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Jump to RecipeChocolate Chip Maraschino Cherry Almond Bars are a sweet, chocolate, fudgy answer to your chocolate covered cherry cravings! I mean, I wait all year to see the stores filled up with this holiday treat so why not make a baked version too?! The creamy fudge-like chocolate base layer is topped beautifully with the offset lighter colored top layer to make these Chocolate Chip Maraschino Cherry Almond Bars a show stopper treat for your festive holiday parties and gatherings....

Take note, cruisers: Cruise lines are starting to shorten the window of time that you have to get a COVID-19 test before sailings out of U.S. ports.Cruise giant Carnival on Thursday announced that, effective Sept. 13, most passengers would have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than two days before sailings to board its vessels. That’s one day less than passengers currently have to get a test....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.JetBlue is currently running a fare sale with flights starting at just $17 each-way from Albany, NY to Orlando, FL and Ft. Lauderdale, FL cities for travel between Dec 10-Dec 17, 2015. To take advantage of this sale, you must book by today, Monday, April 6 at 11:59 PM ET.This sale is to celebrate JetBlue’s new non-stop service from Albany to these Florida destinations....

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 11 p....

Bienvenidos a Miami!This new fare sale has some solid savings for flights for sun-starved travelers to Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. A handful of airlines, including Alaska, American, Delta and JetBlue, have marked down flights in the summer and fall from departure cities like Charleston, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York City and others. You can find round-trip fares for as low as $128 with this sale.With Avelo, JetBlue and United, the cheapest fares likely won’t allow for a full carry-on....

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 on ANA and United from both the East and West coasts to Bangkok in premium economy are currently available for as low as $1,044 round-trip from various U.S. cities. We first spotted the deal to Bangkok thanks to Loyalty Lobby....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available – View the current offers hereWant 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 that 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....

This is shaping up to be an amazing week for Delta flyers.On Tuesday afternoon, the Atlanta-based carrier became the first U.S. airline to extend all Medallion elite status for another year, through January 2023. The airline added some perks, like a higher upgrade priority, for frequent flyers who manage to requalify for status the “hard way” this year.But buried in the news was a major change to the airline’s fare structure and change-fee policy....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.If you have booked a vacation to Disney World for this summer (or are just thinking about a trip), then today is your lucky (or perhaps magical) day. This morning, Disney released discounted room rates for summer travel at most Disney Resort hotels, valid from May 28 to Aug. 28. You can easily save hundreds of dollars on a multi-night trip with these discounts of up to 35% off – and there are Disney gift cards thrown in for good measure during the first half of the summer....

There’s a new carrier flying between the U.S. and Doha, Qatar: American Airlines.While some industry observers might’ve been caught off guard by American’s new long-haul route from New York-JFK to Doha (DOH), it makes sense on paper.Doha is the main hub for Qatar Airways, which is in the Oneworld alliance along with American Airlines. By flying there, American will be able to flyers offer plenty of onward connectivity on Qatar Airways to various regions including the rest of the Middle East, India and Africa....

Hyatt cut ties with a hotel in Moscow and will end service provisions at a property in the former Winter Olympics host city of Sochi, Russia, the Chicago-based hotel company announced Wednesday.It’s the first publicly known instance of a major Western hotel company scaling back its existing hotel presence in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.Hyatt’s “association, contracts and relationship” with the Hyatt Regency Moscow Petrovsky Park ended late last month, a Hyatt spokesperson told TPG....

You may have heard the terms Sam, Mike, and Will when people are discussing linebackers in the game of football. You may have wondered, what are the major differences, and what is involved in playing each of those different linebacker spots? Well, we’ve detailed it here for you. Here are the specifics on how to play each of the linebacker positions, including the alignment and assignments for Mike, Sam, and Will....

Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.The throes of the holiday shopping season are upon us and most retail analysts are expecting double digit increases in online and in-store shopping. With so much spending, it’s critical to maximize your credit card and points strategy or else you’re frankly throwing money down the drain.Here are a couple tips on selecting the best credit cards and portals to get the most value back for your spend:Online Shopping Portals and Why They’re So LucrativeBasically online retailers pay a commission to websites to refer them business – so these online shopping portals are simply intermediary sites where you click through to popular retailers’ sites and in doing so, a cookie is stored on your computer and you get a certain number of miles/points for every dollar you end up spending....

On a related note, before booking any travel, be sure to keep up to date with our country-by-country guide to pandemic-era travel restrictions and requirements.Swanky rooftop pool: Check. Spacious, design-driven rooms: Check. Chic lobby lounge: Check. The Thompson Hollywood ticks all the usual L.A. hotel boxes and, with a little refinement, will be a new standout option in town.For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter....

With national elections coming up in the fall, the Green Party of Norway is pitching a series of radical proposals that take square aim at an aviation industry still mired in a pandemic-induced slump.The initiatives include personal flight quotas, emphasizing train travel by replacing domestic flights with rail routes, eliminating advertising for local flights and even getting rid of duty-free shopping at airports in an effort to combat the climate crisis....

Roasted sweet potatoes & onions are tossed with oil and spices and then baked in the oven for a perfect sweet and savory side dish! In fact, it is so versatile that it pairs well with practically any entree! While they can easily be enjoyed by themselves, you can also add them to salad, tacos, or bowls for an easy upgrade to your favorite recipes! Best Roasted Sweet Potatoes With Onions I love cooking sweet potatoes any time of year, but especially in the fall time!...

During the COVID-19 crisis, our team has temporarily ceased taking review trips. Instead, we have been publishing a selection of our most popular reviews from the past year. However, as of this week we have resumed the publication of new, previously unpublished flight, hotel and lounge reviews, from trips taken before the lockdown. We hope this will help you choose once we’re all ready to start booking trips again.For one of the best places to stay in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, look no further than The Nam Hai....

These sous vide lamb chops are some of the most delicious and decadently tender lamb chops you’ll ever have! I use a simple marinade of herbs, oil, and lemon juice that perfectly complements the rich flavor of lamb meat for restaurant-quality lamb chops at home! Once you see how easy it is, you’ll want to sous vide your lamb from here on out! Easy Sous Vide Lamb Chops I love lamb chops and enjoy trying different methods to cook them, and let me just say these sous vide chops are some of the most tender I’ve ever had!...

Fans of The Office know Ed Helms as the banjo-playing Andy Bernard, a nice enough guy who used to have anger management issues but seems to have worked them all out. And in Warner Bros Pictures’ The Hangover, one of the most buzzed about comedies of the summer movie season, Helms plays another nice guy - Stu the dentist. Stu, Phil (Bradley Cooper), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) take their buddy Doug (Justin Bartha) to Vegas for one last night of freedom before he marries the lovely Tracy (Sasha Barrese)....

Honda automobiles are notorious for having troubles with restarting after a fully hot engine has been sitting for five or ten minutes—such as when you’ve just pulled into a gas station fill-up or when you’ve run into a grocery store to pick up a few items. Testing the Main Relay A very common reason for this symptom is a problem with the main relay—an electronic device that opens and closes the fuel supply to the engine....