✈ Top Stories of the Week, Choosing Your Card Strategy for 2024 & More Daily News From TPG ✈

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January 7, 2024 View in browser

Top stories of the week by Emily Thompson, Credit Cards Writer Welcome to our first weekly roundup of 2024! We know the first week of January can be busy, so we're here to help you get caught up if you missed a few things. The FAA will order the grounding of some Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after an Alaska Airlines aircraft departing the Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon experienced a sudden hull breach and decompression. The TPG Aviation team will continue to report updates as they become available. As far as deadlines go, the Chase Freedom Unlimited's welcome offer with 12 months of matched cash back is ending soon. So this is a great time to crunch the numbers and see if you want to take advantage of the offer before it goes away. Remember that if you also have a card that earns Chase Ultimate Rewards points, you can combine your rewards and take full advantage of Chase's travel partners with your bonus. Check out our favorite ways to maximize Chase Ultimate Rewards points for some ideas. And if you're already itching to plan your next trip, we found some great deals on flights to Europe and rounded up the best all-inclusive resorts for families to get you off to a great start. Here are more stories you won't want to miss: JetBlue's Big Winter Sale Earn thousands of bonus points with this Hilton Honors promotion Chase confirms Gopuff credit is gone How to avoid these common rental car mistakes We'll see you back here tomorrow for another week of credit card and travel news! Emily 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. Photo Credit: THE POINTS GUY.

Today's top stories New year, new approach: How to choose your best credit card strategy for 2024 As you make your plans for the new year, don't forget to revamp your credit card strategy. Read more 5 cool things you can take off a plane You can often leave the plane guilt-free with cool airline swag, no matter what cabin you fly in. Read more Last chance: Earn $900 cash back (or 90,000 points) with these best-ever Chase Ink offers These offers are ending soon. Read more FAA orders partial 737 MAX 9 grounding after Alaska Airlines 'explosive' decompression incident Alaska Airlines grounded its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after part of the fuselage ripped from one of the jets as it departed Portland. Read more 27 new Hyatt hotels where you can get 500 extra points per night World of Hyatt offers its members 500 bonus points per night at select new hotels for a limited time after the hotel opens. Here's how to get these points. Read more

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