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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Here’s your chance to travel from sea to shining sea at a discounted award rate. Delta’s offering a flash sale on award tickets to select US cities, with round-trip rates starting at 20,000 + taxes and fees in economy. In order to take advantage, you must purchase your round-trip ticket by July 12 and travel between September 6 and October 31....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.“Reader Questions” are answered twice a week by TPG Senior Points & Miles Contributor Ethan Steinberg.With Capital One’s recent announcement that, beginning in December, miles will be transferable to several airline partners, the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card became even more appealing. TPG reader George was filling out an application when he noticed something a little odd …[pullquote source=“TPG READER GEORGE”]Why is the Venture Rewards card application asking for US citizenship status?...

Over the last few years Israeli airline El Al has been on a campaign to update its fleet and expand its route network. It’s steadily built out its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners while retiring older Boeing wide-bodies like the 747 and 767.Now, to add to its four US routes, El Al will begin flying from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Las Vegas (LAS) on June 14, 2019.Currently the airline flies to New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), Boston (BOS) and Los Angeles (LAX) and will launch flights to San Francisco (SFO) in May 2019....

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.Emirates has announced a new deal with Uber that provides select passengers with discounted or even free rides to and from Dubai International Airport (DXB) this summer.Passengers who book Emirates Economy Class Flex Plus will receive two voucher codes for transportation to and from the airport....

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.A Google tool will soon offer travelers mobile push notifications suggesting why an upcoming flight might be delayed.The Google Assistant app currently lets travelers know when Google is 85% certain that a flight will be delayed – a feature launched earlier this year, according to a blog post by Richard Holden, Google’s vice president of product management for travel....

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.If you are a servicemember in the US military and fly for Temporary Duty (TDY), you can be accruing thousands of miles to be used toward your personal travel. Some servicemembers travel on TDY multiple times per month as a part of their duty assignment, and may be missing out on earning those miles with airline loyalty programs....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Universal Orlando Resort may not have as many annual visitors as its Mickey Mouse-themed neighbor down the road, but it is big and growing — rapidly. In 2017, the Universal Studios Florida theme park was the 10th-most-visited theme park in the world with about 10 million guests. For reference, Disney’s Magic Kingdom had about double that number in the same year....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Thinking about drinking and driving? Lyft can help you with that — but not in the way that you might think.The ride-sharing company has announced a partnership with Chicago Baderbräu Brewing Company which will be whipping up a Lyft-branded beer. If you can get your hands on a can, which will only be available in Chicago bars, you’ll receive a special code that can nab you up to a 60% discount on a Lyft ride....

Issues plaguing the Boeing 737 MAX, which is currently grounded worldwide, reportedly go beyond the aircraft’s flawed MCAS. One of Europe’s top aviation regulatory agencies has found new flaws with the MAX’s Autopilot system, reports Bloomberg.According to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), in some emergencies the Boeing 737 MAX’s Autopilot may fail to disengage, preventing pilots from taking manual control of the aircraft.The new problem was raised by the EASA and included in a list of requirements sent to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would need to be met before the Boeing 737 MAX can be recertified in the European Union....

Royal Air Maroc is joining the Oneworld alliance, the airline said in a press conference Wednesday.The Moroccan flag carrier will be the first full member airline to join the group in six years. It will be implemented into the alliance beginning in mid-2020 and is currently a “member elect.“Oneworld is one of three major global airline alliances, or a group of international airlines that coordinate their networks and frequent flyer programs, resulting in the ability to earn and spend miles all across their global networks, a huge convenience for passengers....

When it comes to wanderlust, there are a number of ways to scratch the travel itch. Many travelers gravitate toward the best cash and points redemption deals. But what about travelers whose schedules are more restrictive?For people who have only limited time to travel (teachers, for example), there have long been tools such as Google Explore and Skyscanner that help you filter your travel fantasies by departure airport, general availability and budget....

When FIFA brings the Women’s World Cup games to Canada this summer, they’ll present sports and travel fans with two awesome opportunities: watching American greats such as Alex Morgan and Former FIFA World Player of the Year Abby Wambach kick some butt—errr, we mean, soccer balls –and two, to check out two vibrant, dramatically diverse Canadian cities. To prepare for this exciting series of matches, New TPG Contributor Alyssa Schwartz guides us through the Great White North....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I talk a lot about airline miles and the best ways both to earn and to use them, but today, I’m going to tell you the top ten mistakes people make when it comes to their miles and how you can avoid them.1. Letting miles expire: Honestly, I die a little inside each time someone tells me they let their miles expire....

The new and much improved Club Suite, the new business class on British Airways, has garnered a lot of attention and just debuted on the airline’s new Airbus A350 last week. British also plans to install the new product on some of its Boeing 777s. While the Club Suite will be the highest (and best) class of service on BA’s A350s, the 777s will also feature a slightly refurbished and smaller first class, which will be quite similar to the existing product....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.As part of my visit to every Centurion Lounge in the US, I found myself in the great state of Texas in Dallas (DFW). My mission: to find out if Centurion Lounges in the US are living up to the hype or succumbing to the same fate as other domestic lounges. In typical TPG fashion, I spent the first week of August traveling 7,500 miles and reviewing every single Centurion Lounge in the US....

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 that you use Google Flights to find dates to fly, then book through an online travel agency, such as Orbitz, which allows you to cancel flights without penalty by 11pm Eastern Time within one day of booking. Remember: Fares may disappear quickly, so book right away and take advantage of Orbitz’s courtesy cancellation if you’re unable to travel....

A record-breaking spring travel season is giving way to what is sure to be one of the busiest summer travel seasons ever in the US.According to numbers from the Transportation Security Administration, about 107 million passengers will be screened at airports around the US from March 14 to April 28. That’s a 3 percent increase from last year. Those numbers are sure to carry over into the busy summer travel months, a time frame that has consistently been breaking air passenger records....

Boeing has issued its first earnings report since grounding its fleet of 737 MAX aircraft in March 2019. The company not only missed Wall Street’s estimates, but it failed to shed any meaningful light on when the world would see the aforesaid fleet back in the sky.“Across the company, we are focused on safety, returning the 737 MAX to service, and earning and re-earning the trust and confidence of customers, regulators and the flying public,” Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said....

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.Who says Black Friday is reserved for robotic vacuum cleaners and outrageously large televisions? As travel companies far and wide begin to roll out sales of their own, Delta has launched what it describes as “the sale of the year....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.It’s been a good long while since I went out of my way to earn elite status. I mean, elite status comes into play when making some of my travel decisions, but rarely is it the only consideration in making a booking. However, for every rule there are exceptions, and when Starwood targeted me for a double stay credit promo, the fact that I only had 4 of the needed 25 annual stays to earn SPG Platinum status with less than three months to go in the year became a minor issue instead of the usual non-moveable roadblock....