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Wow Air announced Thursday that a badly needed investment from Indigo Partners has been canceled, putting the airline ever closer to financial ruin. After a rapid expansion from 2015 to 2018, the ultra-low-cost carrier has been cutting routes and selling aircraft in order to keep its operations afloat. [Update, 3/28/2019: WOW Air has ceased operations. Find our ongoing coverage of WOW Air’s collapse, and what affected passengers can do about it, here....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Citi is a TPG advertising partnerWith so many great Citi AAdvantage credit card offers available at the moment including 50,000-mile bonuses on the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite Mastercard and 100,000 miles for the Citi Executive AAdvantage card, TPG reader Phillip wants to be sure he can get in on the best of them, so he tweeted me the following question:"@thepointsguy is there a workaround if I am already a Citi AAdvantage Platinum cardholder?...

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Over the last year, we’ve seen many airline and hotel cobranded cards revamp their benefits in an effort to keep up with the competition. Now, Barclays has announced it will be updating two of its American Airlines cobranded credit cards.The Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite Mastercard and the AAdvantage Aviator Silver World Elite Mastercard will both see a host of new benefits, and a few cuts, starting on May 1....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.One of the best perks in the credit card world right now is the 50% points rebate on The Enhanced Business Platinum Credit Card from American Express OPEN. That benefit, which effectively gives you 2 cents per point in guaranteed value on all Membership Rewards redemptions for first and business class tickets or any redemptions on your selected airline at Amex Travel, can literally save you thousands of dollars on airline tickets....

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.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 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.We devote a lot of time to travel rewards credit cards here at TPG. By strategically opening and utilizing these cards, you can unlock valuable redemptions like first-class flights and luxurious hotel rooms. However, there are a number of misconceptions out there when it comes to credit cards, so today I’ll wrap up our series that debunks these myths and allows you to begin planning for your next vacation....

Over the weekend, Marriott strikes concluded in the cities of Oakland, California, and Detroit. But in six other cities, the protests continue, as workers now enter their second month of picketing. It’s the largest multicity hotel strike in American history.“The progress has been very slow in most cities,” said Rachel Gumpert, the national press secretary for Unite Here, the organization that represents workers in a variety of hospitality industries. “The movement we did get in Oakland and Detroit, the contracts are fantastic....

Airlines around the world launch and announce dozens of new flight routes and service changes every month. Today, we’ll share just a few of the latest flights that will took to the skies last month (or will in the near future). Keep in mind that exact flight details (like schedules and aircraft, among other things) may change.NEW ROUTES LAUNCHED IN JUNE 2019EgyptAir’s New Nonstop Service from Washington, DC, to Cairo (launched June 3)Have you ever been to Egypt?...

It turns out there is something worse than the middle seat: no seat at all.TUI Airways, a UK-based charter and holiday carrier (formerly Thomson Airways), is under fire after photos surfaced of a family sitting on the floor of one of the airline’s aircraft following an equipment swap.BBC News reported that the Taylor family was downgraded from a seat to the floor on their return flight after a recent vacation. The family was returning home on TUI Airways, the third largest airline in the UK, when the airline changed aircraft last minute....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.As the integration of Alaska and Virgin America moves along, we are seeing more positive developments for Alaska fliers. The Virgin America brand officially goes away later this month when all flights will be marketed as Alaska operated, even though the two airlines came under one operating certificate in January.Starting April 25, Alaska elites will be eligible for complimentary upgrades to first class seats on Virgin America Airbus aircraft....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.On a rare occasion, an aviation opportunity arises which is so unique, you’re confident a similar chance won’t occur again in your lifetime. On October 14th, I flew the first commercial flight into the British territory of Saint Helena, an island in the middle of the South Atlantic best known as the place where Napoleon died.The flight symbolically opened one of the last truly isolated places in the world....

British regional airline Flybe announced on Tuesday it will rebrand as Virgin Connect in 2020, following investment by a consortium including Virgin Atlantic.The new name comes as little surprise, given the name of the consortium is called ‘Connect Airways’, comprising 40% ownership by Cyprus Capital, 30% by Stobart Group and 30% by Virgin Atlantic Limited, the holding company of both the airline and Virgin Holidays divisions.Few details of the rebranding have been revealed, though a new website for the rebranded airline has already gone live, promoting the new phase as “Europe’s Largest Regional Airline”....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We’ve seen a whole bunch of promos from Uber and Lyft recently — and it looks like the free ride train will continue. As of right now, you can sign up for free rides from both companies, with Uber offering two free Pool rides in Manhattan this weekend and Lyft offering $10 off one ride in select cities....

Update: An erroneous Tweet from an air travel publication stated that AA could not take delivery of its first A321neo. A spokesperson from AA confirmed that this was indeed false and that AA is taking delivery of aircraft without issue.The partial shutdown of the United States federal government will shortly hit the 22-day mark. This Friday, the shutdown became the longest in US history.Government employees remain unpaid or furloughed, as neither political party seems to be willing to compromise or even discuss a deal to put an end to the shutdown....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I traveled to Shanghai at the tail end of a trip to China, but decided to spend a few days in the city before taking a flight back to the US. Part of the reason I did so was because it let me check out two of Starwood’s newest hotels in the country, the St. Regis Shanghai Jingan and the W Shanghai – The Bund....

“Someone’s taking a dip in your points” was the simple subject line. Thankfully, I saw the email almost immediately after it arrived, despite Gmail having banished it to the Updates tab. This was my first alert that 34,900 points had just been stolen from my JetBlue TrueBlue account.There wasn’t much time to act. My points had been used to book a flight from Atlanta to New York LaGuardia the next morning....

When I walked through the front door of Native Roots — a high-end dispensary in Denver, Colorado — a young woman at the front desk directed me to the showroom. I had never been to a marijuana dispensary before, but this was not what I expected. The atmosphere was reminiscent of a fancy tea house or hip café, except the fragrance that filled the air was that of pot, not coffee....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today I want to share a story from TPG reader Gabriel, who took advantage of a key credit card benefit:Witnessing the lush mountains off the Nā Pali Coast and the abundant marine life of Hawaii’s garden island was a long-time travel goal for my boyfriend and me. Last winter, he completed a status match from United to Alaska Airlines to earn MVP Gold status, and applied for the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature credit card, which offers a companion fare to anywhere Alaska flies....