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One of Paris’ most iconic and beloved landmarks caught fire Monday evening local time.Flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP).Around 6:30pm in Paris, the fire alarm went off at the Notre Dame Cathedral. Pictures and videos shared on social media showed the cathedral ablaze.Firefighters confirmed to Reuters that a “major operation” to battle the flames and columns of smoke was in progress....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Charleston (CHS) is home to Boeing’s South Carolina Dreamliner facility, some killer southern food, and, come April 4, 2019, a twice-weekly 787 flight to London (LHR), courtesy of British Airways.Now I do love Charleston, don’t get me wrong, but if you had asked me an hour ago if I ever saw British Airways choosing CHS for a nonstop flight across the Atlantic, I would have been more than willing to bet all of my chips on “no....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Update (5/23/16): We’ve confirmed that Chase Ultimate Rewards points transfer instantly to Flying Blue.Chase Ultimate Rewards is one of the best transferable point programs out there, thanks to an incredibly valuable selection of partners, many of which offer instantaneous rewards transfers. The program has just expanded to include an additional transfer option: Flying Blue, the program used by SkyTeam airlines Air France and KLM — and it looks like you can already initiate transfers to this newest partner....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We often choose not to write about cheap flights on budget airlines, like Spirit, because of the extra fees and potential frustration for travelers, but today’s deal is pretty unique. Rather than a cheaper rate on a particular route or destination, Spirit is offering $50 off almost any flight (with a few exceptions) for travel between August 25 and September 2 if you book by midnight tonight....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.For amazing deals like these, be sure to follow TPG on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and follow our special TPG Alerts twitter feed.Per The Flight Deal, Delta is offering some amazing deals from several west coast cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle to Tokyo-Haneda for this spring starting at just $600 round-trip.Finding Airfares Using the ITA MatrixOne of the most useful tools for searching airfares quickly is the this post for tips on how to use it....

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....

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.Delta’s offering SkyMiles members the opportunity to earn 1,000 bonus miles for each new SkyMiles partner you earn miles with. The offer covers SkyMiles partners from car rental agencies to hotel partners, SkyMiles Dining partners and SkyMiles Shopping partners, so there are plenty of options to earn the bonus miles....

Sailing from one island to another in Greece sounds like an idyllic way to spend a vacation, but when you’re pressed for time, nothing beats flying. TPG Contributor Jessica Spiegel gives us an overview of Greece’s main island groups and those islands within each that have airports. Opa!Despite how small some of the Greek islands seem, many of them have airports with at least seasonal service from mainland Greece or elsewhere in Europe....

[tpg_rating ticket-class=“0” tpg-rating-score=“70” ground-experience=“10” cabin-seat=“25” amens-ife=“10” food-bev=“14” service=“11” pros=“Fresh new cabin with comfy throne seat. Tasty food and drink.” cons=“Very poor ground experience and the service could have been more polished.” /]Since joining TPG at the start of the year, I’ve been fortunate to do an eclectic mix of reviews. From my first time flying Virgin Atlantic to the shortest scheduled flight in the world, I’ve had unique and unforgettable experiences....

For frequent Delta flyers closing out their year of air travel, we’re facing quite a few realities. There’s no question that complimentary upgrades are harder to come by, Sky Clubs are more crowded (and yet, more costly to enter) and we’re still no closer to witnessing the return of sanely priced business-class award fares to Johannesburg (JNB) or Sydney (SYD).With Delta on a mission to make each SkyMile worth just 1 cent regardless of where it’s used, one may wonder if chasing top-tier elite status is worth it....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.If you aren’t already a member of the newly unified Marriott loyalty program — or didn’t have an SPG or Ritz-Carlton loyalty account that was converted to a Marriott Rewards account — this may be a promotion worth looking at. The chain is currently offering new members a chance to earn a free night after making two paid stays between Labor Day and January 28, 2019....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We’ve all been there — watching as bag after bag tumbles aimlessly on top of others already on the carousel with the same aggravating disregard for order as a monkey has playing Tetris. And as we ponder the effects of gravity and friction on luggage, we wait for the appearance of one familiar bag to snap us out of our mindless gaze....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.This is the fifth installment of my series on maximizing British Airways miles. Since so many of you got in on the super-lucrative 100,000 mile BA Visa sign-up bonus (see details of the current 100K offer), it would be beneficial to check out: General tips, Post 1 – Booking BA Awards, Post 2 – Booking Partner Awards, Post 3 – Oneworld Alliance, Post 4 – Taxes and Fees, Post 5 – Household Accounts, Post 6 – Companion Ticket, Post 7 – Using ExpertFlyer for Partner Award Availability, Post 8 - The Art of the Stopover, Post 9 - Leveraging Miles and Cash Redemptions, and Post 10 - Using Qantas....

On Friday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Notice to Airmen, an official instruction to pilots of US-registered aircraft, banning them from flying over Iranian-administered airspace in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.The notice read: “Flights are not permitted in the overwater area of the Tehran Flight Information Region until further notice, due to heightened military activities and increased political tensions,” and follows increasing tensions between the US and Iran....

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.Don’t worry, I’m not singing! But I am excited to present at SXSW Music on March 16 in a panel, “Getting the Most Bang for Your Touring Buck.” I’m going to be talking with Tom Windish, president at The Windish Agency and a music industry icon, about tips for rewards travel for artists and their agents to use when booking tours....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I recently took a trip spanning two continents — Europe and Africa. I spent a few days in Barcelona, Spain and then made my way south to Marrakech, Morocco. The city has no shortage of fantastic-looking hotels, but a friend of mine spoke very highly of the new(ish) Four Seasons, so I was eager to try it out for myself — especially because this was my first (but hopefully not last) stay with the chain....

Well, we have officially reached peak 2018.Reports are surfacing about a mother and her 7-year-old son who, on Oct. 21, were stranded in the Gulf of Mexico. How, you ask? They were lounging on a giant, inflatable swan — yes, like the ones you see at celebrity pool parties all over Instagram — and it floated miles away from land.Tara Myers and her son, Brennan, were enjoying a clear day on Anna Maria Island in Florida when the winds picked up and the current carried the swan raft away from shore....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.US Airways is offering both current US Airways Club members up for annual membership renewal as well as potential new members trial Silver Preferred status for 90 days when they sign up for a year of US Airways Club membership.You have to enroll by September 30 and mention the promo code CLBTR, and trial Silver offer is only available to non-Preferred members....

The Concorde is the stuff of aviation legend, yes — but also of rock and roll and show business legend. The story of how Phil Collins played a mega-concert on two continents on the same day is a classic example of how stars used the supersonic jet.In 1985, a star-studded lineup of musicians played Live Aid in London and Philadelphia. The likes of U2, Freddie Mercury, Phil Collins and more played Wembley stadium; Madonna, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty headlined in Philadelphia, an ocean away....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.For a while now it has technically been possible for elite United flyers to get upgraded on an award ticket…..however it has been like the mythical pot of gold at the rainbow as far as I was concerned. At least until now.Here are the official rules on how the upgrades on award tickets are supposed to work:Premier members who are primary cardholders for certain Chase-issued credit cards are eligible for Complimentary Premier Upgrades when traveling on award tickets on United-operated flights....