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Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Flights to popular European vacation destinations such as Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Paris and Rome have dropped to as low as $256 round-trip. Most of these deals are to the canal lined city of Amsterdam, but there’s also some availability to the other cities.Not all route combinations are discounted, so you may have to play around with your destination city to see what’s pricing low....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Flights to Eastern and Central Europe from the East Coast have dropped as low as $385 round-trip.If you want to avoid the crowds that flock to Western European cities, take a trip to the less crowded and more affordable cities like Vilnius (VNO), Budapest (BUD), Kraków (KRK) and more in Eastern Europe.Two of my absolute favorite cities in Europe are Budapest and Krakow as the food was amazing (I paid 34¢ for a bottle of wine in Hungary), the people were so friendly and both cities were super walkable....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.For more TPG news and deals delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter here: https://thepointsguy.com/mailing-list//Flights to Moscow have dropped as low as $1,530 round-trip in business with departures from New York City (JFK). This is an absolute steal, with tickets booked on Alitalia and flown on both Aeroflot and the Italian airline. Dates are spanning across several months and early into April 2020, so there’s plenty of time to plan a trip (and apply for a visa)....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The cheap fares to Europe continue to get better and better, with a wide variety of destinations heavily discounted from New York City between now and March 2020. Note that the best fares are in basic economy, which in some cases is up to $800 less than main cabin coach fares. Basic economy means that you’ll still have to pay for a bag or pay to select your seat in some cases, though you’ll still get a meal and earn miles on these flights....

You need almost all of the basic equipment that you normally use when you’re rock climbing to safely and efficiently rappel. Here is essential rappelling equipment for rock climbing. Ropes Climbing ropes are one of the most important pieces of equipment for rappelling. Most climbers use the same dynamic ropes for rappelling that they use for climbing. These work well but remember that the ropes stretch and that they can be damaged or cut by rock edges....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Today, I want to share a story from TPG reader Daniele, who missed out on an important sign-up bonus:I applied and was approved for the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business Credit Card in October and the Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card in December. I was poised to obtain the Companion Pass early in 2019, which would have made it valid until the end of 2020....

01 of 04 D Minor in Open Position Partly because it’s easy to play, and partly because of its simplicity, the D minor chord is one of the first chords a guitarist should learn. The basic D minor chord shown here is the most commonly used shape - you’ll see this used constantly by guitarists everywhere. Playing the shape is relatively straightforward: Place your second (middle) finger on the second fret of the third stringNow, put your third (ring) finger on the third fret of the second stringLastly, place your first finger on the first fret of the first string...

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Instant pot acorn squash is a sweet and savory vegetable side dish that is easy to make and ready in only 12 minutes! The squash is cut into halves, placed into the instant pot for hands-off cooking, then brushed with a sweet honey sauce. This simple side dish has all of the fall flavors that your family will love! Easy Instant Pot Acorn Squash Acorn squash is a sweet and nutty winter squash that can easily be seasoned and served as either sweet or savory!...

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.I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but just wanted to remind everyone that today is the last day to get the Starwood American Express card with a 30,000 point sign-up bonus....

Jump to Recipe This easy-to-make lemon garlic shrimp pasta combines al dente pasta with succulent, tender shrimp and a deceptively rich sauce! Toss it all together in just 20 minutes for a tasty family meal that is sure to be a new favorite! Shrimp Pasta with Lemon Garlic Butter For the best rich, lemon-garlic butter pasta covered in sauteed shrimp, look no further. This recipe hits all of the best flavors!...

The Bradley fighting vehicle system maintainer handles the maintenance and repair of the M2/M3, A2/A3 Bradley fighting vehicle, the M6 Bradley linebacker air defense vehicle and the M-7 Bradley fire support team vehicle. Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include: Perform maintenance on gas particulate systems, vehicular mounted armament, and associated fire control systemsDiagnose and troubleshoot malfunctions and perform maintenance and on-board direct support tasks on the Bradley fighting vehicle suspension and steering systemsPerform maintenance on fire extinguisher and suppression systems...

In music, just like a lot of other languages, there are language rules that you need to know and terms that will help you understand what you are reading. It is important to understand what a natural note is, what the “natural symbol” tells of a musician when it is written in notation, and exactly what an accidental sign is. Music as a Language Music has an alphabet as the basis of its language....

Qantas is launching another one of its special flights to nowhere on May 26, and passengers lucky enough to score a ticket will get an intimate look at the upcoming supermoon.The airline is selling only 100 seats on one of its 787 Dreamliners for the special flight, promising spectacular views of the lunar event on the day when the moon will be at its closest point to the earth. The second and final supermoon of 2021 will happen at the same time as a full lunar eclipse, meaning passengers can expect a double phenomenon with the moon turning red against the evening sky....

Editor’s note: The Dilly provided a complimentary stay to TPG to be among the first to experience the new property. The opinions expressed below are entirely from the author and weren’t subject to review by The Dilly or any external entity.London’s diverse and usually exciting luxury hotel scene hasn’t had much to be excited about this year. The pandemic drags into a second year, the country has been in lockdown for months and international tourists are nowhere to be seen....

Welcome to Miami, Spirit Airlines.America’s largest ultra-low-cost carrier inaugurated service Wednesday at Miami International Airport (MIA), with Flight 3104 landing at 8:54 a.m. local time from Atlantic City, New Jersey (ACY). Spirit Flight 3105 was the first yellow Airbus to depart the airport at 10:20 a.m., bound for Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PAP).(Photo by Zach Griff/The Points Guy)The inaugural is the first of 31 Miami routes that will launch by January 2022, in what’s arguably the single-largest network expansion we’ve seen during the pandemic....

Avelo Airlines is headed East.The brand-new budget carrier said New Haven, Connecticut, would become its first base on the East Coast. The Thursday announcement comes just a week after Avelo flew its inaugural flight on an intra-California route between Burbank and Santa Rosa – the first of 11 routes Avelo will offer from Burbank by late May.Avelo – the first mainline U.S. carrier to launch in 15 years – did not reveal a firm start date or its planned routes from Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), saying only that it would begin flying there in the third quarter of this year....

Austin has long held a reputation for upholding its famous slogan, “Keep Austin weird.“I’ve been an Austinite since 2004, and newcomers from California, New York and other destinations join me every day. These are some of my favorite haunts to share when friends and family come to visit.For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.Learn about Texas historyYou can learn a lot about Texas in a single afternoon by hitting up the Texas Capitol and the Bullock Museum of Texas state history....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.In 2018, writer Jada Yuan was chosen out of some 13,000 applicants to hit the road for a year, traveling to 52 destinations selected by The New York Times.When it comes to favorites from the trip, which she had zero input planning, Yuan told The Points Guy, “When you travel like this and go to so many places in a year, superlatives just don’t make sense....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you may have missed from the week before, including several that already appeared on The Points Guy, and some more that we haven’t covered yet. If you’re an avid TPG reader, scroll down for the new stuff. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you may have missed this week:See what the top card offers are for March....