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Southwest Airlines is committed to providing travelers a positive, money-friendly, and safe experience. Travelers can check up to two free checked bags and choose their seating. The airline is also being praised for its policy for customers of size.

As the end of the year approaches, odds are you're doing a travel rewards self-audit. Do you know which points, certificates, vouchers and credits will disappear at midnight on Jan. 1, 2024?

At TPG, we pride ourselves on being able to regularly give you an insider's guide on the best ways to travel. However, if there's one particular group of people who know even more than us, it's flight attendants.

The budget hotel brouhaha boiled over Tuesday morning as Choice Hotels launched a hostile bid for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.

In a major bit of unwelcome news for U.S. travelers, British Airways has increased award prices for many award flights operated by American Airlines and Alaska Airlines, as flagged by AwardWallet. Unfortunately, this comes with no notice, as the new award rates are now showing up through British Airways' search engine.

Attorneys for Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) headed to federal court Tuesday as a judge considers whether to throw out Disney’s lawsuit accusing DeSantis of unlawful political retaliation, as the dispute between the Florida government and Disney over the special district that oversees Walt Disney World continues to heat up more than a year after it began.

Never mind that its $7.8 billion hostile takeover bid for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts was publicly spurned in October or that three other proposals have also been rejected. Suitor Choice Hotels now wants to take a new offer directly to Wyndham shareholders.

For years, I was a frequent train traveler between New York City and Washington, D.C., and I once loved the ease of riding the rails between the two urban centers. But with each passing trip, the travel times seemed to grow longer, with increasingly unexpected delays. On one infamous ride, when my coworker and I departed our office at the same time, she managed to land in Reykjavik before I reached the nation’s capital. It was around this time that I gave up on riding the rails out of the city altogether.

It's official: Japan Airlines' new flagship aircraft will take to the skies just a few weeks after the new year.

This series of articles about credit cards, points and miles, and budgeting for travel is brought to you in partnership with  The Points Guy .

Nothing makes us happier than a points transfer bonus. You magically multiply your points into more than you already had, thus requiring fewer points to book an upcoming trip.

The developer of Hilton's two newest brands is leaving the company in 2024.

Seven years later, Delta Air Lines is officially returning to Taiwan.

United Airlines seemingly isn't concerned about transatlantic demand for next summer.

In 2021, I gave up on major airlines for my regular flights between Paris and New York—despite being a frequent flyer club member with a cache of points. I had purchased economy tickets for my toddler, my husband, and myself, and called the airline to double-check that we could sit together. The customer service rep said seat selection was a privilege for the half-step above economy, but they would let one of us sit next to our daughter—as an exception. Or what? I wondered. Have a stranger tend to our two-year-old?

Turkish Airlines flies to 345 destinations in more different nations than any other carrier in the world, with one of the newest and most acclaimed airports as its hub. It also consistently ranks among the very best airlines and just won–again–Best Airline in Europe in the 2023 Skytrax World Airline Awards, the industry’s most influential, beating out the likes of Air France, Swiss, Lufthansa, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It also took home four other Number Ones in the awards, including Best Economy Class Seat in Europe and Best Business Class Cuisine worldwide. (I recently wrote in detail here at Forbes about another award-winning carrier, Qatar Airways, which has won World’s Best Airline and World’s Best Business Class among other titles).

We’ve been talking a lot about the intersection of real estate and short-term rentals and today we continue to do so with another related topic: 1031 exchanges.

A whiff of new plane smell may be part of your next United Airlines onboard welcome. That’s because the Chicago-based carrier is undergoing a massive fleet renewal strategy as part of its “United Next” plan with 800 new aircraft being added between 2023 and the end of 2032.

Air Canada will begin flying to Singapore from Vancouver, connecting two global hubs.

If you've used Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club program to book Delta-operated flights in the past, listen up. You have just a couple of days before Virgin significantly increases the price of many Delta award itineraries. While it's not all bad news, you'll soon need more Virgin points across a large portion of Delta's route network.

The airport 2030 development plans will bring 200 direct connections, 37 long-haul routes, and 10,000 parking places. Last but not least, the airport will be carbon neutral.