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Legislators are calling on airline executives to take action on sexual harassment and assault in the aviation industry. The call to action took place in the form of a letter signed by lawmakers and addressed to the leaders of 30 airlines.“Flight attendants are first responders to medical emergencies, in-flight fires, or evacuations as well as the last line of defense against hijacking,” said the lawmakers, who hail from both major political parties....

The Southwest Companion Pass is getting both more tempting and more valuable for those who like to vacation in the Caribbean as Southwest now has another popular destination for sale using dollars or Southwest Rapid Reward points!Use Southwest Points to Fly to Grand Cayman!Seats are now for sale from Fort Lauderdale to Grand Cayman for Southwest flights beginning June 4, 2017! Grand Cayman is 100% on my short list of places to hopefully visit with my family soon!...

I wouldn’t go so far as to call Delta clairvoyant, but it’s pretty darn good at forecasting. The airline has become borderline wizard-like in its ability to precisely fill each cabin to capacity, and soon, it’s planning to parlay that magic into your in-flight experience.Delta Air Lines CFO Paul Jacobson spoke today at the Cowen & Co. transportation conference, and he explained a bit about how the airline is looking to intelligently round up customer data into a “single view” of their likes, dislikes, preferences and even their prior experiences....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here – Marriott Rewards Premier Credit CardHotel chains typically offer members an opportunity to earn bonus points on summer stays, when business travel tends to slow down a bit. Hyatt, IHG, Starwood and others are currently running bonus points promotions, and today Marriott announced one of its own.This promo isn’t as exciting as those offered by some of the competition, but if you’re planning to stay at a Marriott property between May 24 and September 5, you might as well register....

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.Every Sunday I’ll be featuring reader email questions for TPG, so if you have a question you’d like me to answer, email me here (info at thepointsguy.com) and use subject line TPG READER QUESTION.Hope everyone is having a nice weekend....

The world had its eyes on Windsor Castle Saturday morning for the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Among the wedding gifts the couple received: silence from air traffic. For 22 minutes, the skies over Windsor Castle were emptied out for the royal wedding.It’s not uncommon for air traffic controllers to clear out the skies around high-profile events. And, Windsor Castle happens to be directly in the approach path for one of the busiest airports in the world — located just five miles away....

Oneworld member Japan Airlines offers one of the world’s most impressive first class experiences aboard their flagship Boeing 777-300ERs. These are the only planes in JAL’s fleet to feature a first class cabin, and you can currently find them flying between Tokyo Narita (NRT) and New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD) and Los Angeles (LAX), as well as between Tokyo Haneda (HND) and JFK and San Francisco (SFO).JAL’s first class cabin consists of 8 seats spread across 2 rows in a 1-2-1 layout....

Even for the very experienced traveler, there is strain involved in airline travel. This is especially true with tight transfers for connecting flights, and sometimes getting to the airport. Cognizant of these stressors, a number of domestic and international airlines have created special programs for their elite travelers that attempt to remediate them, as well as offer unique experiences.Delta, American, and United all have chauffeur programs to shuttle their top customers between gates....

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation will acquire La Quinta Holdings, Inc. in a $1.95 billion dollar cash deal announced Thursday morning. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2018, however, in the even that the deal falls through, La Quinta will pay Wyndham a termination fee of $37 million.Wyndham spelled out the details of the agreement in a press release Thursday morning:“Under the terms of the agreement, stockholders of La Quinta will receive $8....

For Anna Roth, a content strategist in Brooklyn, Thanksgiving has always been a big deal. She and her sister fly to their family home in Seattle. She sleeps in her childhood bed and wakes up to the smells of her mom’s famous stuffing, made of sourdough bread chunks and Italian sausage. She looks forward to the yeast rolls they always enjoy make from her great-grandmother’s recipe. This year, however, she’s forgoing it all to take an epic nine-day jaunt to Asia....

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 has been on a roll with giving out free miles lately and I’m not complaining! The newest easy, free hit is to sign-up for their shopping program and then watch a short video on the program. Unfortunately, I’m already an AA Shopping member so I’m ineligible for this one, but hope all of you can take advantage of it....

Seeing a pretty poodle or scruffy Scottie prancing around a hotel lobby is becoming a common sight as more and more Americans prefer to travel with their pets. A 2017 survey performed by TripAdvisor found that 53% of the 1,100 respondents travel with their pets, with 52% only staying at pet-friendly properties. With these numbers, it’s no surprise that dog-abiding hotels and resorts are on the rise, with many properties going to great lengths to impress our four-legged friends....

Here’s a roundup of the week’s points, miles and travel industry news you may have missed:Alitalia is updating its planes and service with additions such as Wi-Fi on long-haul flights.Alitalia Launches RedesignAlitalia is rolling out some new branding, including a new logo, Wi-Fi on long-haul flights and entirely renovated planes. The updated aircraft include a redesigned business class featuring lie-flat seats with exclusive leather covers designed by Poltrona Frau, as well as Frette blankets and pillows....

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.Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here: The Platinum Card from American ExpressFriendly Flyertalker and TPG reader Infomofo just posted this link which will take you to a seemingly active 50,000 point Platinum Card sign-up screen....

If you were one of the 5.3 million people watching the season finale of Scandal last month, you might have missed one small detail that Hollywood omitted as Olivia Pope ran to meet the President boarding Marine One — the hurricane force winds. I will get back to this shortly.What is Marine One, exactly? These helicopters are commonly known as “White Tops” because of their distinctive livery of green with a white stripe....

Could this be James Bond’s next super-vehicle? Both Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce unveiled their own flying car concepts at the Farnborough Airshow this week.Aston Martin, the British carmaker known for its luxury vehicles, is developing Vertical Take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles in partnership with Cranfield University and oddly enough, Rolls-Royce. These are just the latest companies to start their own ventures into the untamed space of personal aircraft — both Uber and Airbus are working on their own, “flying car” VTOL aircraft....

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.For the seventh time this year, British Airways’ IT systems failed Wednesday morning, causing disruption for thousands of passengers at London’s Heathrow (LHR) and Gatwick (LGW) airports.The system causing the disruption is known as “FLY” — a ground-based system used by BA staff that processes passenger information, check-in details, baggage tracking and more....

Airlines remind passengers to be careful when opening overhead bins as bags may have shifted in flight, but airline passengers aren’t supposed to beware of ceiling panels falling on their heads during flight.Unbelievably, that’s what happened on an American Airlines flight Saturday. Even worse, the heavy panel — including an oxygen tank — fell directly onto an infant. And the mother is livid at American Airlines’ response.The incident happened on American Airlines flight #126 from Hong Kong (HKG) to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)....

The darker the window, the more money airport passengers will spend.That’s the conclusion of a test at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) that installed “smart glass” at one of its gates. The technology allows the airport to adjust the opacity of the gate’s massive windows to temper sun exposure, leaving the gate darker, cooler and more comfortable for passengers waiting to catch a flight.When the gate is shaded by the electrochromatic glass, it increases the time that passengers linger in the terminal’s bars and restaurants — what experts call “dwell time....

There are some established and well recognized “certainties and guarantees” in life. Two of the most common are death and taxes. Here in Texas, among educators and their families, there is for sure one more. That is, upon retirement, that teachers WILL take a trip to the northeast United States to see the fall foliage. I do not know if this is a DNA preordained need or if it is written into the fine print of their contract as a requirement of employment....