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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.Airlines soon won’t have any excuse for losing your checked baggage, but if they do, American Airlines is making it easier for you to track when you’ll get it back. Today, the carrier officially launched a new product, called Customer Baggage Notification, or CBN, which removes the question of where your bags are when you land....

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.Boom Supersonic, the company that hopes to build the world’s fastest passenger aircraft, has just secured $33 million in its Series A round — a hefty sum that will go toward building a 1/3-scale prototype of the supersonic jet that will eventually be sold to airlines....

American Express is targeting cardholders for Amex Offers with retailer The RealReal. Eligible American Express cardholders can receive $40 off or 4,000 Amex Membership Rewards points after spending $200 or more with luxury consignment retailer The RealReal.In order to get the savings on your purchase or bonus Membership Rewards points, you must add the offer to your card and meet the minimum spend either in-store or online at therealreal.com.Here’s the $40 back offer:… And the 4,000 Membership Rewards offer:So, if you were targeted for both, which is the better deal?...

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 31st, the Chase Shopping portal is making it easier to earn bonus Ultimate Rewards points on your Apple purchases. During the promotion, you can earn 4 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar on select purchases made through the Chase Sapphire Ultimate Rewards shopping portal — 2 more bonus points per dollar than the standard rate....

Virgin America prides itself on a freewheeling, fun-loving atmosphere and adding to the ambiance of bonhomie, the airline has just launched a new seat-to-seat ordering feature that will allow passengers to purchase food and beverage service items for other passengers from their own seatback touchscreens.This is a follow-up to the chat function that’s part of Virgin’s RED entertainment system where you can instant message passengers in other seats. Apparently flirty flyers were already ordering service items for others and directing the flight attendant where to deliver them, so this just cuts the middleman out of the process and gets that fruit plate or cocktail to your love interest faster....

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.Spirit Airlines flights were grounded for one hour on Friday evening, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.TPG writer JT Genter noticed the FAA advisory, which said flights are grounded at least until 6pm ET. (The times in the advisory are expressed in 24-hour format and Greenwich Mean Time, five hours ahead of US Eastern Time....

While flat beds in business class have become the norm, a small number of airlines (two, currently) have experimented with products that allow passengers travelling in the economy cabin to sleep and lounge in a completely horizontal position.Economy beds, marketed under the brand names Skycouch and Family Couch, convert rows of three economy seats aircraft into a flat sleeping surface about five feet long, which may be enough for an adult couple to curl up and catch a few hours of shuteye....

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.Here’s something you definitely don’t see every day: A major airline’s CEO getting pie’d in the face. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce was speaking at a business breakfast in Perth when a man walked onto the stage, approached Joyce from behind and splattered a lemon meringue pie in his face before walking off stage....

For spring break this year we packed our passports and flew to Grand Cayman to put our Starwood Preferred Guest points to good use at the beachfront Westin Grand Cayman. No vacation or destination is ever perfect, but this one was pretty darn close for those who enjoy picture-perfect family beach getaways. If I had to nitpick about anything on our stay, it would be how pricey it can be to eat at the hotel....

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.In a case of mistaken identity, the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) was forced to recall 200,000 printed passports that were supposed to feature an image of Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport (TPE). However, the image of the airport in the passport shows none other than Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)....

I recently made my first long-haul trip in United GlobalFirst from Los Angeles to Melbourne and I am currently ‘down under’ at the moment exploring the wonders of Australia - and to celebrate, I am giving away a special edition United amenity kit and 10,000 United miles!The commemorative amenity kit and the normal one.On my trip down, I was treated to one of United’s new special edition amenity kits as part of the company’s “Flyer Friendly” campaign....

Travel can be an escape. Travel can be your life. Travel can change your life.It can be all of those things at different points within a lifetime, but it can’t serve all of those purposes simultaneously.We’ve spent a few years, maybe more than a few years, often skimming the surface of what travel can offer. The reason isn’t surprising; we’ve had more than enough on our plates at home. Having our girls was hard....

Remember carpooling as a kid? The pick-ups and drop-offs, with everyone crammed into a stuffy vehicle? Thanks to technology, like so many things, ride-sharing has improved.Starting today, Uber — which has always been in on the ride-share action, having launched uberPOOL nearly four years ago — is offering a new product called Express POOL.Here’s how it will work: A rider will see an Express POOL option next to UberPOOL in the app....

Terminal 4 of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (PHX) was shut down for four hours on Sunday, leading to 300 flight cancellations and scores more delays — all because of a rental car.An unattended car with its engine running was parked at the Terminal 4 curbside and was deemed suspicious by airport authorities. Large swaths of the terminal were closed for hours while police investigated the car for explosives, even sending in a bomb-diffusing robot to sweep the vehicle....

Yo, there’re some bit misconceptions out there about Philadelphia. It’s not a sleepy small town suffering from an inferiority complex since it’s just south of New York City and north of Washington, D.C. — Philly’s quietly booming. There’s culture, beauty, cheesesteaks and lots of options when it comes to that last one. Here are 10 tips from an insider to help you make the most of your time in this vibrant city....

Paris Hilton, the famed granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels, and who’s not to be confused with the Hilton properties in Paris, is launching her own hotel chain. That’s right, Paris Hilton is launching her own luxury hotel chain, which will bear her name and remain separate Hilton entities from the empire her grandfather created.She’s planning to launch a new line of luxury hotels in Dubai, New York and Las Vegas....

US Airways just announced a new 100% bonus on purchased miles from June 6-30, 2011. Key rules: You can only buy up to 50,000 miles (100,000 total with the bonus) and you must have been a member for at least 12 days, so if you don’t have a Dividend Miles account, create one here.This is a deal I will be getting in on, because there’s no quicker, easier way to rack up 100,000 miles that can be redeemed for Star Alliance flights for $1,478....

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.The first Boeing 737 took to the skies in April 9, 1967, and since then, it’s been redesigned and relaunched quite a few times. The latest iterations are the long-range and fuel efficient 737 MAX aircraft models — which have racked up a combined 3,803 orders per Boeing’s latest report....

Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you might have missed from the week before, plus a few new stories. If you’re an avid TPG reader, you’ll want to skip ahead to the new stuff. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you might have missed on TPG this week.An Airline With No Planes Just Bought 20 Boeing DreamlinersYou probably haven’t heard of Bamboo Airways, but after that ambitious Boeing order, it may become more familiar....

When recreational marijuana officially becomes legal in Canada on Oct. 17, users will no longer have to worry about breaking the law. They may have something new to fear, however: Their own credit card data.Some privacy experts fear that US law enforcement authorities will use credit card transaction data from legal pot buys to lock down the border. Global News reported in September 2018 that US law allows border officials to ban Canadians from entering the country for life if they’ve purchased marijuana, even if it’s done so legally....