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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Friday and Saturday have been rough days for many travelers up and down the East Coast, with winter weather fueling the cancellation of over 1,500 flights Friday and another 800 flights Saturday.According to flight cancellation/delay tracker FlightAware, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport (ATL) continues to be the hardest hit. 1,171 cancellations rocked options on Friday with another 414 cancellations in place as of 2pm Saturday....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.For most domestic flights within the US, premium travel is a misnomer. Forget about getting the kinds of perks you’d see on international premium products, like double-bedded enclosed suites, in-flight showers or even lie-flat seating, for that matter. Instead, expect to see nothing more than a wider recliner seat with a little additional legroom and meals that look better than they taste....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TO THE POINT: South African Airlines’ business-class product on the A340-600 certainly isn’t the most luxurious, but it gets the job done — the convenience of flying nonstop from New York to South Africa is unparalleled, and you can’t beat the value when it comes to redeeming miles. The pros: very friendly and speedy service and great award rates with Aeroplan....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.On any other day, United 539 is an ordinary p.s. (Premium Service) flight from Newark (EWR) to San Francisco (SFO). Today, it’s the most significant United flight in years — UA 539, which just arrived at SFO, was the very first scheduled flight operated by the airline’s brand-new 777-300ER (77W), complete with the much-improved Polaris business-class seat that we’ve been hearing so much about....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Delta’s long-haul fleet is in the process of getting a major upgrade. In October 2017, Delta debuted enclosed Delta One suites and an all new premium-economy product with the entry of its A350s. Of course, we’ve long known that Delta would be reconfiguring its existing fleet of Boeing 777s with the new Premium Select seats as well.Well, Delta’s first retrofitted 777-200ER just rolled out of the shop, so in true TPG fashion, reviews editor Nick Ellis and I set off to be on its first scheduled passenger flight from Detroit to Beijing — with Nick in Delta One and me in Premium Select....

Global entry interviews have been delayed by coronavirus again.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will keep enrollment centers for its Trusted Traveler programs closed through at least July 6, its Customs and Border Protection arm said in a statement Tuesday.Sign up for the free daily TPG newsletter for more airline newsIf you’ve applied for Global Entry or other Trusted Traveler programs like Nexus and Sentri, you’ll have to wait a little longer for your interview....

On a wind-swept field in Galway, Ireland, an unusual monument marks the spot where aviation history was made a century ago when aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight.This achievement is marked on June 15, 2019, the 100-year anniversary of their flight. Only 19 years after brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright completed the world’s first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, Alcock and Brown made the next leap in aviation by completing the first nonstop flight across the Pond from St....

The Boeing 737 was introduced in 1967 and has since become the workhorse of airlines around the world. Perhaps surprisingly to many, a pilot certified to fly that original twin-jet from 52 years ago, the Boeing 737-100 model, would be equally qualified under aviation regulations to fly its descendant introduced in 2016, the Boeing 737 MAX 8. And similarly, a pilot qualified to fly a version of the 737 is legally able to fly every other one, despite the fact that several exist, and that technology has made giant strides since the first 737 flew....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerThe Citi Prestige Card has received lots of coverage over the last month, thanks in large part to the newly increased sign-up bonus of 75,000 points after $7,500 in purchases within three months of account opening. This bonus is worth $1,125 based on TPG’s most recent valuations, and when you factor in the card’s $250 annual air travel credit, you can easily offset the card’s $450 annual fee....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Between loyalty programs of their own, partnerships with airlines and hotels, and various promotions with pages and pages of fine print, maximizing car rental awards is a tricky business, so we asked TPG contributor Jason Steele to look at the major car rental companies and how to leverage points, miles and credit cards to get the most out of them....

Update 3/12/2019 1:50pm ET: The European Union has also banned the MAX from flying in the airspace of all its member nations. The United States, and Canada, are now the lone holdouts among major aviation nations still allowing 737 MAX aircraft to fly in its airspace.Update 3/12/2019 8:30am ET: Malaysia has announced that it’s closed its airspace to 737 MAX planes. No Malaysian airlines fly the MAX 8, but the grounding bans other airlines from operating the aircraft to, from or through Malaysian airspace until further notice....

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.Ahead of Memorial Day, last-minute hotel-booking service Hotel Tonight is offering $99 rooms in various cities through its mobile app. Dubbed the “HT Roulette Blowout,” this promotion runs now through May 21, 2015. HotelTonight will share the latest $99 deals via Twitter and Instagram, so it’s worth following those accounts if you’re interested in a spur-of-the-moment getaway this month....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.When it comes to Las Vegas hotels, most of the time you can generally get some cheap deals, but with the new partnership between Hyatt and MGM announced yesterday that will open up 12 more hotels in Sin City for points earning and redeeming opportunities, I wanted to take a look at what other hotels in Vegas where you can redeem your hard earned hotel points....

Tinder is adding a new safety feature for LGBTQ users traveling or living in countries with discriminatory, anti-gay laws. The “Traveler Alert” will be accessible on iOS and Android phones in about 70 countries worldwide that have legislation outlawing or criminalizing LGBTQ people.The dating app collaborated with the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) to compile a list of places that qualify for the travel advisory safety feature....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Never one to fear being second to the party (or third in this case), United has officially loaded its first Basic Economy fares today and is selling them on seven of its routes, all originating or arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota. These new fares use the “N” booking code, so if you want all the benefits of a regular economy fare, “N” is the one to avoid....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Update 4/19/17 3:22pm: United has confirmed that Basic Economy is now on sale in more than 100 domestic markets. So if you haven’t spotted this fare yet, there’s a very good chance you’ll see it pop up soon.When United Airlines first detailed its new Basic Economy fares in November 2016, travelers prepared to trade amenities and mileage earning for lower fares — that hasn’t exactly panned out....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Chase sent out a Secure Message to business cardholders this week announcing new features coming to Chase business cards on December 9, 2018. While many of these changes are incremental improvements, Chase business cardholders that have been keeping track of expenses through Chase’s website will need to act before the change goes into effect in order to save their data....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.With Singapore Airlines launching nonstop service from San Francisco tomorrow, we’ve spent the last few days exploring the carrier’s brilliant new Airbus A350-900 — which I had the great privilege of experiencing on a nearly empty delivery flight from Toulouse, France to Changi Airport last week.Given that there were only a couple dozen people on the plane (including the crew!...

We’re partnering with Capital One on our Purposeful Travel Hub. If you have unique ways you like to pay it forward when you travel or just love exploring new places with family and friends, we want to hear about it. Share your most treasured travel moments and purposeful travel tips with us using #MeaningfulMoments.For most of us, the idea of settling into our golden years probably involves slowing down. But in the Cosmo City neighborhood of Johannesburg, in South Africa, one gym is redefining early retirement with its so-called “Boxing Grannies” program....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.If you’re a business traveler, you’ve probably been spending a lot of time in the backseat of someone else’s car. According to a new study conducted by Certify, a travel expense management company, Uber is the most common item found on all business expense reports. For me, it’s also a common personal expense. In fact, I’ve paid to travel nearly 900 miles on Uber trips, dishing out cash for vehicles as luxurious as a Mercedes S-Class, as common as a Chevy Cruze and as hip as a Dodge Grand Caravan (thanks, Uber XL)....