Here’s your miles, points, travel, and deals news for August 13, 2025:
Capital One’s New Welcome Bonuses
Capital One launched limited-time welcome offers on three no-annual-fee cards: the Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards Credit Card, Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card, and Capital One VentureOne Rewards Credit Card, each providing a $100 Capital One Travel credit earned immediately upon approval.
The Quicksilver and Savor cards offer a $200 cash bonus after spending $500 in the first three months, while the VentureOne provides 20,000 bonus miles for the same spending requirement, making the total bonus values $300 and $470 respectively.
You can use the $100 travel credit to book flights, hotels, rental cars, vacation packages, vacation homes, and local activities through Capital One Travel, and you’ll earn 5 points per dollar or 5% cash back on these purchases depending on your card.
This marks the first time Capital One has offered travel credits for these particular cards, representing the best welcome bonuses in each card’s history.
The travel credit must be used within your first cardholder year, and eligible cardholders also receive complimentary Hertz Gold Plus Rewards status upgrades.
Hawaiian Cuts Three Routes
Hawaiian Airlines will suspend nonstop service from Honolulu to Boston (November 19), Seoul Incheon (November 21), and Fukuoka, Japan (November 19), citing underperformance and weak travel demand from Asia where Japanese visitors to Hawaii dropped 54% in 2024 versus 2019 and South Korean visitors fell by nearly a third.
The carrier will compensate by making its Honolulu-Sydney flights daily between mid-December and late January, adding a second weekly flight to Papeete, Tahiti starting in March, and significantly expanding West Coast service.
You’ll see a fifth daily flight to Los Angeles during peak holiday periods and a fourth daily wintertime flight to Seattle, where Hawaiian’s new sister airline Alaska Airlines is based following last year’s acquisition.
Air Canada Strike Looms Friday
Air Canada flight attendants have issued a 72-hour strike notice that could trigger mass flight cancellations starting Saturday, August 16, 2025, after 99.7% of the roughly 10,000 CUPE union members voted to authorize industrial action.
Air Canada has responded with a lockout notice and plans to begin an orderly wind-down of operations, potentially affecting 130,000 daily passengers who fly Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge (Air Canada Express flights via Jazz and PAL Airlines will continue operating normally).
Management claims it offered flight attendants a 38% pay increase over four years along with improved ground pay, pensions, benefits, and crew rest, while the union argues this actually represents only a 17.2% wage increase that still leaves full-time junior flight attendants earning below federal minimum wage.
Passengers won’t receive compensation for cancellations or delays caused by the labor dispute under Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations, though Air Canada has arranged accommodations with other carriers and may ask the federal government to impose binding arbitration.
Delta Slashes Winter NYC Flying
Delta Air Lines is cutting nearly 20% of its flights from JFK and LaGuardia airports during January and February 2026, with additional reductions of roughly 10% scheduled for November, December, March, and April.
The airline is removing about 50 peak-day trips per month during shoulder months and 75 peak-day trips during the deep winter months of January and February, while maintaining all existing routes but significantly reducing flight frequencies on specific routes like LaGuardia to Myrtle Beach, Wilmington, and Des Moines from three-times-daily to once daily.
Delta can make these cuts without losing valuable airport slots because the FAA extended the utilization waiver through summer 2026, allowing airlines to keep their takeoff and landing permissions even when not fully utilized, though this reduction in flight options typically means higher prices and fewer choices for travelers.
Allegiant Expands Across Multiple States
Allegiant Air unveiled a major expansion across multiple states, adding nine new routes that include its newest destination, Huntsville, Alabama, with all flights launching between November 2025 and March 2026.
The carrier is adding five routes from its latest announcement plus four new flights from Atlantic City International Airport, directly challenging Spirit Airlines’ dominance at the New Jersey airport.
Here are all the new routes Allegiant is launching:
From Huntsville, Alabama (HSV):
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) — launches Nov. 19, 2025.
- St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) — launches March 5, 2026.
- Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) — launches Feb. 12, 2026.
Other new routes:
- Appleton, Wisconsin (ATW) to Orlando International Airport (MCO) — launches Jan. 16, 2026.
- Rochester, New York (ROC) to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) — launches Feb. 13, 2026.
From Atlantic City, New Jersey (ACY):
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) — 2x weekly starting Dec. 11, 2025.
- Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) — 2x weekly starting Dec. 19, 2025.
- Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) — 2x weekly starting Feb. 13, 2026.
- St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) — 2x weekly starting Feb. 13, 2026.
Promotional fares for the new routes start as low as $39 one-way, though you’ll pay extra for bags, seat selection, and full-size carry-ons, with bookings required by August 13 for travel through May 19, 2026.
United Adds Apple TV+ Shows
United Airlines is rolling out full seasons of Apple TV+ originals like Severance, Ted Lasso, and Slow Horses across more than 130,000 seatback screens and in the United app for free.
This marks the first partnership between a US airline and Apple TV+ to offer complete seasons of premium content, with new episodes and titles adding monthly as part of United’s broader tech investments.
