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Yesterday, I posted an Amazing Deal Alert: Free Weekend Rentals From Avis which offered customers two free weekend days with no minimum rental. The code is valid for rentals through June 30, 2013 at participating locations in the U.S.This coupon code is no longer valid for bookings on the Avis site.Well as luck will have it, the deal is now dead and is no longer bookable through the Avis site. However, currently one workaround is to head over to United’s site and book the car rental there....

There will soon be a new Airbus plane flying passengers across oceans — a new version of a single-aisle classic that’s been around since the 1990s, but so revamped that it’s now able to fly distances unimaginable for its earlier incarnations. That’s the Airbus A321LR, for “long range,” which Airbus markets as having “the longest range of any single-aisle commercial aircraft today.” It can go up to 4,600 miles nonstop, enough to reach large chunks of the continental US from most European cities....

Commuters will be happy to learn that Lyft is expanding its program allowing riders to use pre-tax dollars from commuter benefits.The ride-sharing company has announced that it’s expanding the option to use pre-tax dollars via a benefits card to pay for any Lyft Line rides, Lyft’s carpool option, in a city where Line service is available. The option to use commuter benefits to pay for Lyft Line rides was only available in four cities before, with this move adding 14 more cities to the list....

She was abducted in the middle of the secure area of the 20th busiest airport in the world.Shortly after 39-year-old Jincai Chen deplaned from her flight from Hong Kong (HKG) to Bangkok (BKK) on the evening of May 6, a group of four Chinese men and one Thai woman all dressed in black grabbed her arms and walked her through the security checkpoint.On the other side of airport security near the baggage carousel, two additional men in black joined in the kidnapping operation....

Alitalia is offering a 20% off flash sale this weekend now through noon (presumably in Rome) May 21, 2012 (Monday) using the code: SPECIAL20IT.Here are the (roughly) translated details:“For you a discount of 20% off all destinations of the Alitalia network. The discount of 20% applies on the total ticket price (taxes, surcharges and service sales included), all of the destinations of Alitalia network purchased in Economy (Classica) and Business (Ottima and Magnifica), excluding Premium Economy (Classica Plus)....

At TPG, we’re huge fans of using smartphones to enhance our travel experiences. While certain apps like Google Maps and TripIt serve as practical additions to your home screen, it’s also important to have options for keeping track of the memories that you create. Fortunately, there’s Foursquare’s Swarm app, which was recently updated so you can use “check-ins” to create a “life log,” or, an interactive record of all the places you’ve visited on any given day....

This year at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, we’ve seen a new A330 cabin design, gigantic seat-back TVs for the economy cabin and a new 4K business-class seat from Panasonic that’s going to transform the in-flight experience once it launches in 2019. While all of those innovations are pretty exciting, they’re not going to have an immediate effect on the passenger experience. Fortunately, there was plenty more to see on the show floor, including new ideas that are already flying today....

Chicago’s largest airport could soon be getting a facelift. The city’s mayor Rahm Emanuel and the airlines are reportedly in the final stages of negotiating an $8.5 billion deal to expand Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD).As reported by the Chicago Tribune, the deal would include a new state-of-the-art “Global Terminal,” featuring new gates and additional concourses. In all, the eight-year plan would catapult ORD to a more modern airport by reducing gridlock and delays, along with accommodating more flights — both international and domestic....

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.When you’re at the airport, one of the most time-consuming tasks — besides waiting in extremely long TSA security checkpoint lines — is the process of checking a bag. There can be anything from long lines to get to the counter to issues with weight (and having to remove that extra pair of shoes from your bag) — not to mention the checked bag fees, which can be fairly easy to avoid....

Just in time for summer, Delta is revamping its food and beverage offerings for passengers. The summer choices are set to launch on June 1, and the food options will vary based on the destination.Passengers in Delta One will experience the most notable changes to the food menu. Those traveling in Delta One, including passengers on four select transcon routes, will get summer dishes from chef Linton Hopkins and chefs from Union Square Hospitality Group....

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.We’ve all been there: you spend all night loading up your iPad with movies and TV shows to keep you company on your cross-country red eye only to realize, 10 minutes after takeoff, that you left your power cable behind....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – JetBlue Plus CardJetBlue is offering TrueBlue members a chance to earn triple points on all flights during the month of June. If you register for the promotion and book travel by May 25, 2016, you’ll receive triple points on travel from June 1 through June 30, 2016.This new offer is good on all flights — both one-way and round-trip — and there’s no limit to the number of flights you can earn triple points on during the promotion....

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.Flyertalk.com is one of thebest sources for the most up-to-date miles and points news. The Iphone add just hit the App Store so I just downloaded it and so far I’m impressed.

Though Wi-Fi availability is something to which we are now accustomed while flying, our experiences can range vastly in terms of both speed and connection quality, depending on the airline and aircraft type. The way these magic beams reach our laptops, tablets and smartphones is pretty incredible if you break it down and have a chance to look at what’s going on over our heads while we hurtle through the air, seven miles above the earth....

A few months after our first daughter was born, we accepted the reality that the easy-breezy Austin lifestyle we were used to was forever changed. Gone were nights wakeboarding on the lake after work, weekly game night dinners with friends, checking out the rotating deals at all the local happy hour spots, and sleeping in on the weekends. Oh how I still miss sleeping in on the weekends.Instead, we were overnight frantically trying to adjust to living on virtually no sleep, caring for a little one with some extra needs, deciding who gets to go to work on days when she was too sick for the babysitter, and learning to roll with all of the other wonderful and jarring changes you make when you go from having very little hands-on baby experience to being responsible 24/7 for another tiny human....

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano saw yet another explosive eruption in the wee hours of Thursday morning local time.The latest eruption occurred at Kilauea’s summit and spewed plumes of ash and smoke as high as 30,000 feet into the sky just after 4:00am local time. The continued ash emissions are reaching about 12,000 feet in the air, the US Geological Survey repots.The initial explosion likely only lasted a few minutes, a USGS scientist told the AP, but was enough to create a huge new column of volcanic ash that loomed above the Big Island....

Update 2/10/17: While the situation at LGA has improved somewhat since this post was published almost six months ago, traffic is still such an issue that passengers occasionally need to get out on the highway just to catch their flights:From leaky ceilings to backed up gates, LaGuardia Airport has been in a state of disrepair for quite some time. But, despite the airport’s overall state, it’s still the go-to pick for many New Yorkers, due only to its proximity to Midtown....

While the most well-known hotel-to-airline transfer program is Marriott Bonvoy, a number of airlines have partnerships with hotel loyalty programs that let you transfer hotel points into airline miles. While it’s rarely a good value, it can be useful for cleaning out hotel points that you can’t use or to top off an airline account if you’re just shy of a great redemption.Back in mid-September, American Airlines launched a 25% bonus when transferring hotel points from four hotel programs to the American Airlines AAdvantage program....

A Missouri nun who was traveling to Australia last August was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine through Sydney Airport (SYD) by using her high heels. But the nun claims that she was duped into committing the crime by a man she met online.As reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, 51-year-old Denise Marie Woodrum, a sister of the Kansas-based Adorers of the Blood of Christ, was busted when attempting to go through customs at SYD on August 4, 2017....

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.Just a friendly reminder to send me your questions for my Reader Email Sundays. I try my best to answer every one, but even if you don’t get an answer right away, it may be considered for a future post....