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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....

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.Traveling for work or pleasure in the next few months? Club Carlson wants to reward you with bonus points for eligible stays at all of its properties around the world, such as Country Inn & Suites and Radisson Blu hotels, through its Work Hard, Play Hard promotion....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Update: Some TPG readers are reporting offers of more than 6,000 bonus Starpoints — several saying they were eligible for 6,000 Starpoints after the sixth, 12th and 18th stays, for a total of 18,000 bonus Starpoints.Starwood Preferred Guest is targeting members with the opportunity to earn bonus Starpoints just for completing stays. You can earn up to 6,000 bonus Starpoints just for completing stays within the given time period — if you’re eligible for the offer....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Before I joined TPG more than two years ago, I had a career at various tech publications, where, as part of my job, I reviewed products ranging from batteries to briefcases to smartphones. While gadgets might seem dull in comparison to incredible first-class flights booked for pennies on the dollar — and oftentimes they were — I haven’t come across a product that I truly despised until this Monday, when I flew Air India’s 777-300ER from Delhi to New York-JFK....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport has a staggering 13 Priority Pass lounges, 12 of which are in the international terminal. I decided to try the Oman Air Lounge when I departed from Bangkok recently, since TPG listed it as one of the top Priority Pass lounges worldwide in 2017. Here’s my take on this BKK lounge.LocationThere was one terminal at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, and all international passengers used the same security and immigration....

Mercury may be back in retrograde today, but it’s not all doom and gloom up in the cosmos — in fact, there are a ton of cool celestial events taking place in the sky this week.Two Taurid meteor showers are peaking in November in the Northern Hemisphere, from both the Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids. The former has been active since Sept. 10 and will continue until Nov. 20, while the later became active on Oct....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.They say when it rains it pours - and today has been a crazy day in the world of points credit cards - in a good way! This is the last day of the limited-time 50,000-point sign-up bonuses on all four Southwest credit cards, the launch of 30,000-point bonuses on the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express personal and business cards, and the Chase British Airways Visa Signature Card is being offered with its first year’s annual fee waived....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here: Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American ExpressJust months after closing its merger with Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Marriott International is making core changes to two key Starwood brands. The company announced new living and dining features that will begin rolling out at Aloft and Element hotels this year, focused on brand and guest experience.At Aloft properties, the food and beverage programs will be revamped with an emphasis on fresh, healthy and locally sourced ingredients....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.I love watching tennis, especially the US Open in New York every summer, and this year I was able to go several times thanks to Starwood and The Platinum Card from American Express.Just hanging out at the US Open with super-famous tennis players, no big deal.First, I redeemed 50,000 Starwood points to book the Starwood Suite, which is Suite 110, located at center court in Arthur Ashe Stadium....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today, TPG Senior Points & Miles Correspondent Nick Ewen explores a great new promotion from the United Airlines shopping portal, which is offering elevated earning rates, spending bonuses and more.Last week, I wrote about the lucrative All Day Recess Sweepstakes and Promotion being offered through United MileagePlus Shopping. While the entire promotion runs until mid-August, a number of popular online retailers are offering increased earning rates on select dates....

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.Last year, I wrote about how US Airways were now temporarily not bookable on the British Airways website, due to a known issue since US Airways recently aligned their fare codes with American Airlines. However, the good news is that you can once again book US Airways awards through the British Airways website....

Drones have been posing issues for commercial and recreational aircraft ever since their inception. Last year the Federal Aviation Administration released a report stating that drone strikes can cause more damage to aircraft than bird strikes.Now, the University of Dayton Research Institute has provided more evidence of the serious harm these small plastic devices can do to a plane’s exterior.A team of researchers at the school shot a 2.1 pound DJI Phantom 2 drone (a popular pick among hobby flyers) out of a cannon at a Mooney M20 prop aircraft’s wing....

If you’re traveling across the pond, it’s possible that either London or Paris is on your itinerary. The two cities are great options for a vacation in Europe. And, if you go to one, why not visit the other?But how do you get between the two? Not only that, but what’s the fastest and most efficient option? Our colleagues over at TPG UK wanted to figure it out. So, our London-based team sent head of video Jean Arnas (train) to race director of content Nicky Kelvin and social media editor Liam Spencer (plane) from Buckingham Palace to the Eiffel Tower....

Post-Paris Air Show, there’s been plenty of talk about next-generation aircraft. Boeing shocked the aviation community when it landed an order for 200 of its troubled 737 MAX jets, and Airbus launched its longest-range single-aisle jet, the A321XLR, increasing the likelihood that you may find yourself on a narrow-body plane for trans-Atlantic flights in the near future.Still, the overwhelming majority of commercial aviation is carried out by older jets that may have been in service for decades....

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.Yellowstone National Park officially opened its East Entrance on Friday for the 2019-2020 season. The park’s other entrances and all roadways will be open by Memorial Day Weekend, assuming the weather cooperates.The East Entrance offers visitors the most direct route to Yellowstone Lake, which is situated above North America’s largest supervolcano, Yellowstone Caldera....

As 2017 draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the year’s highs and lows in the airline industry. Due to financial pressures and PR disasters, it was a tough year for some airlines, and for some it’s even been their last. For others, 2017 was a glimpse into a future of lower fares and business class cabins where suites are the new standard.Let’s start with the bad news first…United’s CEO, Oscar Munoz, was forced to make an apology on national television after a passenger was dragged off a United plane in April....

Billy Eichner, a comedian and actor best known for screaming at people on the streets of New York City on his show “Billy on the Street,” recently did an interview with the New York Times about his travel habits. As it turns out, Eichner had a trick up his sleeve to combat the uneasy feeling some get from turbulence.Although Eichner travels somewhat frequently, mentioning that he makes long weekend trips throughout the year and typically a longer getaway once a year, he still gets anxious about plane turbulence....

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....

The family of a man who died at Universal Orlando Resort is suing the park in a lawsuit that alleges Universal Orlando had an obligation to provide warnings in languages other than English about potential dangers attractions pose to riders. The lawsuit also alleges it took too long for park employees to deliver medical assistance to the man.The 38-year old victim suffered a heart attack while sitting on a park bench after riding Skull Island: Reign of Kong, which like many rides at theme parks, has a warning in English for riders as they enter:“Warning!...

Time-crunched travelers at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport have a new – fast – way to get something to eat in American Airlines’ Terminal C.At three, easy-to-spot self-service kiosks along Terminal C (at gates C6, C19 and C35) travelers can now order meals from an assortment of restaurants and wait no longer than 20 minutes for a courier to arrive at the kiosk with their food.The pilot program at DFW is a partnership between mobile-ordering app Grab, which lets travelers order food to be picked up at dining venues in many US and UK airports, and Airport Sherpa, which has been offering gate delivery of meals and retail items at Baltimore-Washington International Airport since 2017....