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The most famous and recognizable part of one the world’s most famous and iconic aircraft is going up for auction, and it could be yours forever.The “droop nose” of a test specimen of the Concorde, currently housed in Kansas City, Missouri, will be auctioned off later this month, with auctioneers expecting the item to fetch at least $250,000.Concorde nose (Photo courtesy Humbert & Ellis Ltd.)A rare, yet recognizable piece like this from an aircraft type that has not flown for more than 15 years would make an amazing addition to any aviation enthusiast’s collection....

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.Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – Citi Premier® CardI love a good triple dip, so this holiday season - don’t simply earn your credit card points and shopping portal points for your online purchases - but also earn an additional $20 back when you use a Mastercard....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Here’s a look at the coolest new hotels opening around the world in March, from a redo of a historic Virginia resort to a Houston tower with a Rolls-Royce showroom.1. Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel Location: Los Angeles, CaliforniaNumber of Rooms: 288Three Interesting Facts: 1. An opening we’ve been tracking for over a year, this new Sheraton in LA’s San Gabriel Valley comes online this month with a swanky marble lobby, gorgeous spa, Club Lounge you’ll want to move into and fleet of eight robots....

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.Fifteen passengers were injured on board an Aerolineas Argentinas flight from Miami (MIA) to Buenos Aires (EZE) on Thursday. Eight of those passengers were taken to the hospital upon arrival at EZE for further treatment of their injuries....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The formerly-Category 5 Hurricane Willa — which made landfall on the Mexican coast on Wednesday — is still causing havoc in North America. After pounding northwest Mexico and weakening to a remnant low, the storm has reorganized into a powerful nor’easter, which is sweeping through the Northeast Saturday. The storm is expected to bring heavy winds and rain, affecting travel through some of the busiest airspace in the world....

View this post on Instagram A Chester-clad Alaska E175 in the Portland sun ???? ✈️ #avgeek A post shared by Ned Russell (@airbus777) on Jun 24, 2020 at 10:35am PDT View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram A Chester-clad Alaska E175 in the Portland sun ???? ✈️ #avgeek A post shared by Ned Russell (@airbus777) on Jun 24, 2020 at 10:35am PDT

British Airways marked the end of an era after the airline officially retired the Boeing 767. The Boeing widebody aircraft had served the airline for more than three decades.The Boeing 767 first entered British Airways’ fleet in 1990. British Airways selected the Boeing 767 over Airbus’ similar A300 aircraft. The airline took delivery of 28 Boeing 767-300ERs throughout its operational history. The Boeing 767 flew a variety of routes throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America and served as quite a versatile aircraft for the airline....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.While the public offer on the Citi Executive AAdvantage World Mastercard usually hovers around the 30,000-mile mark when you spend $1,000 in 4 months, there is currently an offer available for double the bonus miles - 60,000 miles when you spend $5,000 in 3 months.I’ve been considering this card for a long time now myself, and was tempted by an offer for 50,000 miles when you spend $5,000 in 3 months on the card that was available in Admirals Clubs over the spring and summer, but this higher bonus, which is the highest I’ve seen on the card, might just be the offer to finally get me to apply....

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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....

There’s an amazing new service for US air passengers who find themselves on a cancelled, delayed or misconnected itinerary. Freebird is a service which allows you to prepay $19 per domestic, one-way itinerary. In return, if something goes wrong with your trip, they will book you on the next flight to your destination — on any US airline and even in first class. I’ve taken a few trips this year and purchased the service when I wanted to take advantage of low airfare or if I needed to arrive for a meeting but was booked on an airline with infrequent flights to my destination....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We often publish stories from readers that illustrate how points and miles can help you get where you want to go. However, it’s important to learn from our mistakes as well as our successes, so I’m calling on you to send us your most epic travel failure stories. Email them to info@thepointsguy.com and put “Reader Mistake Story” in the subject line....

Hundreds of passenger jets are parked around the world because they aren’t flying people anymore during the COVID-19 pandemic. But airlines are still paying leases on them, so they have a lot of capital-intensive assets on their hands sitting idle and not earning money. Even if they own the planes outright, leaving them on the ground to collect parking fees is the last thing airlines want to do.Enter an unlikely — and partial — savior that keeps some airplanes flying and making money: air cargo....

London is getting a nonstop connection to the popular destination of the Faroe Islands. Beginning this summer, Atlantic Airways will fly nonstop between London and Vágar, Faroe Islands.The flag carrier of the Faroe Islands, Atlantic Airways, will offer nonstop service between London Gatwick (LGW) and Vágar (FAE). The route will operate just one time per week on Tuesdays between June 23 and Aug. 11, 2020.The route will operate on the following schedule on Tuesdays only:RC420 Vágar (FAE) 11:50 a....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.One of the things I love most about being The Points Guy is getting to hear stories from readers about how award travel has affected their lives — the exotic vacations they’ve planned, the trips they’ve made to be with family and friends, the premium seats and suites they’ve experienced and so much more, all made possible by points and miles....

Are airline passengers willing to consider buses for a seamless one-stop itinerary from smaller markets?That’s what one start-up company is betting on. A company called Landline wants to connect travelers from small communities around the country to flights at hub airports.Touting itself as a “regional mobility company” operating “premium motor coaches” — in other words, a bus operator — Landline will launch its first airline partnership with Sun Country Airlines in November....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG reader Janelle emailed me to ask about choosing between different travel rewards:“I just got a Capital One Venture card and earned a sign-up bonus, but now I’m wondering if the Sapphire Preferred or another card is better. My husband and I mainly travel to Las Vegas (on Hawaiian Airlines) with the occasional staycation at a hotel near home in Waikiki....

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.Southwest Airlines unexpectedly grounded 34 Boeing 737-700 aircraft on Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. 21, when the budget carrier realized that the maintenance paperwork for the relevant planes were out of compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety directives. The unfortunate timing coincided with one of the busiest travel days of the year for up to 25 million Americans....

Delays and cancellations in air travel are pretty much inevitable, but it’s how an airline deals with the situation that can have a huge impact on traveler satisfaction. Standing in a 200+ passenger line waiting for two gate agents to manually rebook a Dreamliner full of passengers — as I experienced myself on American Airlines years ago — doesn’t leave a warm and fuzzy feeling about the airline.That’s why I was really excited to learn that American Airlines rolled out a new dynamic reaccommodation system in September 2017....

Three months into the U.S. coronavirus lockdown, some of us no doubt have wondered if we’ve already gotten COVID-19 without knowing it. (Others of us have gone ahead and been tested for COVID-19 antibodies — thrice.)Coronavirus testing, either for the disease itself or for the antibodies, hasn’t been easy to come by. And unless you have a doctor’s note ordering the test, you usually have to pay out of pocket for the test....