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April 2020 was the slowest month for U.S. domestic travel since the outset of the global pandemic.With many would-be travelers stuck at home under shelter-in-place orders, some airlines got stingy about providing refunds for canceled flights. Those who’ve followed TPG coverage know that when an airline cancels a flight to, from or within the United States, you’re entitled to a refund — regardless of the reason for the cancellation.That’s thanks to U....

Today, TripAdvisor announced the winners of its 2018 Travelers’ Choice awards for airlines, recognizing travelers’ favorite carriers around the world. This year, Singapore Airlines was named the number-one airline in the world and Southwest Airlines ranked as the best domestic carrier. Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quantity and quality of airline reviews and ratings submitted by travelers worldwide over a one-year period on TripAdvisor flights....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Super Bowl LII is now less than a month away, with kickoff scheduled for February 4 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. With my Atlanta Falcons surviving through the first playoff weekend, I began to look for outside ways of using my credit card perks or points to score a ticket to either the game itself or perhaps even one of the complete travel and ticket packages card issuers and loyalty programs often put up for bid....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Virgin Atlantic has relaunched a bonus offer on the Bank of America American Express card with the potential to earn new cardholders up to 65,000 bonus Flying Club miles when they meet certain spend requirements. We haven’t seen a bonus this high on the card since last spring, and this beats the usual 50,000-mile bonus for getting this card–the extra 15,000 miles from the anniversary bonus when you meet the spending requirements....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.In case you didn’t know, booking your flight and hotel together through AA Vacations can be a fantastic deal. While there are always good deals to be found, AA Vacations will also periodically run special promotions. This week, we ran across an especially compelling promo and wanted to share it with you: Earn a 30,000-mile bonus for booking a flight + hotel to Curacao....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Yesterday I posted about a studythat listed the Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® as the most rewarding travel rewards credit card. Since it earns 2x on all purchases, has a very simple rewards structure that allows you to redeem points for travel charges via a statement credit, and gives 10% points back on travel redemptions, I can see why it would be a favorite among those who have no desire to be “miles and points gurus”....

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.It’s our team’s first trip to SXSW, where we’ll be attending the Interactive conference, and we can’t wait! To celebrate we are throwing a reader event in downtown Austin this coming Saturday, March 14, from 7-10pm. If you’re a diehard TPG fan and in the Austin area, let us know how technology enhances your travel experience and we will let 30 lucky winners (with a guest) know they’ve been selected by Thursday 5pm ET....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.A federal jury this week convicted a former manager of a Williamsburg, Virginia eye care center on charges she fraudulently made about $514,000 in personal transactions over a four-year period to three business credit cards owned by her boss.Sherea Darnell, 34, was found guilty of 41 counts of wire and bank fraud and three counts of filing false income tax returns, the Virginia Gazette reported....

The US Customs and Border Protection was hit with a nationwide outage on Friday afternoon that caused delays and long lines for arriving international travelers at airports across the nation.“U.S. Customs and Border Protection is experiencing a temporary outage with its processing systems at various air ports of entry and is taking immediate action to address the technology disruption,” the agency said in a statement acknowledging the issue to TPG. “CBP officers continue to process international travelers using alternative procedures until systems are back online....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We saw rumblings online last week, but now it looks all but confirmed: The World of Hyatt Credit Card is now subject to Chase’s infamous 5/24 rule. This means that if you’ve opened five or more personal cards across all issuers in the last 24 months, Chase almost certainly won’t approve you for the card.The World of Hyatt Card was one of the last holdouts on the list of personal Chase credit cards that reportedly weren’t subject to this restriction, but data point after data point has indicated that Chase has been denying customers who are over 5/24 for the card....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I’m betting that after yesterday’s post about getting 150,000 AA miles for free, many of you will be up to your ears in airline miles. With the British Airways Visa 100,000 mile card earlier this year and huge Amex transfer bonuses to Delta and British Airways, it’s literally raining airline miles!But what happens if you need hotel points?...

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.More flight deals to Dubai are available this week! East Coast travelers can find the best deals on Delta and United, with flights from from New York (JFK and LGA) and Boston (BOS) to Dubai (DXB) for $670, most of which include a short layover. There are also some discounted fares from Chicago (ORD) and Dallas (DFW) for around $720....

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....

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....

Speak with any Delta loyalist who appreciates spirits, and they’ll be familiar with two words: Woodford Reserve. It’s a go-to bourbon order for Delta’s most frequent fliers, and the onboard stash tends to go quick on weekend flights.Woodford Reserve Distillery (Photo courtesy of Brown-Forman)For connoisseurs of all things whiskey, Delta is serving up an intriguing way to spend your stash of SkyMiles. Through its SkyMiles Experiences portal — the same one that gave four lucky winners the chance to meet Delta’s first A220 before it took to the skies — the airline is offering SkyMiles members to “curate a unique bourbon exclusively for the Delta Sky Clubs with Master Distiller Chris Morris....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here: Citi Prestige Card, Citi Premier® Card, Chase Sapphire Preferred CardToday marks the last day of the five-week US Travel Association’s Daily Getaways. And, it’s ending with a bang — you can score a great discount on World of Hyatt points. Not interested in Hyatt points? You can still buy IHG points, Universal Orlando VIP packages, ARIA hotel packages, Avis President’s Club Memberships, Loews San Francisco and Miami packages, Caesar’s Las Vegas packages, Wyndham points and Busch Gardens and SeaWorld passes....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.After booking a last-minute long weekend trip to Cancun, I needed to find a good way to get there from NYC. I hadn’t flown with AeroMexico before, and since the airline was offering nonstop service on the departure day I needed, I decided to test it out.BookingOne-way fares from New York (JFK) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) were going for $280 at the time, so we used The Platinum Card from American Express to book directly with the airline so I’d earn 5x Membership Rewards points, yielding me a total of 1,400 MR points for this one-way flight....

Each Saturday, we round up the top miles, points and travel news that you might have missed on TPG this week. Here’s what you need to know:If you’re a nurse, you could win a free flight to the Caribbean(Photo by Caiaimage/Paul Bradbury/GettyImages.)CheapCaribbean is giving 50 nurses free flights to the Caribbean. Sign up by Nov. 4 for a chance to win on Nov. 5.The St. Regis New York changes ownership(Summer Hull/The Points Guy....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.As Hurricane Maria churns through the Caribbean, passengers traveling through the affected areas can expect flights to be cancelled or at the very least heavily delayed. If you have a planned trip that involves an airport in the Caribbean — even if the airport is just a connection city and not an origin or destination point — you may want to strongly consider changing your flights to avoid the area if at all possible....

Often, airlines and airports that are already at the top of their field are the ones leading the way forward. For example you have Emirates, which surprised the world when it put showers on its massive fleet of Airbus A380s, and then raised the stakes again with its redesigned 777 first-class suite.Similarly, Singapore’s Changi airport has long been a favorite of flyers worldwide; it was voted Skytrax world’s best airport 7 years in a row....