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What’s an airline to do when air-traffic control says it can only land 20 planes when it was supposed to land 60. Which planes get to land and which get diverted? Where are the crew supposed to be heading next? Are connecting passengers going to make their next flight?

Finding the lowest price for a flight can be challenging, but one airline has a somewhat hidden tool to help travelers snag the best deal. JetBlue has a section of their website with a fare calendar that displays flight prices in grid view between an origin and destination airport, helping travelers plan a vacation to get the lowest cost airfare.  The tool, called "Best Fare Finder," is located under the «Book» tab on JetBlue’s homepage. The page allows passengers to select how many children and adults will be traveling, whether they would like to pay in cash or TrueBlue miles, and then choose the desired destination from any airport.  For example, the price of a flight ticket from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Orlando International Airport (MCO) in April 2024 varies widely. If a traveler booked it for April 18, they would pay $259, but if they can wait six days later, the price drops to only $70. The Best Fare Finder provides all of the prices in the calendar view. 

The end of January can be when our new year resolve starts to wane, and rather than overhauling our lives we end up staying indoors bingeing box sets, nibbling crisps and waiting for spring. But how can this year be different?

Speed is one of the main contributing factors to deaths on the nation’s roads, and since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, vehicle speeds have been on the rise, contributing to a spike in fatal traffic crashes.

As Global Entry interview appointments have become coveted, multiple third-party services have taken the legwork out of scouring U.S. Customs and Border Protection's online scheduling tool to identify available interview slots as part of the final step of the application process.

I just returned from an incredible weekend in Guatemala for PeaceJam's annual conference in San Lucas Toliman with fellow TPGers Courtney Loughran (senior financial planning and analysis associate), Emily Thompson (credit cards writer) and Hannah Streck (senior SEO manager). We also were joined by The Points Guy founder Brian Kelly and his 1-year-old son Dean.

Maui is slowly recovering following the fires of August 8, 2023, that killed at least 97 people, with residents starting to return to Lahaina to see the remains of their homes. Many displaced residents are still staying in hotels and short-term rentals. The Maui Tourism Authority and government officials have been updating their recovery information, including a phased reopening allowing some nonessential travel to West Maui beginning October 8. However, questions remain about when and how tourism should return, as reported by The Maui News on September 29.

Record temperatures. Fires in Canada that covered New York in a dystopian haze. Floods that left one-third of Pakistan underwater. Sea ice levels at an all-time low. You don’t have to look far to find evidence that the climate emergency is getting rapidly worse.

Kayak said Monday that it has added a tool to help customers determine the best times to travel and complete bookings. 

Booking Holdings has proposed a remedy to a hotel issue that is threatening European Commission approval of its roughly $1.8 billion deal to acquire flight tech company eTraveli Group — show hotels from competitors when someone books a flight.

AI is part of the newest wave of technology sweeping across the world, and the next area it's making strides in is helping people travel easier — if you use it in the right areas.

This week, the island of Maui in Hawaii was devastated by wildfires.

In the days after Britons voted in favor of leaving the European Union, England seems to be learning a lot about itself—and not in the way you’d hope. The social media hashtag #PostRefRacism emerged this week to highlight increased public expressions of racism in the U.K., ranging from xenophobic graffiti and verbal threats to public harassment.