January 11, 2023  •   View this email in your browser

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I woke up at 5am HST, which is 10am EST and my phone was blowing up about the FAA server outage. It's definitely going to cause problems for travelers. Read today's tip below for everything you need to know. 

TSA Checkpoint #'s
Americans continue to take to the skies. For the fifth day in a row, the TSA has screened more people than pre-pandemic. Yesterday, officers screened 1,671,507 people at airport checkpoints nationwide yesterday, January 10. Four years ago on the same day: 1,671,507.

Trip Report: Los Angeles to Maui on American Airlines
If you don't get my daily travel tip newsletter and missed Sunday's round-up, I'm in Hawaii for a little work and relaxation. Here's my trip report, which is full of tips. 

Car Rental Tips I Learned from Renting a Car in Maui
Part 2 of my trip report is chock-full of car rental tips that relate to Maui specifically but many of which can be applied to renting a car anywhere. 

In this issue:

• ✈️ Today's Travel Outlook
• ✅ Today's Travel Tip
• 💬 Travel Quote of the Day
•  Travel Tweet of the Day
• 📺 Travel Video of the Day
• 🌎 and more…

✈️ Today's Travel Outlook 

As of 11:30am PT, there have been 1,222 canceled flights to/from or within the United States and 8,228 delayed. You can see the FAA's National Airspace System map above. Here's a link to the up-to-date stats and here's what to do during weather delays and flight cancellations.

✅ Today's Travel Tip

Thousands of Flights Delayed or Cancelled Due to FAA Server Outage
I woke up at 5am HST, which is 10am EST and my phone was blowing up about the FAA server outage. There was a ground stop for nearly two hours but things are up and running again. Unfortunately, flight cancellations and delays are likely to continue at U.S. airports throughout the day and possibly tomorrow. Here's what travelers need to know.

✅ Currency Exchange            ✅ Calendar Countdown

          🇪🇺 €1 Euro = $1.07 USD                                      👴🏾 5 Days to MLK Jr Day
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📺 Travel Video of the Week

 TRAVEL TWEET OF THE DAY

🌎 12 Things to Know in Travel Today

1 FAA lifts U.S. ground stop after technology outage delays thousands of flights
2 Paris train station attack leaves at least 6 people injured
3 Can foreign tourists visit China? Everything you need to know about the country's reopening
4 Senate to review cause of FAA computer system outage
5 Alabama airport worker who died after being sucked into a plane engine identified 
6 California storm destroys popular Santa Cruz beach area, images show
7 Relief for Canadian travelers; Nexus system should be back by spring
8 Delta flight at John Wayne Airport evacuated after engine smokes before takeoff
9 Possible hydraulic fault forces Hawaiian Air flight to make emergency landing at LAX
10 Four vacationers stabbed at drug-fueled party at North Carolina Airbnb
11 People stuck on board an Amtrak train for more than 29 hours had to be told by the conductor they were not being held hostage
12 Yesterday's TSA checkpoint numbers    

Flight Attendant Shares Her Top 10 Travel Hacks Including Tips I’ve Never Even Thought of Before 

✈️ Miles & Points

✅ Travel Tips Last Week