Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.A Reddit user recently posted on the subreddit r/Denver a photo of what looks like an ordinary flyer lining up to board a flight. However, if you look a bit closer, you’ll notice something quite unusual. The flyer, seen in the center of the photo, is wearing red ski boots — possibly to avoid the baggage fees that plague travelers these days....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Once again, airlines are stepping up to incentivize donations for those affected by natural disasters. American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have each donated $1 million to the American Red Cross in anticipation of Hurricane Florence relief efforts, while Southwest and United Airlines have each contributed $500,000. Additionally, American frequently offers a generous 10x AAdvantage miles bonus for donations toward disaster relief, and its Hurricane Florence partnership with the American Red Cross is no exception....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.For any upcoming car rentals, you may want to take advantage of this fantastic promotion. Car rental agency Avis is offering 4,000 bonus Virgin Atlantic miles if you rent a car for three days or more, leading to a minimum of 4,500 miles earned.On top of the 4,000 mile bonus you’ll earn 500 base miles for any rental between 1-6 days or 1,000 base miles for rentals longer than seven days....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.If you are a big online shopper, there is an amazing opportunity to earn up to a whopping 13,500 bonus miles for your family’s everyday purchases. Right now there are four different loyalty programs that are offering an increased bonus by using their online shopping portals: Alaska Mileage Plan, American Airlines AAdvantage, Southwest Rapid Rewards and United MileagePlus....
Do you have some expiring upgrades or airline perks that you don’t plan to use? Or perhaps you’re in need of some for an upcoming flight? Scroll on down to swap your benefits expiring this winter!It seems hard to believe that 2016 is quickly coming to an end. Hopefully you’ve taken advantage of the various perks of your elite status(es) this year, but if not, some of those benefits may be expiring on December 31 or in the first couple of months of 2017....
Mostly, this has been an exercise in stress. I suppose that’s an ambiguous term, so constituently we’re talking about fear, dread, and uncertainty. Not a fear of the virus. Coming down with COVID-19 isn’t what scares me. What scares me is what the airline business might look like by the time things settle out — whenever that might be.Particularly astonishing was the speed at which things went to hell. In February, three friends and I were relaxing around a swimming pool in the Philippines talking about the size of our profit-sharing checks and contemplating which aircraft we might bid in the months ahead....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Update 11/12/17 9:30pm: The Chicago discount is no longer available as well.Update 11/12/17 4:25pm: Some readers are reporting that the NYC discount is no longer available.We’ve seen plenty of offers for free Uber rides — existing customers included — but they all have one thing in common: If you don’t register quickly, you’re going to miss out. Once again, Uber is offering free rides, this time in four US cities (if you discover codes for other cities please share them in the comments below!...
There’s a lot that goes into a flight review at TPG.Aside from writing the review itself, there’s a checklist of over 100 items that each reviewer needs to submit to the editorial board before filing a flight review. But, after reviewing over 20 flights, one of the hardest things for me isn’t writing the review or filling out the rubric. It’s choosing the right seat.United Polaris business (Photo by Zach Honig/The Points Guy)Read on to see what I consider when choosing a seat....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I’d been hoping to visit the diving there was amazing. So when a good friend of mine decided to celebrate his birthday in Thailand — and I already had a business trip to China planned —I knew it was the perfect time to tack on a couple of extra days in the island paradise of Koh Samui, located about an hour by air from Bangkok in the Gulf of Thailand....
[tpg_rating tpg-rating-score=“67” ground-experience=“6” cabin-seat=“13” amens-ife=“10” food-bev=“20” service=“18” pros=“Well-intentioned service, wide-open award space made even cheaper by an Amex transfer bonus” cons=“Lack of privacy and storage, crowded cabin, slow meal service and a malfunctioning seat” /]While British Airways is one of the last airlines to operate the 747-400, the beloved Queen of the Skies (and it’s even dressing them up in beautiful retro liveries), the bulk of its long-haul fleet is actually composed of 777 aircraft, including both the 777-200ER and 777-300ER....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Old Man Winter has no intention to leave the Northeast and mid-Atlantic just because spring is here. With Tuesday officially marking the first day of spring, winter is celebrating with a fourth winter storm in just about three weeks — this time, dubbed Winter Storm Toby.This time around, the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions are expected to face the brunt of the storm, which is expected to drop wet, heavy snow and rains on the region....
