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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....

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.While the 75,000-point bonus on the Citi Hilton Visa Signature Card recently ended, there are still some great opportunities to earn Honors points through credit card sign-ups. TPG Points & Miles Editor Sarah Silbert takes a look at two new offers for Hilton Amex products — one of which earns you 100,000 points.As mentioned in our post on top card offers for April, the Hilton Honors Surpass Card from American Express currently has an all-time-high sign-up bonus of 100,000 points....

Philippine airline Cebu Pacific announced an order for 31 Airbus aircraft on Tuesday, announcing the deal at the Paris Air Show. The deal includes 16 A330-900neos, 10 A321XLRs and five A320neos; there also are options for 10 additional A321neos. But the order was highlighted by what the airline plans to do on the interior of those aircraft — specifically the wide-body A330neos.When Cebu Pacific begins to take delivery of the A330neos in 2021, they’ll come equipped with a whopping 460 seats in an all-economy configuration....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.If you are going to come up short of your Delta elite status this year, you may have an easy option to get the necessary elite miles to get you to the next level. Until December 15, 2011 Delta will let you buy up to 10,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles - but they won’t be cheap.You can buy in increments of:2,500 MQMs for $2955,000 MQMs for $4957,500 MQMs for $69510,000 MQMs for $895Maximum total purchase of 10,000 MQMs per member....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Singapore Airlines has a sale on business class seats underway that requires booking by the end of today, February 20, but allows for travel on four specific routes during the summer months of June, July and August.Prices start at just $1,999, which isn’t a terrific deal on business class from the US to Europe, as we’ve seen prices as low as $1,659 on British Airways in the past....

Forget everything you knew about tropical island getaways and pack your heaviest parka. Japan’s Hokkaido Island is setting up a “winter wonderland” for tourists this year — and temperatures are forecasted to be as low as -22°F.The Tomamu Ice Village, located on the northernmost island of Japan, is exactly what it sounds like: a village made of ice. Opening in December, the village will boast a variety of winter-themed, ice-centric activities and scenes for visitors of all ages to enjoy....

Though now’s not the time to travel, some international travelers were left stranded by immediate border closings and government travel restrictions while already out of the country on vacation or business. Due to these restrictions, flight schedules have been changing daily, meaning that there’s no guarantee that a return flight will operate as planned.As such, this has caused many American citizens and nationals to be stranded abroad. Understandably, most are scrambling to get home....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.TPG Reader KG asked:“My family consisting of 4 adults and 4 children are planning a trip from Jacksonville to either Hong Kong or China early in 2014, for our adoption of toddler. We are trying to research lowest rates. I have an American Express Platinum Card with 260,000 points and want to know the best way to use points or whatever advise you can provide would be greatly appreciated....

Eleven more survivors of the July 31 Aeromexico plane crash are suing the airline for negligence in six separate lawsuits filed in Chicago on Monday.Among the 11 passengers named in the suits are a grandmother, her daughter and two granddaughters, a mother and son, a couple and their two sons and another individual. Many of the passengers bringing suits against the airline suffered serious injuries in the crash, the lawyer representing the case, Tom Demetrio of Corboy & Demetrio told TPG....

For the first time in 28 years, a nonstop flight from the US landed in the “Pearl of the Adriatic” on Saturday, June 8. The American Airlines flight, its inaugural service on the route, departed from Philadelphia Friday at 6:30pm and landed in Dubrovnik on Saturday around 9:30am with 209 passengers aboard the Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.The service will operate three times a week, leaving Philadelphia on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays and from Dubrovnik on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays....

After two similar fatal crashes involving the Boeing 737 MAX 8, the plane manufacturer is planning to roll out a software upgrade on the aircraft model.This weekend, American Airlines pilots plan to test a software update to the MAX’s system, called MCAS, in a simulator at the Boeing facility where the MAX is built, according to a Reuters report. Some investigators believe a system on the plane that automatically kicks in to tip the aircraft nose downward to prevent a stall was behind the two crashes....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The American Express® Gold Card’s revamp in 2018 was one of the year’s highlights. Amex updated the old Premier Rewards Gold Card, changing its name and transforming it into one of the most competitive cards on the market for dining purchases. It also added perks like up to $120 in dining credits each year. Yes, the annual fee increased from $195 to $250 (See Rates & Fees), but the update was overwhelmingly positive....

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.Selfies have a notorious reputation for making matters worse in the tourism world. One woman taking a selfie once knocked over paintings by Francisco Goya and Salvador Dali, and some people even got arrested for volcano selfies on Hawaii’s Big Island....

Lufthansa flight LH-542 flying from Frankfort (FRA) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG) in Bogota, Columbia, on Nov. 17 experienced a lack of understanding between the cockpit crew and Air Traffic Control based in Cali, Columbia.The flight was forced to divert, along with many other flights headed to Bogota, when the weather there turned severe. The Lufthansa pilots couldn’t seem to find a waypoint ATC had directed them to hold over in their Flight Management System....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We’ve seen some incredible deals to Hawaii in the last couple of weeks with fares dropping as low as $247 round-trip. But now the Hawaii deals are extending to award flights. You can now book round-trip award flights to Hawaii from just 19,000 SkyMiles round-trip.Unlike Delta’s frequent award sales, this deal isn’t being advertised. So, there’s no known booking window or sample routes....

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’s existing Corporate Travel benefit is getting a global upgrade. While the existing program allowed flyers to receive corporate benefits when traveling on a ticket that includes their employer’s eligible Corporate Ticket Designator, Delta just launched an aligned corporate benefits program with partners Air France and KLM.Air France-KLM is already a joint venture partner with Delta, so the addition of Global Corporate Priority makes sense....

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.Until March, American Airlines had been operating twice-daily service between Miami (MIA) and Caracas, Venezuela (CCS). Those flights had been suspended indefinitely, and the US State Department had increased its threat level to the highest level, strongly advising Americans to avoid visiting the nation....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – View the current offers here.Earning airline miles using the traditional method (actually flying) is just one way to add to your account balance. While it’s increasingly harder to earn miles from flying, airlines make it relatively easy to accrue miles without stepping foot on a plane — whether through top credit card offers or by utilizing shopping portals and dining rewards programs....