✈ Southwest Says Bookings Have Slowed Following Fatal Accident & More Daily News From TPG ✈

Small Business Week Is Approaching With bonuses up to 80,000 points (worth up to $1,680 in value), these [top travel rewards cards]( will help business owners maximize their spending. TODAY'S POSTS: - [Southwest Says Bookings Have Slowed Following Fatal Accident]( - [Why You Should Visit Kauai This Summer]( - [Star Alliance Booking Showdown: Which Loyalty Program Should I Use?]( - [Credit Card Review: Chase Freedom]( - [10 Days After Damaging ’60 Minutes’ Report, Allegiant Booking Volume Returns To Normal]( - [How Airlines Are Affected by the Rolls-Royce Engine Trouble on the Boeing 787]( - [Act Quick: Time Is Running Out to Enter to Win 500,000 Points]( - [You Can Now Stream Showtime for Free in Some Hilton Rooms]( - [US Supreme Court Seems to Favor Upholding Trump’s Travel Ban]( - [Trip-Spiration: Explore Cambodia’s Magnificent Temples, Islands & More]( Posts in this newsletter contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, [visit this page](. [Southwest Says Bookings Have Slowed Following Fatal Accident]( By Emily McNutt on Apr 26, 2018 09:00 am Just more than one week after a Southwest Airlines engine exploded, resulting in the death of one passenger, the carrier says that its bookings have decreased. In the company’s first quarter profit report released on Thursday, Southwest said that its Revenue per Available Seat Mile (RASM), a factor in pricing power, is expected to decrease ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Southwest Says Bookings Have Slowed Following Fatal Accident on Facebook]( [Why You Should Visit Kauai This Summer]( By Melanie Lieberman on Apr 26, 2018 08:00 am Last week, a powerful thunderstorm pummeled Kauai with more than 28 inches of rain over a 24-hour period. Floods and landslides washed out roads, bridges and homes across the northernmost edge of the island, where the communities of Hāena and Wainiha were hardest hit. Yet in a statement released on Monday, the Hawaii Tourism Authority ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Why You Should Visit Kauai This Summer on Facebook]( [Star Alliance Booking Showdown: Which Loyalty Program Should I Use?]( By Ethan Steinberg on Apr 26, 2018 07:00 am May 14, 1997, was a landmark day in the history of commercial aviation, as United, Lufthansa, Air Canada, Thai Airways and SAS came together to form the Star Alliance. Since then, the original mega-alliance has grown immensely to include 28 member airlines serving over 1,300 destinations worldwide. Wherever you’re trying to go, odds are there’s ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Star Alliance Booking Showdown: Which Loyalty Program Should I Use? on Facebook]( [Credit Card Review: Chase Freedom]( By Mike Cetera on Apr 26, 2018 06:00 am It may not receive all the headline acclaim heaped upon other credit cards in the Chase portfolio, like the Chase Sapphire Reserve and the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card, but the popular Chase Freedom is a powerful member of the issuer’s lineup capable of delivering strong rewards value to the savvy cardholder. The real strength of Freedom lies in ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Credit Card Review: Chase Freedom on Facebook]( [10 Days After Damaging ’60 Minutes’ Report, Allegiant Booking Volume Returns To Normal]( By Katherine Fan on Apr 25, 2018 09:00 pm Just one week after travelers swore they would “never fly Allegiant Airlines again” following a scathing “60 Minutes” report, the airline’s bookings are nearly back to normal. The 60 Minutes investigation aired on April 15, after which Allegiant’s ticket sales dropped and flight cancellations shot up. The airline’s stock also took a hit, falling about ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 10 Days After Damaging ’60 Minutes’ Report, Allegiant Booking Volume Returns To Normal on Facebook]( [How Airlines Are Affected by the Rolls-Royce Engine Trouble on the Boeing 787]( By Miquel Ros on Apr 25, 2018 08:00 pm One in four Boeing 787s flying all over the world today has a problem — one that might mean your flight gets canceled, or you fly on another, less comfortable airplane. That’s because some of the Rolls Royce engines installed on the Dreamliners are experiencing mechanical problems, and airlines are coping with increased requests for ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How Airlines Are Affected by the Rolls-Royce Engine Trouble on the Boeing 787 on Facebook]( [Act Quick: Time Is Running Out to Enter to Win 500,000 Points]( By Emily McNutt on Apr 25, 2018 07:00 pm Time is running out for your chance to enter to win 500,000 points — 250,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards and 250,000 American Express Membership Rewards. Since March, TPG has been running a successful Prizeo campaign in which all donations go straight to helping a wonderful organization called Rainbow Railroad. With each donation of at least $10, ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Act Quick: Time Is Running Out to Enter to Win 500,000 Points on Facebook]( [You Can Now Stream Showtime for Free in Some Hilton Rooms]( By Alexa Noel on Apr 25, 2018 06:30 pm Hilton announced on Wednesday the latest feature of its high-tech guest room: complimentary Showtime programming. Guests can now access premium streaming, including Showtime original series such as “Homeland,” “The Chi,” “Billions,” “Ray Donovan” and enjoy comedy specials, sports programming, documentaries and more on demand — all free of charge. The premium streaming is a feature of Hilton’s “Connected Room” — ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like You Can Now Stream Showtime for Free in Some Hilton Rooms on Facebook]( [US Supreme Court Seems to Favor Upholding Trump’s Travel Ban]( By Jessica Puckett on Apr 25, 2018 06:00 pm Justices on the Supreme Court heard arguments on President Donald Trump’s travel ban for the first time on Wednesday, as the nation’s highest court decides whether to uphold the third version of the controversial executive order on immigration. The court’s conservative-leaning justices, who outnumber their liberal counterparts on the nine-member bench, seemed to illustrate that ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like US Supreme Court Seems to Favor Upholding Trump’s Travel Ban on Facebook]( [Trip-Spiration: Explore Cambodia’s Magnificent Temples, Islands & More]( By Lori Zaino on Apr 25, 2018 05:45 pm If exploring 150 square miles of temple ruins sounds like an epic adventure, head to Cambodia, where you can explore the impressive temples of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world. But temple burnout is real… you’ll understand once you spend four days seeing pagoda after temple after ruin. Once you’ve had your ... [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Trip-Spiration: Explore Cambodia’s Magnificent Temples, Islands & More on Facebook]( For Gmail users: If you are using the tabbed inbox, TPG newsletters may be pushed to the 'Promotions' tab. To get updates from TPG direct to your primary inbox, drag and drop this email to that tab. PS - Not sure which card is the best for your travel strategy? 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