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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.Following the United Airlines flight that left 250 passengers stranded on the tarmac for 14 hours at Goose Bay Airport (YYR) in Newfoundland, the airline has decided to seek new designated landing spots for future flight stops. Goose Bay, going forward, will only be used for emergency situations....

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’re a United Premier 1K or Global Services member booked in the economy cabin on a regional flight, of course your hope is that you’ll score a free upgrade to first class. If that doesn’t happen, however, you’ll now be able to select a free food item from United’s Choice Menu, in addition to the free drink already available to United’s top-tier elites....

This article originally appeared in December 2019.It’s a “no go” item: if you aircraft does not have it, you will not push back from the gate.It’s the emergency medical kit, which along with the automatic emergency defibrillator (AED) is a mandatory item, and with good reason. If you have a medical emergency in-flight, there’s a whole system of in-flight medical service available, including doctors on-call, on the ground. But the only tools in the air for those doctors are in the on-board emergency medical kit....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I’m going to let you in on a little secret: When I started working at The Points Guy, I had one starter credit card and a debit card that I used to buy everything.(I think I just heard some of you gasping through the computer screen. Stay with me.)Truth be told, I was totally lost at first. There were so many different terms being thrown around the office that I could have sworn my co-workers were speaking another language....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.2017 has been my best year when it comes airline and hotel elite status. Thanks to a shortcut challenge to American Airlines Executive Platinum that I received last year and gratuitous hotel status matches, I’ve been living the good life on the road. However, I’ve also been considering what I’d be willing to endure (read: spend) to maintain some of theses statuses for 2018....

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 ExpressThere was a recent 30,000 point sign-up bonus for the Starwood American Express, which was pretty amazing, but is long gone....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here: Citi Prestige Card, Citi Premier® CardYesterday, Alaska began allowing redemptions on Hainan Airlines, adding yet another option for award flights to Asia. At the same time, however, it seems that the Mileage Plan team was planning a massive partner devaluation — that devastating change kicked in overnight.Until today, one of the best uses of Alaska miles was to redeem for first class on Emirates....

American Airlines announced Tuesday that its Boeing 737 MAXes will remain off the schedule until June 4.It’s just the latest development in the jet’s ongoing saga of trouble.The global fleet of Boeing’s newest single-aisle jet has been grounded since March 2019, following two overseas disasters that left 346 people dead.Since the grounding was first announced, airlines have repeatedly revised their estimates for when the planes would return to service as the grounding has persisted far longer than first expected....

The U.S. Air Force has already locked in plans for a pair of Boeing 747-8s, intended to fly a future President of the United States. It’s an expensive project, as you might expect — the manuals alone come with an $84 million price tag — and those two Boeings likely won’t be the only members of the president’s fleet.While the president most often travels onboard a Boeing VC-25, a highly modified 747-200, shorter journeys may take place on a Boeing C-32, based on the 757-200 passenger jet....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.On May 1 Chase announced limited-time high sign-up bonus offers of 60,000 points for the Ink Bold, Ink Plus and $300 cash back for the Ink Cash. Though Chase did not release the end date of the offer immediately, I have now confirmed that it will end on June 1, so if you’ve been thinking of applying, be sure to get in on them before then....

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.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....

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 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....

Disney World is a beloved amusement park, attracting more than 19 million people per year. For many, Disney is even more than an amusement park, holding a special place in their hearts. And for some, it is so special that they request to have their ashes transported to the park and dispersed throughout the attractions.While on the surface this may seem touching that a person enjoyed Disney World so much so that they wanted their time at the park to extend beyond their time on earth, it’s actually a health hazard....

TO THE POINT: Asiana’s A380 first class is a phenomenal award option to Asia. The pros: award availability for 4+ passengers, a fantastic crew, incredible food and drinks, a 32-inch monitor and sliding doors for ultimate privacy. The cons: a limited in-flight entertainment selection, only one first-class lavatory and no Wi-Fi.On my way home from last month’s Singapore A350 delivery flight, I decided to fly in first class on Korean Air’s 777-300ER from Singapore to Seoul, and in first class on Asiana’s A380 from Seoul to New York (JFK)....

Here’s something you don’t see often: saver level space on a coveted Delta lie-flat seat to one of the most awe-inspiring places on Earth. Oh, and something else you rarely see: enough of those seats to fly your whole family there during summer break. Presumably in an attempt to draw more attention to Delta’s upcoming nonstop service between Detroit (DTW) and Honolulu (HNL), the carrier is offering as many as eight business class seats at saver level on each flight....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.One hotel points program that doesn’t get enough love is Choice Hotels’ Choice Privileges, landing it first on our list of most undervalued hotel programs. And, if you need convincing that it’s worth a look, let’s review some top choices in travel hot spots in Europe and Japan at just 8,000 points per night. At current TPG valuations, that’s just $48 per night....

“Reader Questions” are answered twice a week by TPG Senior Points & Miles Contributor Ethan Steinberg.The three US legacy carriers (Delta, United and American Airlines) have all switched to revenue-based programs when it comes to awarding miles their members. Up to a point, that is. TPG reader Dawn has a question about how many miles she can earn on a single ticket …[pullquote source=“TPG READER DAWN”]I’m frequently buying $10k United tickets and my elite mileage multiplier is 11x....

The airspeed indicator of the Lion Air aircraft that plunged into the Java Sea last week had malfunctioned on the jet’s four previous flights, investigators said Monday.An analysis of the Boeing 737 MAX 8’s flight data recorder showed that the jet was afflicted by similar air speed problems on the plane’s final four flights, including on flight JT610, which crashed on Oct. 29 and killed all 189 people on board.Flight tracking sites show that the plane had recorded erratic air speed and altitudes moments before plummeting into the water....

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.There’s a new Queen of the Skies in town… and her name is Lizzo.The singer and rapper showed up to New York’s Kennedy Airport (JFK) bright and early this morning sporting none other than her Pink Flamingo Marc Jacobs gown that she wore to the Met Gala Monday night....