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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.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....

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here at TPG, we encourage everyone to monitor and follow recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), like avoiding non-essential travel to Level 3 countries (China, South Korea, Iran and Italy as of March 3).With the coronavirus continuing its march across the globe, much has been made of the disease’s current (and potential) impact on the travel industry. Many high-revenue flights to Asia have been scrapped, and fears over future cancellations — and a global recession — have driven the U....

My favorite rental car experiences in recent years have all been with Silvercar and their all-Audi fleet. I used them most recently on a one day trip to Austin I took last month that I with just my toddler in tow. Having Silvercar pick us up and drop us off at the airport terminal, provide a good complimentary car seat, and not charge outrageous prices for tolls and gas made the experience so much easier than it could have been with a traditional rental car company....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – View the current offers here.Apply for the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express here before it closes applications forever on Feb. 12!Once we learned that the Marriott program will go by the name of Bonvoy, we knew a rebranding of the cobranded credit cards was likely in store. And just like clockwork, today Amex and Chase are announcing updates to their respective lineups of SPG and Marriott cards....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.One of the things I love most about being The Points Guy is getting to hear stories from readers about how award travel has affected their lives — the exotic vacations they’ve planned, the trips they’ve made to be with family and friends, the premium seats and suites they’ve experienced and so much more, all made possible by points and miles....

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.Samsung is certainly no stranger to smartphone blunders — the tech giant’s “exploding” Galaxy Note 7 resulted in a global airline ban in 2016, and, most recently, the company’s phone-tablet combo, the Galaxy Fold, was hit with a months-long delay after sample devices began breaking after only a few hours of use....

Last week it was reported that an A319 just airborne out of Chicago O’Hare had to make an emergency return to land after the flight deck windscreen was smashed by hail. Whilst images in the media portrayed a dramatic event for those on board, how serious really was the event?Dealing with thunderstorms and severe weather is an integral part of the job of an airline pilot. In addition, dealing with non-normal events such as smashed windshields is also a key part of ensuring that all on board the aircraft are kept safe....

A Southwest passenger is lamenting the fact that her pink beta fish and travel companion was denied boarding on a flight from San Diego to Denver on Wednesday.The woman, Lanice Powless, attempted to board the flight with her pet fish, Cassie, but says an airline employee told her the fish could not be on the plane with her. Powless, who studies at the University of Denver, was confused because she says she frequently traveled with Cassie....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.When the Baha Mar resort complex in the Bahamas finally opened its doors three years after filing for bankruptcy, buyouts and controversy, the Grand Hyatt was the first hotel on the half-mile beachfront development to accept reservations. (It opened April 2017.)As I prefer small, boutique properties (or high-end luxury brands), I will be the first to admit that I had low expectations for the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, especially when compared to the hotel’s sister properties, run by Rosewood and SLS....

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.Whether you’re a frequent flyer or one who seldom flies but still likes to travel in style, being an authorized user on the Platinum Card from American Express offers an incredible array of benefits — and it’s a fantastic deal....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Delta Air Lines is already RDU’s busiest, operating roughly 80 departures per day that carry nearly a third of all passengers to 27 destinations globally. All of that traffic led Delta to christen Raleigh-Durham International Airport a “focus city,” which means more nonstops for locals, easier coast-to-coast access and an additional avenue to inspect when looking for creative award routings....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.After a very busy first day on the Oneworld Megado in London and a night at the Hyatt Churchill, the Megadoers arose bright and early for the American Airlines flight back to Dallas.When I got in the cab to get to the Heathrow Express, I noticed there was a voicemail from American Airlines - apparently the flight from London to Dallas was cancelled and I was reaccomodated....

Got a trivial but troublesome problem? In life, you may just have to deal with it, but onboard United flights, voicing your peeve might earn you a drink from a sympathetic flight attendant.According to leaked internal employee communications, United recently began empowering its flight crew to offer inflight beverage vouchers to compensate customers who experience minor inconveniences onboard but “may not have a lot of time in the airport” to address the issue with ground staff upon landing....

With some 50,000 employees positioned throughout the United States, the Transportation Security Administration’s workforce serves a critical role, but an unenviable one. It’s a largely thankless job, though employees did receive some much-deserved recognition during this year’s government shutdown.As one of the most visible federal government agencies, the TSA is no stranger to the press. But it is unusual to land seemingly unrestricted access to some of the agency’s most knowledgable staffers, so TPG’s social media lead Caitlin Riddell and I didn’t hesitate to book a day trip from NYC to Washington, D....

Boeing has announced a temporary suspension of its 737 MAX production line.The plane, Boeing’s best-selling commercial jet, has been grounded since March following two accidents in five months that left 346 people dead. The manufacturer will stop producing new MAX aircraft beginning in January.Even after slowing down production as the grounding stretched on, Boeing continued to churn out around 40 new aircraft per month, leading to strange scenes of aircraft parked wherever the company could find room — including in employee parking lots....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Chase just announced a new co-branded credit card, the Iberia Visa Signature Card — which comes with a 75,000-point sign-up bonus and earns up to 3 Avios per dollar. In the same press release was the announcement of another upcoming card, the Aer Lingus Visa Signature Card. Details so far are slim but we know the card will be launching this spring....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerIn my opinion, the single most valuable credit card benefit is the 4th Night Free perk with Citi Prestige — when you book your hotel stay through a Citi concierge, you’ll receive a statement credit for the actual cost of the fourth night, including taxes. And every hotel I’ve ever wanted to book has been included, from incredibly pricey Aman resorts to all-inclusive properties in the Caribbean....

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.Delta’s back with yet another excellent award sale to Europe! While it’s rare to find award tickets to Europe for less than 34,000 miles round-trip — or 45,000 miles round-trip with other US-based airline’s miles — nonstop award flights are currently pricing as low as 22,000 SkyMiles round-trip....