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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 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.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....

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 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.If you need to boost your United MileagePlus account, now’s an optimal time to add this card to your wallet. The United MileagePlus Explorer Card was most recently offering a sign-up bonus of 40,000 miles after spending $2,000 in the first three months, but it’s just increased the offer to 50,000 miles after spending $3,000 in the first three months....

Flying private and forgoing large airports altogether help celebrities stay out of the public eye when traveling. And if they do have to fly commercial, there’s ways to go to the airport without being seen by not much more than a few TSA officers and airline staff — like with The Private Suite at LAX.But just because someone’s a celebrity doesn’t mean they’re supposed to get special treatment from the government....

WOW Air is a carrier known for its low fares on flights between the US and its fairly extensive route network throughout Europe. And now, the low-cost carrier is taking its route network farther east. On Tuesday, WOW announced that it’s set to launch one-stop service from the US to Delhi, India (DEL).[Update, 3/28/2019: WOW Air has ceased operations. Find our ongoing coverage of WOW Air’s collapse, and what affected passengers can do about it, here....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Following a massive devaluation for Emirates awards just a few months ago, Alaska miles aren’t nearly as appealing as they once were, but you can still get some great deals. If you have a specific redemption in mind, you could get some decent value from the airline’s latest promotion, which is offering up to a 50% bonus when you purchase miles through September 29, 2016....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.An aerial view of the hotel (from the hotel’s website).As I reported a few weeks back, as a special Thanksgiving treat, I took my grandmother to see my aunt, uncle and cousins in Santa Barbara for the holiday and I decided to spend a couple of my nights there checking out the local hotels. Of course, being a Hyatt Diamond, I wanted to see the new Hyatt in town (which I’ll tell you about in another post), but I also spent a night at the Four Seasons The Biltmore Santa Barbara....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.In case you missed it, all California residents can now register for perhaps the best deal of the year: a Southwest Companion Pass after just one purchase. It was originally a targeted offer, but now the airline has confirmed to The Points Guy that the offer is now open to all California residents.You can click the link here to go directly to the offer page, but some California readers have reported seeing the offer right on the Southwest....

Racing around the world at 43,000 feet, you may think that the biggest threat is hitting the ground below you. However, have you ever thought of what’s hitting the aircraft from above?Cosmic radiation is all around us, but its effects are seen more at altitude, and particularly at the Poles, than on the ground. However, some of the most time and fuel-efficient flight routes take aircraft well into the Arctic Circle and close to the North Pole....

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.Until reaching the airport this morning, passengers on one special JetBlue flight didn’t know where they’d be flying. Granted, they knew they’d be flying to Destination Good on Giving Tuesday for three days of volunteer work with JetBlue, but they were purposefully left in the dark regarding their exact destination....

The 2019 ski season has only just begun, but if you’re hoping to travel during peak periods when the kids are out of school next year — think Presidents Day in February or spring break in March — now’s the time to begin planning travel for early 2020 as well.TPG Family editor Summer Hull (of Mommy Points fame) and UK-based contributor Kathleen Porter Kristiansen join me on the second episode of Miles Away to chat all things winter family travel, including planning trips to top resorts in the US and Canada, scoring deals on lift tickets, minimizing your costs using points and miles and much more....

Flying can be stressful for everyone. But for travelers with autism, crowded airports and their bright lights and unfamiliar sounds can be particularly overwhelming.This is why Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) says it has opened “Presley’s Place,” a 1,500-square-foot “sensory-friendly” space for passengers young and old to de-stress and acclimate to the experience of traveling in a controlled and safe place.“We want to make flying accessible to everyone," Pittsburgh International Airport CEO Christina Cassotis said in a statement....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerWith the refresh of the Citi Prestige and its gigantic 75,000 point sign-up bonus we brought just about the best person to talk about the Citi products, Jud Linville, the CEO of Citi Global Cards. Linville’s been at Citi since 2010 and helped revive their ThankYou program. In a conversation with The Points Guy, Linville hit on topics like the future of their rewards program, other banks entering the premium credit card market and his favorite 4th night free redemption....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.A few weeks ago, Singapore Airlines announced that it would be accelerating its re-launch of nonstop service to the US by adding a new nonstop to San Francisco, operated by the Airbus A350-900 — most likely in response to United Airlines’ brand new Dreamliner flight. It’s been possible to book paid fares in business class, which start at $4,700 round-trip, but the airline just began releasing award seats within the last few days....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.You’ve seen the pictures: amazing helicopter selfies hanging over an urban landscape, shot while floating among the skyscrapers. Or maybe they’re incredible images of airplanes taking off, shot from above with a change of perspective that leaves viewers stunned for a moment. These are the ultimate in AvGeek experiences, made possible by helicopter companies that sell flights, typically around 30 minutes, over cities or airports — an increasingly popular activity for aviation enthusiasts, and for travelers who want to experience a new city in a completely new way....

Singapore Suites — a product too good to simply be called “first class” — has been stunning travelers all over the world since Singapore Airlines completed the first commercial Airbus A380 flight over 10 years ago. In that time, we’ve seen an explosion of innovative first class offerings onboard the double-decker super jumbo, including from Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad.So while there was certainly nothing wrong with the old product, Singapore decided it was time for a refresh, which it unveiled ....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.For this week’s Thursday Giveaway, we are giving away a $500 American Airlines Gift Card that can be used anywhere American flies in honor of the two lucrative credit card sign-up bonuses currently going on!Currently, you can earn 50,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles after spending $3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months with both the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select Mastercard and the CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select World Mastercard....