January 15, 2023  •   View this email in your browser
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Aloha!


As you can tell from the greeting and photo above, we're still in Hawaii! Our timing has been perfect as we've escaped the cold rainy weather of Los Angeles. It's also a slower time of year here so it's not as crowded or expensive. For example, our flights cost $110 each way and you can read all about our stay in my trip reports below, including our just-published review of the first hotel we stayed in:
-Trip Report: Los Angeles to Maui on American Airlines
-Car Rental Tips I Learned from Renting a Car in Maui
-Hotel Review: Ka'anapali Beach Hotel in Maui

TSA Airport Security Checkpoint Numbers
It's been a busy week for U.S. travelers as every single day but one, they exceeded pre-pandemic numbers. Including yesterday, when officers screened 1,796,768 people at airport checkpoints nationwide. Four years ago, on the same day (pre-pandemic): 1,786,012. 

First Free National Park Day is Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the first of the five days in 2023 on which all National Park Service sites will offer free admission to everyone. These dates are also good to know if you want to avoid the crowds. Here are the other four dates.

In this issue:

✈️ Today's Travel Outlook 


As of 5:09pm PST, there have been 135 canceled flights to, from or within the United States and 3,242 delayed. Here's a link to the up-to-date stats and a live look at the FAA's National Airspace System Status. Here's what to do during weather delays and flight cancellations.

✅ Travel Tips This Week
 

MONDAY
Car Rental Tips I Learned from Renting a Car in Maui →

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

WEDNESDAY
FAA Delays 1000s of Flights - Here's What Travelers Need to Know →

THURSDAY
The First Thing I Do When I Check Into a Hotel Room to Ensure a Good Night's Sleep →

FRIDAY
This Item In Most Hotel Closets Can Be Used For a Clever Travel Hack 

SATURDAY
How to Save 40% on Hawaiian Airlines Baggage Fees (And It Doesn’t Require Getting a Credit Card) →
 

💬 TRAVEL QUOTE OF THE DAY 

“Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.” ~ Don Ho

🌎 12 Things to Know in Travel Today

1 Yeti Airlines plane carrying 72 crashes in Nepal
2 Plume-like cloud ‘shot’ in front of Hawaiian Airlines flight seconds before turbulence injured 25, pilot says
3 The software blamed for FAA outage is three decades old and years from an upgrade 
4 Passengers applauded and got 'really emotional' after a Royal Caribbean cruise liner rescued 17 people from a tiny boat in the Bahamas
5 Flooding closes highway in Marin County in CA
6 Inside the sky-high world of drug-smuggling flight attendants
7 How cruise lines are attracting first-time cruisers
8 Inside the sky-high world of drug-smuggling flight attendants
9 Contrails are a problem for aviation -- but there could be an easy solution
10 Family travel ideas for 2023: The 10 best places to visit with kids
11 TSA's Top 10 items discovered in Idaho travelers' carry-on luggage in 2022
12 Yesterday's TSA checkpoint numbers    

Read the stories here >

 TRAVEL TWEET OF THE DAY

@DGelles: Just landed in Davos and got right to work ordering a Caesar salad and Coke Zero for $60. 

📺 Travel Video of the Week

Life hack for skiers plus all of our travel videos for the week! Watch it here

✅ Currency Exchange            ✅ Calendar Countdown

          🇪🇺 €1 Euro = $1.08 USD                                      👴🏾 1 Days to MLK Jr Day
          🇬🇧 £1 GBP = $1.22 USD                                      💘 30 Days to Valentine's Day
          🇨🇦 $1 CAD = $0.74 USD                                       👨‍💼 36 Days to President's WE
          🇦🇺 $1 AUD = $0.69 USD                                      🐇 84 Days to Easter
          🇲🇽 $1 MXP = $0.05 USD                                      🇺🇸 135 Days to Memorial Day

✈ Miles and Points

Small business owners and employees can make 2023 their year with a card that works FOR their business. We recommend one of the Ink Business cards for travel or cash rewards. These cards are easy to use, come with various perks, and don't have exorbitant annual fees.
 
The $0 annual fee options include the following:

  • Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card (earns 1.5% cashback on every purchase, regardless of the category)
  • Ink Business Cash® Credit Card (earns 5% cashback on the first $25,000 spent in combined purchases at office supply stores and on internet, cable, and phone services annually; earns 2% cashback on the first $25,000 spent in combined purchases at gas stations and restaurants annually)
 Both cards currently have the highest bonus ever offered on either card: the ability to get $900 cashback after spending $6,000 on purchases in the first 3 months after account opening. 
 
The Ink Business Premier℠ Credit Card may be better if your business has high expenses. The Premier earns unlimited 2% cashback on purchases, while purchases of $5,000 or more earn 2.5% cashback.  
 
The Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card is great for travel since points are worth 25% more when redeemed through Chase Ultimate Rewards. It earns 3 points per $1 on the first $150,000 spent in combined purchases in the following categories each year:
  • Shipping purchases
  • Advertising purchases made with social media sites and search engines
  • Internet, cable, and phone services
  • Travel

 All cards come with free employee cards, fraud protection, purchase protection, and account alerts. They are also some of the best Chase business credit cards. Whatever option you choose, you really can't go wrong. 

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✅ Travel Tips from Last Week

MONDAY

Uh-Oh! Fuel Shortage at San Diego Airport Has Many Flights Making a Stop to Gas Up

TUESDAY
Can You Believe People Actually Pay Someone to Do This to Them? →

WEDNESDAY
How to Get Double Hilton Honors Points →

THURSDAY
N/A (Flew to Hawaii)

FRIDAY
Is This Airline Lounge New York’s Hottest Club? Judging By the Lines, I Think So 

SATURDAY
Earning Marriott Bonvoy Points Does Not Get Any Easier Than This →

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📺 This Week's Media Mentions and Appearances

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How many of these 10 terrible, horrible, no good, very bad airplane habits have you witnessed? 
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