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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Each Saturday, we round up the top miles, points and travel news that you might have missed on TPG this week. Here’s what you need to know:Etihad Award Flights Bookable Online With American Airlines Miles — Business Class Space for FourTake a look at TPG’s Summer Hull’s deep dive into the best Etihad products and availability for booking with AA miles....

Jump to Recipe This Ultimate Guide to Cooking Lamb has everything you need to know to make the juiciest, most tender, and richly flavored lamb possible. You’ll find everything here from tips and tricks to recipes and more! Whether you roast it, smoke it, or grill it, your lamb will turn out incredibly delicious every time! How To Cook The Best Lamb Compared to other meats, lamb is one of the least common meats sold in the United States....

As cruise lines roll back mask mandates and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drops its travel warning for cruises, four of the world’s eight most popular cruise lines have tightened cancellation policies. These changes will make it more difficult for you to scrap or change your upcoming sailing without taking a significant financial hit.For more than two years, since COVID-19 first put the cruise industry on hiatus, lines have made their cancellation policies extra flexible to account for both the chance that passengers could become ill between booking and sailing but also to allow some leeway for cruisers feeling anxious about embarking on a voyage during a pandemic....

On Monday, JP Morgan Chase announced the acquisition of cxLoyalty Group’s loyalty division, a third-party loyalty program that currently serves 70 million customers worldwide. The company’s extensive client portfolio includes Citi, Capital One and Mastercard. The move gives Chase ownership of the company’s technology, travel, gift card and point businesses.For the latest travel news, deals and points and miles tips, sign up for our daily newsletter.Chase has been expanding its reach in the loyalty world, so it is better positioned for success when the pandemic ends....

Parental Alienation Syndrome is the deliberate attempt by one parent to distance his/her children from the other parent. The motivation is to destroy the parental bond between his/her children with the other parent. An attempt to alienate a child from a parent is done for many reasons. Among those reasons, at attempt to punish the other parent for some perceived wrongdoing. Or, a personality disorder that keeps the alienating parent from responding to a stressful situation in a rational manner....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.WOW! 50% plus MQMs was pretty good, but those offers have been limited to first time transferees, so the rest of us were stuck with measly 40% bonuses.Today Amex/Delta announced an interesting 40% rebate (registration required). For every 50,000 Amex points you transfer to Delta, you get 20,000 back.40% back = 67% bonusSo in essence 100,000 Delta miles = 60,000 Amex points (100,000 - 40,000 in rebates), the trick is that you need to have the increment of 50k in Amex points and pay the excise fee ($60 per 100k transferred, though currently not being charged due to US government budget meltdown)....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today, I want to share a story from TPG reader Keertana, who forgot to account for taxes while saving up for an award flight:I got the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card last summer before moving across the country. My regular expenses were enough for me to earn the sign-up bonus, which I spent quickly. Since I didn’t have to worry about Chase’s 5/24 rule, I decided to then apply for the Chase Freedom Unlimited card, which at the time had a bonus offer of $200 cash back after spending $500 in the first three months....

Jump to Recipe These fantastically flavorful Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp are super crunchy thanks to a coconut and Panko breading! They’re incredibly delicious and an amazing appetizer to have when entertaining or just whenever the craving for a crispy shrimp snack hits you! Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp Recipe I always think of these crazy delicious air fryer coconut shrimp as only an appetizer or snack, but my husband likes to point out that they would definitely work as a main dish for lunch or dinner!...

Jump to RecipeDeliciously decadent Lobster Artichoke Dip is baked and served warm for an amazing appetizer! This blend of three cheeses is combined until creamy, stuffed with artichokes and plump lobster chunks, then baked to perfection!! My premier appetizer dip is this hot lobster dip featuring three cheeses, diced lobster meat, artichoke hearts, a touch of garlic and some smoked paprika for the perfect baked topping!! Lobster Artichoke Dip Recipe My Lobster Artichoke Dip with cream cheese is served warm with your choice of chips, crackers, or bread for an impressive appetizer suitable for holiday entertaining!...

Book fairs and festivals are community-centered events that bring books and authors and the publishing world to the reading public. Whether local, regional or niche-based, these literary events celebrate and showcase books from every perspective and offer authors critical opportunities to promote their books to a circle of readers most likely to engage with them. For authors and publishing professionals, book fairs and festivals are great opportunities to bring new books to a variety of readers, to help grow writers’ fan bases, and to increase book promotion and sales....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Now through April 30, 2014, American is offering tiered bonuses of up to 40% on the purchase of AAdvantage miles. These aren’t going to be American’s greatest deals to date, but they could be worthwhile for the redemption of premium class awards on long-haul international flights.These AAdvantage tiered bonuses work a bit differently here and are just flat amount depending on how many miles you purchase rather than percentages....

I had never been to South Africa before last year, but I had the privilege of visiting Cape Town twice in 2019 — once for TPG’s annual Peace Jam trip, and then for the inaugural United Airlines flight from Newark, a very special addition to the carrier’s international network.On my first visit, the TPG team stayed at the AC Hotel Cape Town Waterfront, a reasonably priced Marriott hotel, which we were able to book for just 15,000 points per night....

Jump to Recipe Crawfish etouffee is a Cajun classic that’s loaded with meaty crawfish tails smothered in a buttery sauce with a little kick! It’s a rich, dark stew that is started with a good old-fashioned roux and sauteed veggies then served over a steaming bed of white rice. Tasty crawfish etouffee is a prime example of why Cajun and Creole cooking are so delicious! Easy Crawfish Etouffee ‘Etouffee’ translates to ‘smothered’ and it doesn’t get more delicious than some meaty crawfish tails smothered in a buttery etouffee sauce....

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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.We haven’t seen deals this low to Africa in a while, but we’re seeing great availability from US cities such as New York (JFK), Washington (IAD) and Houston (IAH) starting at just $564 round-trip.The deals aren’t just clustered in one part of the continent, either, with cheap fares to Lomé (LFW), Johannesburg (JNB) and Nairobi (NBO). Keep in mind that some of the stops in Europe have long layovers in cities such as London (LHR)....

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....

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....

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....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Reader Questions are answered twice a week by TPG Senior Points & Miles Contributor Ethan Steinberg.Any time you plan a vacation you hope that things will go smoothly, but from unpredictable weather events to airplane groundings and mechanical issues, it’s important to protect your plans with travel insurance. Thankfully, many of our favorite travel rewards credit cards here at TPG, including the wildly-popular Chase Sapphire Reserve, offer travel insurance as long as you use them to book part or all of your trip....

There are just 332 miles separating the airports in Atlanta and Memphis.Both are among the South’s biggest cities and are located in a geographically favorable location for connecting throughout the region and beyond. But while Memphis once enjoyed a privileged position on the U.S. aviation map, it hasn’t been keeping up with the fast-growing Georgia metropolis that Delta calls home.That’s underscored by the growth — or lack thereof, in the case at Memphis — at the two airports, which couldn’t be more different....