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Believe it or not, this summer will mark the four-year anniversary of United’s Polaris business class, which CEO Oscar Munoz introduced in Jun. 2016. And while the carrier continues to fly a significant number of planes with the old 2-2-2 (or even the dreaded 2-4-2) biz seats, United just reached a major milestone, with a total of 100 Polaris-equipped wide-bodies in service.The carrier’s Polaris cabin includes either 1-2-1 or 1-1-1 seating, which means all passengers have direct access to the aisle....

Is Woodstock 50 happening or not?Depends who you talk to, and it changes by the day — if not the hour. Fifty years after the first Woodstock festival, the putative semicentennial celebration from Aug. 16 to Aug. 18 is expected to draw a large and slightly older crowd than attended the original, including some of those who came to groove at Yasgur’s Farm in 1969. This time, the venue is Watkins Glen International, just outside of Watkins Glen, New York, a huge motorsports complex with amenities ranging from grandstands and camping facilities for tents and RVs to catering services....

Following a 30-day travel ban to large swaths of Europe, Vice President Mike Pence has announced at a press conference on Saturday that the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland effective Monday, March 16, at midnight ET. The vice president said this decision was made based on a “unanimous recommendation” by White House health experts.Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf added: “We have issued new directives denying foreign nationals who have been in certain affected countries — that’s been 28 countries to date — from entry into the U....

Virgin Australia is delaying the delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX jets by about two years, the carrier announced Tuesday.The move comes as uncertainty continues to bedevil the new aircraft, grounded since March after the second crash of the jet in just five month’s time.The Australian carrier’s first 737 MAX jets will now arrive in July 2021 instead of this November, according to Australian media reports.“Safety is always the number one priority for Virgin Australia....

I’ve been spending the past few months with the iPhone 11 Pro Max, Apple’s flagship smartphone, with three cameras, a super-speedy processor and a giant 6.5-inch screen. It’s an exceptional device, with photography chops unlike anything else I’ve encountered with a device of its size. But at $1,099, it’s also a splurge — especially at a time when consumers are being especially mindful about how they spend.At the same time last year, Apple launched a similarly capable lower-cost device, the iPhone 11, which starts at $699....

American Airlines announced on Sunday that it will extend the cancellation of all Boeing 737 MAX flights through September 3, 2019. Previously, American’s flight cancellations were set to run through August 19. The grounding of the MAX has led to American canceling around 115 flights daily, which will now continue through the September 3 date.In the statement, American said it “remains confident that impending software updates to the Boeing 737 MAX, along with the new training elements Boeing is developing in coordination with [its] union partners, will lead to recertification of the aircraft soon....

This story is part of a sponsorship paid for by TripActions — one way that TPG continues to provide our readers with free news and advice about travel.Sick of floating work travel via your personal bank account? TripActions, a corporate travel-management platform, just launched a new travel payments solution, TripActions Liquid, that just may be the answer to employee frustrations with paying for work travel. And it looks to relieve a lot of the headaches for their companies, as well....

In 2018, Air France-KLM’s Flying Blue mileage program ditched standard, region-based award charts for a new flexible mileage calculator based on the origin and destination airports. And the only way of describing the resulting program is “illogical.“That said, there are some diamonds in the rough. And, when you combine cheap mileage options with Flying Blue’s monthly Promo Rewards, you can end up with some really cheap award tickets. The trouble is the offers change from month to month....

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 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 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 Expedia, which allows you to cancel flights without penalty by 11pm Eastern Time within one day of booking....

Emirates’ new 777 first class suite has been turning heads since it was introduced in late 2017. While the Gulf carrier has always had a reputation as an innovator thanks to the gold-studded suites and onboard showers on its flagship A380 aircraft, this new product has won rave reviews.The cabin, designed with help from Mercedes-Benz, features floor to ceiling doors and complete control over the temperature, lighting and even suite color....

With 13 professional soccer clubs, London offers more options for watching live professional soccer than any other city in the world. And the city is also home to three global fan favorites: Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham. But can you take your kids? And which stadiums are the best for families? How do you get tickets?English Soccer (Ok, Football…) BasicsFor the uninitiated, there are several leagues that make up English soccer: The Premier League, which has the 20 best teams across the country; the English Football League (EFL), which has three levels (Championship, Level One and Level Two), each with 24 teams per level....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Business class awards from the US to Europe can be difficult to come by, especially if you’re looking for multiple seats. But right now Star Alliance partner Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has open award space for at least 4 passengers on a number of routes to Copenhagen.The majority of this space is in the months of February and March, with a few random dates in January and early April....

It was going to be a flight like many others. Maybe a little better, even: I was scheduled to fly across the Atlantic from Milan to New York in Alitalia’s premium economy via Rome. I was going to credit the flights to my SkyMiles account, earning a sizable chunk of miles and qualifying spend so I could maintain Platinum Medallion status on Delta Air Lines for the next year.But that’s not how it worked out....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit CardUpdate: Following reader reports of similar offers available through a customer referral program, we confirmed that the 50,000-point bonus offer will be available through other channels after October 7.Since early September, new cardholders have had the opportunity to earn 50,000 points after signing up for the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Card and spending $2,000 in the first three months....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Millions of Texas residents are waking up Monday morning to find themselves under winter storm warnings, with up to two inches of ice and snow forecast to wreak havoc on travel to and from the state Monday evening and Tuesday.The two major airport hubs in the state, Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Houston Intercontinental (IAH), are outside of the main warning area and are currently only under winter weather advisories....

The US Department of Transportation has released the first government recorded data on how airlines have mishandled wheelchairs and scooters that are used by passengers with disabilities.Last year the DOT started requiring airlines to keep track of mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, and the first set of data from December 2018 has been revealed in the February 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report.Data reveals how many wheelchairs and scooters were enplaned and mishandled by major US airlines....

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum will mark the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s famous walk on the Moon with a projection of the Saturn V rocket that got him there on the Washington Monument.The 363-foot tall rocket will be projected on the east face of the monument from 9:30-11:30pm for three nights, July 16-18, the museum says.The projection will be accompanied by the 17-minute “Apollo 11: Go for the Moon” show recreating the launch of Apollo 11 and first Moon landing....