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American Airlines is working on providing more variety in its lounge food menus.To start, the airline has introduced complimentary make-your-own mac and cheese bars in Boston, Charlotte (Terminal B), Dallas/Fort Worth (Terminals A and D), Los Angeles (Terminals 4 and 5), New York (JFK and LGA), Miami (North Terminal D15), Chicago O’Hare (Concourse H/K), Phoenix (A6 and B6) and Philadelphia (Terminal B/C). Toppings include onions, bacon and crushed chili cheese Fritos....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you might have missed from the week before. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you might have missed on TPG this week.Another Week, Another French Aviation StrikeOn Tuesday, air traffic controllers in France went on strike — again. This caused major disruptions for flights in, out and within the country....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The travel rewards credit card market is always evolving, with new opportunities popping up just as fast as others disappear. While this year will spell the end of some cards and benefits, we’ve also seen new ones arise, like primary rental insurance on the Chase Sapphire Preferred, and the launch of the new Citi Double Cash card. This week it’s Bank of America’s turn to make waves; read on to find out just how big those waves are, and whether you should get your swimsuit....

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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 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.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, 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.Delta and Lyft have announced a new partnership that allows Lyft riders to score Delta Skymiles on their next ride. Once you link your SkyMiles account to your Lyft account by signing up here, you’ll start earning one mile for every dollar spent on Lyft rides (excluding taxes, fees, tolls and tips).As an introductory promo, the companies are also offering three miles per dollar on all trips to airports....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.There are very few in-flight accommodations more luxurious than Etihad’s First Apartment, but award space is often difficult to come by for the one route in and out of the United States, which is New York-Abu Dhabi. This is partially due to Etihad being fairly strict about releasing space, but also because there has been only one A380 operating on the route....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Though for many people, flying to Singapore is just a stop on the way to somewhere else, for me, it was a place I’d always wanted to visit, so when a cheap fare popped up, I pounced. Until service begins on United later this month, there are no nonstop flights from my home in Los Angeles (LAX) to Singapore (SIN), and in this instance, that meant flying through Tokyo (NRT) on ANA’s Boeing 777....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here: Citi PrestigeWhile spending two weeks in Asia recently, my traveling partner and I hopped around to great hotel properties, including the Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View and the Park Hyatt in Siem Reap, ending our trip with a stay at the Hilton Hanoi Opera.BookingThe cost of lodging overall in Hanoi is low by Western standards, but when I looked there were few properties available via points and miles....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG reader Henry wants to book a trip from NY to India using his Avios, United or ANA miles:“I have 250,000 Avios and the British Airways companion pass and also have Star Alliance points (280,000 United and 85,000 ANA). I would like to book a trip to India in January 2014 for 2 in business/first class from New York....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerFor many travelers, opening and using top travel rewards credit cards is a great way to unlock terrific awards like for premium-class flights or luxurious hotel rooms. However, others prefer to focus their redemption strategies on economy tickets, as the lower award rates could get you two or even three round-trip flights for the same cost you’d pay for a single business or first-class award....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.This is the ninth 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....

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.Starting on June 1, if you have the Hyatt Credit Card from Chase, you’ll be eligible for a limited-time promotion. From that date through September 5, cardholders will receive 10% of their redeemed Hyatt points back on eligible redemptions....

What do you do when you are Russia’s largest airline and taking delivery of your new flagship airplane, one that carries the name of composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky? You stage a ballet performance by a ballerina from Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi Theater, who flew to Toulouse for the occasion — the delivery of Aeroflot’s first Airbus A350-900. The Russian flag carrier has 22 on order, featuring a new, cutting-edge business class with enclosed suites and a true premium economy....

The day before the crash of Lion Air flight 610, the first deadly crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane, a third off-duty pilot saved the same plane from crashing by disabling the automatic system thought to have caused the accident by repeatedly pushing the aircraft nose down, according to a new report from Bloomberg.The third pilot on the near-fatal Lion Air flight was riding in the cockpit jump seat as a so-called “dead head” pilot....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The big news in the hotel world this week is that Starwood Preferred Guest members can now redeem for rooms at the brand’s highest Category 7 properties using Cash & Points.The new Cash & Points award chart, including Category 7 hotels.Previously, SPG’s Cash & Points option was only available for Category 1-6 hotels, and to stay at a Category 7 hotel using points, you’d have to spend 30,000-35,000 points for a free night....

There are many “destructive” activities that come along with obsessive mileage and point collecting, like buying coins, mileage running and opening up tons of credit cards. I put destructive in quotes, because what may be destructive to one person is fun and lucrative to another.While I try to think I’m mainstream in pursuing my points “hobby,” I’m definitely guilty of several types of weird behavior. One of them is hotel hopping, which is the act of switching hotels in order to maximize points and elite status....

At The Points Guy, we pride ourselves on helping readers maximize their miles for the redemptions they need to fulfill their travel goals. But we also like to put our miles where our mouths are… and put that expertise to use checking out the latest airline cabins, hotel rooms and more as we travel the globe.As 2016 comes to a close, I polled my fellow TPG staffers and asked what their best redemptions of the year were....