✈ Top Stories of the Week, Best Ways to Use a $500 Chase Travel Credit & More From TPG ✈

Also: How to redeem Hyatt points for friends and family

August 17, 2025 View in browser         Together with     Together with

Top stories of the week by Colin Hogan, Newsletter editor What a week it's been. There's no shortage of big news you may want to catch up on, so let's get right to it. It’s last call for this highly valuable limited-time offer on the newly refreshed Chase Sapphire Reserve®! Your chance to earn 100,000 bonus points plus a $500 Chase Travel℠ credit after spending $5,000 in the first three months from account opening ends at 9 a.m. Eastern time on Aug. 21. Don’t miss out! Check out this super helpful new feature on one of our favorite flight-searching tools. Delta Air Lines is cutting nearly 20% of its activity at these major hubs this winter. Think carefully about any flights you may book with this airline, which warned of a potential insolvency. And check on anything you have booked with this other airline, which has canceled flights ahead of a worker strike. Get ready to pay a little more to visit Europe a year from now. Read about the enlightening experience our hotels editor had at a beautiful all-inclusive resort. Be sure to avoid these costly travel insurance mistakes. And if you own a business, sign up for TPG Business Brief — our new newsletter built just for business owners like you. 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, and this may impact how or where they appear. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Photo Credit: THE POINTS GUY.

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Today's top stories 5 ways to use the Sapphire Reserve's one-time $500 Chase Travel credit How to maximize the one-time $500 Chase Travel promo credit offered as part of the Sapphire Reserve's welcome bonus. Read more How to redeem your Hyatt points for family and friends (and avoid check-in hassles) Learn how to use and transfer Hyatt points for others. Read more Ritz-Carlton Credit Card review: Should you book a spot in your wallet for this card? There's still a way to get the Ritz Carlton card, but is it worth the effort? Let's find out. Read more LaGuardia and Newark just got a surprising new airline — and flights to Bermuda BermudAir is moving its New York operations to the LaGuardia and Newark airports. Read more Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards review: A simple way to earn cash back The Capital One Quicksilver is a no-annual-fee cash-back card. Here's what you need to know to decide if it belongs in your wallet. Read more

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