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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.Originally added to AA’s fleet in 2013, the Boeing 777-300ER (77W) business-class seat is still considered by many to the carrier’s best premium cabin seat. The now 10-wide economy seating, though? Not so much.While positioning to Taipei (TPE) for a series of mileage runs, I was beyond excited when one of my four Executive Platinum systemwide upgrades cleared, essentially giving me the holy grail — Dallas (DFW) to Hong Kong (HKG)....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TO THE POINT: Singapore Airlines’ new A350-900 makes a great option for nonstop travel from the US to Southeast Asia. The pros: lie-flat seats, a vast entertainment system and friendly flight attendants. The cons: foot room is oddly limited and you need to sit and sleep at a weird angle to get comfy.I have a confession to make: Until this very moment, I’d never flown in international business class before....

Meal service aboard an aircraft can be disappointing but for some travelers with dietary restrictions, it can be disappointing and even dangerous – as well as tasteless and uninteresting.We asked TPG frequent flyers and staffers for their take on special meals and let’s just say that people were passionate about the topic.Join the conversation in the TPG Lounge on Facebook!An AirAsia meal. (Photo by Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)First, here are the types of special meals you can typically preorder:Lacto-ovo-vegetarian: Does not contain meat, fish or seafood....

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.Frontier is, once again, offering 2-for-1 fares on select flights. The ultra-low-cost carrier’s latest promotion is in celebration of Mother’s Day, however, it is essentially a continuation of the Friends Fly Free promotion. Frontier’s Friends Fly Free promo allows members of the airline’s discount club, Discount Den, to travel with a companion while only having to pay for a single ticket....

This morning, the aircraft known primarily as ‘Air Force One’ was sent out on a special mission to transport late former President George HW Bush’s casket between Houston to Washington, DC. The flight, for the special circumstances, will be called ‘Special Air Mission 41’ while carrying out its journey to honor the life of the 41st president.‘Special Air Mission 41’ arrived at Ellington Airport (EFD) in Houston on Dec. 2 to begin its trip....

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.Starting on Friday, Nov. 1, JFK and Newark AirTrain fares will increase from $5.50 to $7.75.The AirTrain fare increase was presented back in June along with the announcement that a $4 fee would be added to ride-hailing car services (like Uber, Lyft, etc....

Nine months after Starwood Preferred Guest was integrated into Marriott’s loyalty program, there are still problems. Several of them. Some of these problems can easily be vacation ruiners.With well over 100 million members, Marriott might be the world’s largest hotel loyalty program, but I’ve found cases where it inexplicably changes rates on reservations, forces customers to pay for reservations twice and outright erases points. It doesn’t help that a few months back, Marriott’s CEO dismissed issues like these as “noise around the edges....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Until earlier this year, Virgin America operated a Loft at LAX, while Virgin Atlantic offers a handful of Clubhouses in the US and around the world. With a less playful name, I couldn’t help but wonder if the Virgin Australia Lounge would measure up — if the Sydney location is any indication, not only does it keep up with its counterparts, it raises the bar....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today I want to share a story from TPG reader Drake, who used Ultimate Rewards points to cover a variety of inexpensive flights, hotel stays and more. Here’s what he had to say:This past summer I graduated from business school in Barcelona. To celebrate, I set out on a six-week European adventure to see as many places as possible, for as cheap as possible....

Southwest Airlines expects to keep Boeing’s 737 MAX off its schedule beyond Oct. 1, Reuters reported on Monday.That development comes as Boeing continues to work on a software fix to the MAX’s flight controls, suspected of contributing to two fatal crashes of the new workhorse jet. Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration identified a second issue with the plane during simulator testing, and the agency is now requiring the manufacturer to address those concerns, too....

June 7, 1995, was a momentous date in aviation history. The Boeing 777 made its first commercial flight, a transatlantic hop from London Heathrow to Washington Dulles. The airplane’s launch customer, United Airlines, became the first to fly what was then, and still is now, the biggest twin-engine airliner in the world. It started a success story that continues today. If you are even a moderately frequent flyer, chances are that a 777 has taken you at least once across an ocean, or across the United States....

With packed planes, bad weather and tight timelines, the holiday travel season can be far from “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.“Luckily, AirHelp released a new study that shows the most crowded and most disrupted flight routes within the US during the holiday travel season, so now you can book your flights accordingly and potentially salvage a little holiday cheer.ThanksgivingAlthough the best time to book Thanksgiving flights was a few weeks ago, if you are a procrastinator, you can still try to avoid these hectic routes....

Following last week’s engagement ring story, we asked TPG readers: Have you ever misplaced or left behind a personal belonging on a plane? If so, has the airline ever gone the extra mile (pun intended?) to return it to you?Some TPG readers have also been lucky enough to have an airline worker reunite them with a lost valuable. Here’s what some TPG Lounge members had to say:Kathryn K: “Left my purse, had my iPad mini and Bose headphones inside, under the seat in front of me....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Starwood Preferred Guest points are one of the most valuable points out there. Most points aficionados value SPG points highly because there are many ways to get really good value out of them - such as Cash & Points, airline transfers, free nights (including 5th night free), Starwood Moments and night & flights packages.To highlight all of the different redemption opportunities, American Express approached me recently with an opportunity too good to pass up: run a contest where TPG readers give their suggestions on how they’d use 100,000 Starpoints and then I get to choose one lucky winner who will receive 100,000 Starpoints....

TPG got an exclusive sneak peek of the new $1 billion, 35-gate terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). Compared with our last visit in December 2018, the airport is clearly in the last phase of construction.Related reading: TPG gets another exclusive look at New Orleans Airport’s new terminalThe new terminal was originally scheduled to open in May, but that was delayed. James McCluskie, the Deputy Director of Aviation for Planning, Development & Construction, didn’t share a firm date for the airport’s opening, still saying it will open this fall....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.When it comes to travel credit cards, the ones that often get the most attention are the premium ones many issuers offer that allow you to bank points and miles to airline programs or, my favorite, to accrue into a central pool that can be transferred to numerous programs. The thing is, though these sought-after cards earn you points that can be worth a ton of value, many of them charge annual fees, which can sometimes be in the hundreds of dollars....

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.This time last Friday, I was getting ready to cross the land border from Quebec to Vermont, after a week of skiing at Mont Tremblant (which, like many other resorts, is now closed). There was no line at the U....

It’s a battle royale over at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).In this episode of “Being The Points Guy,” we take a look at which of two lounges at PHL reigns supreme. First, we have the Centurion Lounge, which is known for delicious craft cocktails, massive showers and lively scene, but also has a tendency to get a bit overcrowded. Then, we have the British Airways Lounge, which boasts made-to-order (and yummy) meals, and a quiet ambiance good for getting work done or dozing off pre-flight, but doesn’t quite measure up to the airline’s Concorde Lounges at JFK or LHR....

TPG Twitter follower Audrey wants to reach the next level of elite status: “What’s the best way to find one-day fares to get those last few miles for the next status tier?” As November draws to a close and time winds down to qualify for 2014 elite status, Audrey asks a question on many of our minds. Although I don’t usually construct complicated mileage runs with cheap fares since I travel enough to qualify for elite status with my usual travel habits and then leverage that through status matches and challenges on other airlines, I do use several tools to find the lowest airfares without having to check airline by airline, and I’m hoping TPG readers will contribute their own ideas and resources....