It’s makeover time for the ship that changed cruising as we know it.On Tuesday morning, Royal Caribbean announced plans for a massive, $165 million overhaul of Oasis of the Seas — the groundbreaking vessel that ushered in the current era of 5,000-plus-passenger megaships.At the time of its debut in 2009, Oasis was nearly 50% bigger than the next biggest cruise ship, and it was chock full of then-unprecedented features (three separate deck-top pool zones; a boardwalk-like amusement area that mimicked the Jersey Shore; a tree-lined “Central Park”)....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Popular lounge membership program Priority Pass Select, which offers access to more than 1,200 airport lounges around the globe, is unfortunately raising its prices.Many premium credit cards offer complimentary Priority Pass memberships, but for travelers who don’t have one of these cards, you can purchase a membership directly from the company. On top of an annual membership fee, some plans charge the member and their guests each time they visit....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Since many folks jumped into the American Express Membership Rewards program last summer with the “bump the bonus” bonanza that was going on when Amex was basically matching anyone to a targeted offer of 75,000 MR points for the Premier Rewards Gold card, there are now many folks who want to get out of the Membership Rewards program since their annual fees are due....
Update as of Dec. 25, 2019: The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the iconic structure is so fragile that there’s a 50% chance the structure might not be entirely saved, The Associated Press reports. This is due to the scaffolding installed before the fire that’s threatening the vaults. In addition, Monsignor Patrick Chauvet stated that restoration work likely won’t begin until 2021.For the first time since the French Revolution, the Cathedral did not host Christmas services....
Newly discovered security camera footage contradicts family claims that American Airlines employees stranded an elderly disabled woman overnight in Chicago O’Hare.The woman, Olimpia Warsaw, had flown into Chicago from Detroit in order to attend a funeral. On the return route home, her son, Claude Coltea, said he wheeled his mother to her gate and delivered her into the care of the American Airlines gate agent before heading off to his own return flight to his home in another state....
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Southwest is expanding south yet again! TPG’s #1 Best Airlines for Families is adding seven new routes to places typically known more for adult parties. On March 9, 2019, Southwest is launching new routes to Cancun, Los Cabos, Punta Cana and Montego Bay.According to the airline route gurus at Routes Online, here are the latest additions to Southwest’s route map:Image courtesy of Great Circle Mapper....
A 42-year-old Australian man has died after a suspected attack from a sting ray while he was swimming at a popular beach in the state of Tasmania.Police say the man received emergency medical treatment after he was found to have a “puncture wound to his lower abdomen,” authorities said in a statement, according to CNN. When the suspected attack occurred, he was reportedly swimming alone off the shore of Lauderdale Beach....
Drowning in hotel points but short on miles? If you’re hoping to boost your MileagePlus account to work toward an award flight, it could be worth taking advantage of this current United promo. Now until November 30, 2016, you can earn a 25% mileage bonus when you transfer hotel points to United — up to 20,000 bonus award miles. That means that you’ll only get the full 25% on the first 80,000 miles earned (100,000 total) — with Marriott’s Hotel + Air packages, for example, when you redeem 270,000 Marriott Rewards points (90,000 Starpoints) you’ll end up with 152,000 United miles, plus a 7-night hotel stay....
According to a report by CBS transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave, an American Airlines flight from Monroe (MLU) to Dallas (DFW) was canceled due to a shortage of TSA staff.The TSA says that the cancelation of Flight 3243 was a measure taken to maintain high security standards and that they chose to delay the checkpoint opening until backup TSA officers arrived from Shreveport (SHV). Since the shut down started over a month ago, there has been a rising trend in TSA agents calling out sick to work....
