular route? Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.“Is this your route?”If I had a nickel for every time I was asked that question, I would definitely be doing something other than writing this article right now....

United’s new extra-blue livery is officially official — yes, for the second time. After a leaked image prompted United Airlines to unveil its brand-new design ahead of schedule last night, CEO Oscar Munoz and hundreds of other employees gathered at a Chicago O’Hare hangar to show off the first repainted plane earlier Wednesday.As expected — well, confirmed, even — United’s ditching the familiar gold, instead opting to deck out the fleet entirely in shades of blue....

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.You can currently earn up to 70,000 SkyMiles thanks to Delta Amex cards offering elevated bonuses, but you only have a week left to do so....

With a few exceptions — primarily early-morning departures from New York to London — most flights from the U.S. to Europe operate overnight. If you’re traveling eastbound across the pond, chances are you’re going to find yourself on a dreaded red-eye flight. You don’t have to fear a red-eye flight, though — especially if you fly up front.Recently, two new airline products have prompted me to change my tune when it comes to an evening or late-night departure to Europe....

Earlier this week, a series of troubling headlines surfaced claiming that passenger cell phones posed a safety risk to the Boeing 777 and Boeing 737. That story was originally reported by Bloomberg, accompanied by the following headline: “Cellphones a Flight Risk? Could Be on Some Boeing Jets.“Other headlines on syndicated sites including Fortune magazine were far more alarmist. However, it doesn’t take an expert or an aerospace engineer to determine that these headlines were unwarranted and almost completely false....

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 - Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express, Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American ExpressNote: There are foreign transaction fees on this card, so I don’t recommend using it outside the US....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.As a busy year comes to a close, I’ve found myself in a predicament that many others also face: I’m just shy of retaining my American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum status.While I could easily find LAX-HKG flights on American Airlines for about $550 that would have earned me the EQMs I needed, 2017 brought an important twist and fundamental change to how award miles and status are earned with Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQDs)....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Last month, I had to make my way across the country for a weekend in New York and spent a significant amount of time weighing my options for getting there. United 1695 to Newark (EWR) was ideal, as it was slated to leave SEA at 10:35pm, which fit my schedule perfectly. In addition, it was operated by one of my favorite birds in the United fleet, the 757-200....

A Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland, California (OAK), to Burbank, California (BUR), slid off the end of the runway Thursday morning.Initial reports of the incident indicated that it was raining at Hollywood Burbank Airport when the flight landed at 9:03am. The Boeing 737 reportedly slid and came to rest in an area just off the runway. It reportedly did not hit anything.“Initial reports indicate that Southwest airlines flight 278 from Oakland to Burbank came to a stop at the end of the runway upon arrival into Burbank,” an airline spokesperson told TPG in an email....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Your summer vacation may have just gotten cheaper! Right now you can earn a one-time $75 statement credit by using your enrolled American Express card when you spend $350 or more at Hilton Hotels & Resorts between July 9, 2015 and September 8, 2015.The TPG team has found the offer available on personal Amex cards like the Premier Rewards Gold Card, the Platinum Card and the Amex EveryDay Preferred, but not on co-branded cards such as the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express and The Business Platinum Card from American Express OPEN....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.As we close the final chapter of 2017, we’re taking a look back at the top news stories from this year. From credit card updates to hotel deals to airline scandals that changed the industry, we’ve done our best to keep our readers on top of everything travel-related. If you’re an avid TPG reader, you may recognize some of your favorite stories as you scroll down....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Frequent travelers are often given lucrative gifts from loyalty programs and credit card companies, which they are often allowed to transfer to other people. So this holiday season, don’t think you have to run to the closest crowded mall for a cookie cutter gift- you may be able to go shopping right from your frequent flyer account login!...