
Super cheap flights to Spain from 4 US cities. Pictured: Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batllo in Barcelona (Photo: Chris McGinnis)
TravelSkills’ 10 most popular posts over the last week (descending order):
1 Bay Area to Barcelona, nonstop, $199 + more low fares to Europe
2 More PreCheck | Easy Virgin points | Cell phone warning | Delta biz class | Hotel bonuses
3 Shocked passenger refuses to pay $3 for water
4 Routes Roundup: United, Delta, JetBlue, AA, Southwest, Alaska, Frontier
5 Tips from a trip to Hawaii + more!

Fewer Turkish Airlines flights to/from the US. Photo out the plane window at Istanbul (Chris McGinnis)
6 International routes update: Delta, Air China, United, Hainan, Turkish, Southwest, American + more
7 What Delta, Korean Air fence-mending means for SkyMiles
8 JetBlue, Delta slugfest could mean lower fares
9 Oakland-London on Norwegian: Low fares, low frills
10 Should I tip my Uber or Lyft driver? [Poll]
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Dont miss! Newer is almost always better when it comes to hotels, right? Here are several shiny new ones for ya:
Exciting new hotels: New York, Chicago, Washington, Minneapolis, Denver
Links to stories from other sources that we thought you’d like to read:

Virgin America’s newest A320’s have sharklets on the wings. Seen em? (Photo: Virgin America)
Consumers file lawsuit to block Virgin America – Alaska Air merger
Atlanta mayor and fired airport manager drop dispute
Bay Area boom means record setting debt sale for SFO- funds expansion

My first job out of grad school came with an office on the 27th Floor of Tower 1 at the World Trade Center in NYC
I still get chills: Scary times remembered: TravelSkills alerts from the morning of September 11, 2001
Security checkpoint construction at ATL to close Starbucks, temporarily shut North entry
Yes, those TSA security lines really were shorter this summer despite the early scare
Stranger soothes baby on plane so mother can rest

Get a haircut at the Virgin Clubhouse at London Heathrow Terminal 3 (Photo: Virgin Atlantic)
Delta consolidating all London Heathrow flights a Terminal 3
A nice new Marriott option in London
Thomas Cook adds SFO-Manchester nonstop
New survey probes how business travelers use hotel apps
FAA urges travelers not to use Samsung Galaxy Note 7s on aircraft
Delta travelers get a new lounge at Sao Paulo’s airport
WOW Air targets Miami with $99 one way fares to Iceland
Capt Sullenberger talks about Miracle on Hudson Movie out this week
Atlanta Airport digging tunnel under main terminal to extend “Plane Train”
American Express forms a partnership with Delta Private Jets
Airbus project studies Uber-like urban air transport
Poll finds few Americans use credit card points for travel
(We’re back from summer vacation! In case you missed our other recent round-up posts, here they are: Domestic Routes Roundup | Tips from a Hawaiian Vacation | August’s most important travel news)
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