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Daisy the Squirrel has a passionate advocate.The unlikely “baby” of a recent Frontier Airlines customer made headlines this week after her owner, Cindy Torok, was asked to leave the aircraft, as Frontier does not permit rodents on board. Torok refused, resulting in a nearly two-hour delay, which ended in all of the passengers being forced to deplane, and Torok infamously being wheeled away from the gate in a wheelchair.Now Torok is speaking out, saying, “I’m going for blood....

As summer winds down, and the dog days officially come to an end, the holiday season is approaching fast.What? Yes. If you thought summer flew by, Thanksgiving will be here before you know it (84 days to be exact). Booking holiday travel can be a bit stressful, especially when you’re trying to find the most affordable airfares. In addition to Google Flights two new features that use previous travel data and deals to determine the best travel dates, Hipmunk, a commercial travel company, analyzed data to give you the most cost-effective ways to travel for the upcoming holidays....

Today’s installment of Discover America Daily Getaways are reduced price Best Western stay coupons. I’m not really feeling this promotion, because it’s kind of confusing. For the 2 night vouchers, you have to redeem one night at one of only eight properties and then you can redeem the other at any other US/Canadian Best Western. Weird.Also, there’s only 16 of the packages available, so it’s almost futile to try buying one....

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.Uber is testing a new pricing feature among some of its employees that allows passengers get a cheaper fare if they’re willing to wait a little longer for their ride to arrive.An Uber employee in Berkeley, California, tweeted a (since deleted) screenshot that showed the test feature’s two options....

Usually if you’re running on a runway, something bad just happened. However, once a year, thousands get the chance to do so on Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport’s fifth runway. This year, I was one of them.Hosted by Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed, the “The Mayor’s 5K on the 5th Runway” had its third annual race Saturday, September 30. In order to limit the impact on air traffic, the race starts promptly at 6:30am and all walkers must clear off the course by 7:30am....

“Reader Questions” are answered three days a week — Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays — by TPG Senior Writer Julian Mark Kheel.It’s the exact same distance from Dallas (DFW) to Chicago (ORD) as it is from Chicago to Dallas, right? So TPG reader Charles wants to know why he got more miles on American Airlines in one direction than the other…[pullquote source=“TPG Reader Charles”]Can you explain why on the same class of ticket I would get more miles traveling from DFW to ORD than I get for traveling from ORD to DFW?...

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.This fall Membership Rewards has been pretty quiet with transfer bonuses and up until recently Delta didn’t have one at all, which is pretty rare considering they had multiple promos in September.However, they just announced a promotion where you get a rebate of 15,000 points for every 50,000 transferred to Delta....

Rio is looking like a less-than-appealing place to watch the Olympics — and the news coming out of the host city seems to be getting worse every day. Yesterday, some beachgoers stumbled upon human body parts that had washed up on the shore — right next to the Olympic Beach Volleyball Arena. In all, a passerby found a dismembered foot and another body part (that’s still unidentified). The cause of the victim’s death is all speculation at this point, but it’s pretty embarrassing for the host country just weeks away from the Opening Ceremony....

A roller coaster at Daytona Beach Boardwalk Amusement Park derailed on Thursday, causing two riders to fall 34 feet to the ground, The Daytona Beach Fire Department tweeted. The fire department used a ladder to rescue 10 people from the dangling cart. Ultimately, six theme park guests were sent to the hospital. The extent of the injuries remains unknown.According to the Daytona Beach News Journal, the 85-foot coaster, called the Sand Blaster, opened on the boardwalk in 2013....

Garuda Indonesia Flight GA460 landed Thursday at Tambolaka Airport (TMC) in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia — but missed the turn onto the apron by a small margin of error, leaving the plane stranded.A Twitter user shared an image of the Bombardier CRJ1000 being manually pushed back on the runway Thursday.“After the plane landed, it should have turned left towards the apron. The plane missed [the turn] slightly,” said Ikhsan Rosan, Garuda Indonesia’s senior manager for public relations....

India’s flag carrier Air India has been struggling financially for years, and the government decided to put it up for sale two months ago.India’s civil aviation secretary RN Choubey told Indian TV News that the government still hasn’t received any bids for the struggling airline. To make matters worse, the formal bidding process closes Thursday.Choubey said that the government will not extend the bidding process, which it’s already prolonged once before, extending it from May 14 to May 31....

When President Trump’s original travel ban was first introduced, there was confusion as to who exactly would be ineligible for entry to the United States. Would it be just citizens of the Muslim-majority nations? Or would, somehow, even US citizens be affected? Or, something of a mix. As it turns out, the ban’s implications may have been more wide-sweeping than we originally thought.As reported by Bloomberg, the US Customs and Border Protection revoked — without any explanation or warning — the memberships of some Global Entry and other trusted traveler programs members, including NEXUS, Secure Electronic Network and Free and Secure Trade....

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.American Airlines is targeting some of its AAdvantage members with free status. It appears the carrier is handing out complimentary Platinum and Gold status to enjoy for the next few months to select members.If you were targeted via email, you’ll get the Gold or Platinum status through December 22, 2017 — almost three full months of status....

Hackers stole data from more than five million credit cards at two major stores in what is described as one of the largest attacks ever on a retailer.Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks OFF 5th were hit by a cyber attack, Hudson’s Bay Company, the owner of the two stores, confirmed.The company said that it does not believe the breach affects its digital platforms Hudson’s Bay, Home Outfitters, or HBC Europe....

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.Delta and Airbnb have a partnership through which SkyMiles members can earn 1 mile per dollar spent on Airbnb stays after you register and book through a special portal. And, a few months ago, the two companies offered a promotion where members could earn 3 SkyMiles per dollar spent on stays....

Elon Musk had a big victory today despite the recent news of layoffs at Tesla. Musk’s Boring Company won its bid to build a new high-speed connection between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and downtown Chicago. The Chicago City Council approved an $8.5 billion plan to expand O’Hare in March.The Boring Company had been in talks with Chicago since last summer and beat out competitors that had worked on London’s Heathrow (LHR) terminal....

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 take to the skies this month or in the near future. Keep in mind that exact flight details (like schedules and aircraft, among other things) may change.NEW ROUTES LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 2018Qantas Offers New Nonstop from San Francisco to Melbourne, Australia (launched September 1)Melbourne is always a beautiful city to visit, though the weather is much better this time of year....

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.Multiple fires ripped their way across several North Bay counties in California early Monday morning, leaving devastation in their paths. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed in the early hours of Monday morning, forcing thousands of people in the area to evacuate as the fires continued their push....

There are more than eight billion smartphones and mobile devices in the world, making them the most popular computer system on the planet. But despite their diminutive size, mobile devices are both extremely powerful and extremely personal. As such, it’s worth learning how to best protect and secure those devices — and our most precious data — from being hacked. Here are some of the changes we can make to better secure our most valuable computers....

Since Hurricane Florence’s landfall Friday morning, the storm caused severe damage to the mid-lower East Coast, with a reported four fatalities thus far. While locals have been advised to evacuate the premises, not all have. However, it turns out that social media can play a crucial role in communication during natural disasters. In an extensive twitter thread, New York Times journalist Kendra Pierre-Louis warns Twitter users not to abuse the Hurricane Florence hashtag as a safety measure....