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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Every month, Air France and KLM’s Flying Blue award program releases a set of discounted award flights. In the past, we’ve seen deals as good as 50% off business class and economy class flights to Europe.This month, the airline is offering a sale on premium economy seats between Paris-Orly (ORY) and New York (JFK). Awards cost 22,750 miles one-way or 45,500 miles round-trip....

The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is facing a crisis. Like so many other airports around the world, the increase in air traffic and passengers is putting strain on the capacity of the airport. It’s an issue that is only going to get worse, and both American Airlines and DFW are working to solve the problem.TPG spoke with Casey Norton, vice president of communications and marketing at DFW, to try to get a better understanding of what passengers can expect in the coming years if they are traveling through DFW....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We may be compensated for links in this post. To see a full list of the cards that we receive compensation for and an explanation of our advertising policy visit this page.While 2013 was a slow year for American Express with just a couple amazing deals interspersed throughout the year for a day here or a day there, 2014 is off to a bang....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Official Application Link: The Platinum Card from American Express (60,000-point bonus offer)As of March 30th, the Platinum Card from American Express is charging new applicants a $550 annual fee (up from $450), along with offering some additional perks such as $200 in annual Uber credits and 5x points on hotels. While the higher fee is a bummer, the good news is that Amex has also launched an elevated welcome bonus....

A drone sighting temporarily shutdown yet another European airport on Thursday – this time in Ireland.Around noon on Thursday local time, Dublin Airport (DUB) tweeted that all flights would temporarily be suspended after the confirmed sighting of a drone in its airspace.Flights resumed about an hour later. But it is the latest in a recent trend of drones snarling operations out of airports.London, for example, is over the drone trend. The United Kingdom is extending the no-fly zone around British airports from one kilometer (0....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.For years, the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard has been a favorite everyday card for us at TPG. While airline miles, hotel points and transferable currencies earn top honors on our best travel credit cards list, the Arrival Plus complements these cards. That’s because the card earns “miles” that can be redeemed for any travel purchase — from airline award taxes and fees to Airbnb stays....

Back in 2016, Amtrak’s Guest Rewards program moved from a fixed zone system to revenue-based redemptions, with point requirements tied to the cash price of a ticket. Redemptions are generally paired to the “Value” category and above, with rates varying depending on the product you book.TPG values Guest Rewards points at 2.5 cents apiece. During a recent search, meanwhile, a standard Northeast Regional train redemption offered a value of 2.89 cents, while an Acela train offered a redemption value of 1....

Weather across the U.S. has been anything but ideal over the past few days and unfortunately, there’s more bad news ahead for travelers.A “bomb cyclone” is expected to hit Minnesota today with the brunt of the storm happening between Friday and Sunday. This storm will bring snow, rain and ice, making travel home from the holidays more difficult and dangerous. There are currently no weather waivers being issued by any of the major airlines, but if the storm is as bad as forecasters are predicting then it could cause a lot of delays and cancellations....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Amex Offers are opt-in, limited-time and generally targeted deals for American Express cardholders. If you’ve ever looked through the list of Amex Offers, you know how overwhelming it can be. Digging through all of the discounts and other mediocre deals to find the ones actually worth considering is a daunting task.Well, American Express just made the task a bit easier....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I was looking for a good way to get from Europe to the US in August and back to Europe again in September when I came across a deal on Delta and its SkyTeam partners, Air France and KLM, that suited my dates and routing requirements. Best of all, I managed to book a business-class ticket on a mix of the carriers, all for the price of an economy fare in high season....

I don’t like to play favorites, but I have to say that I get most excited traveling to Africa. I fell in love with the continent when I first went to South Africa several years ago on safari, seeing the Sabi Sands in Kruger National Park and staying at the Savanna Lodge. The whole experience was eye opening. Since then, I’ve returned to Africa twice, including my last trip working with PeaceJam in Ghana and a visit to Rwanda, as well....

Great news for all you museum lovers out there: The Smithsonian magazine’s 15th annual Museum Day is almost here.On Saturday, Sept. 21, more than 1,300 museums in all 50 states – plus Washington, DC – will open their doors to visitors for free, thanks to the Smithsonian. All you have to do is register for and download a Museum Day ticket — and they just became available.Each ticket is good for entry for two people, and here’s the full list of participating museums....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Any time you’re getting ready to make an online purchase, it’s important not to forget about shopping portals. They’re an extremely easy way to earn extra miles, points or cash back for making the exact same purchase at the exact same price that you were going to make anyway. There’s absolutely no downside.Today we have a great example of how you can really rack up shopping portal bonuses, as thanks to a tip from TPG reader Lauren, we’ve learned that cosmetics retailer Sephora is offering increased mile and point payouts at several different portals....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – View the current offers here.Today through Friday, April 28, you can earn up to a 75% bonus when you purchase JetBlue TrueBlue points. This promo has a tiered structure — the more points you buy, the larger your bonus.Here’s how it breaks down:Purchase 3,000-9,500 points: Get a 25% bonusPurchase 10,000-29,500 points: Get a 50% bonusPurchase 30,000 points: Get a 75% bonusTrueBlue points typically cost 3....

The cook grasped the blade just like Anthony Bourdain advised in Kitchen Confidential — not by the handle but on the blade itself.She sliced zucchini peels into small spears with quiet precision and speed, the way I imagine it’s done at a top restaurant. But this was Gate Gourmet, the global purveyor of food to airlines and passengers from economy class to first, where she has been working for 10 years....

Helping my friends use my Spirit miles to book a trip to Vegas prompted me to want to refresh my memory on some of the best ways to find hotel deals in Las Vegas. I used to be pretty good at it since we went a couple times a year. Heck, we loved it so much we even got married there!….but then we had a kid, and the frequency of our Vegas trips sadly decreased significantly....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here: Citi Premier® Card. Citi has announced most of its credit card benefits and protections will end on September 22, 2019, including some of the benefits or protections explored in this story. For more details, see this story.Like many of you I’m no stranger to credit card perks outside of simply the miles and points that they earn....

Reader Questions are answered twice a week by TPG Senior Points & Miles Contributor Ethan Steinberg.Frequent travelers tend to spend a lot of time chasing complimentary upgrades, so it’s hard to imagine why someone would want to turn one down — or even opt out of the upgrade process entirely. However, many Delta elites who’ve been auto-upgraded to middle seats in the carrier’s Comfort+ cabin find themselves in exactly this predicament....

After a public spat over the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump announced publicly that he canceled a military aircraft for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to fly to Afghanistan, and let her know that she could fly commercial instead. Pelosi had been scheduled to visit Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan on official business — a trip she would have conducted on one of the Air Force’s VIP transports. “We will reschedule this seven-day excursion when the Shutdown is over,” said a presidential letter made public by the White House press secretary....

For years, residents of St. Helena and adventure-seeking tourists had very limited options for getting to and from one of the most remote islands in the world.For many, a ship called the RMS St Helena was the only link to other communities, taking up to five days to reach another port of call. That changed in 2017, when a tiny new airport opened and the first flight launched, connecting South Africa to St Helena in “just” seven hours, through weekly service to Johannesburg....