The LifeMiles Visa Signature Card from US Bank now offers 35,000 bonus Avianca LifeMiles after $2,500 in purchases within the first 90 days of account opening.

A Russian airline's A321 has crashed shortly after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 224 onboard. (The airline's name is variously given as Kogalymavia or Metrojet.

I tweeted this deal first from @MileValueAlerts. Follow @MileValueAlerts on Twitter and follow these directions to get a text message every time I tweet from that account.

I tweeted this deal first from @MileValueAlerts. Follow @MileValueAlerts on Twitter and follow these directions to get a text message every time I tweet from that account.

The Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® comes with 40,000 bonus Arrival miles after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.

You also earn 2x miles on all purchases with the card. That means you'll have at least 46,000 Arrival miles after meeting the minimum spending requirement.

Arrival miles are worth about 1.075 cents each toward travel, so meeting the minimum spending requirement is worth about $495 in free travel.

The Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® comes with 40,000 bonus Arrival miles after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.

You also earn 2x miles on all purchases with the card. That means you'll have at least 46,000 Arrival miles after meeting the minimum spending requirement.

Arrival miles are worth about 1.075 cents each toward travel, so meeting the minimum spending requirement is worth about $495 in free travel.

Yesterday I announced the official launch of my new book: Fly Free in First. The first complete, step-by-step “travel hacking” walkthrough ever published.

If you haven’t got your copy yet, be sure to do so here now.

This is really important as the price is increasing Friday at midnight, and this is the lowest price you’ll be able to pick up your copy of the Fly Free In First E-book.

The Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® offers new cardholders 40,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 in 90 days, which is worth $430 in free travel, and 2.15% back toward travel on all purchases. See my full breakdown of the Arrival Plus.

Existing cardholders have better perks than new cardholders. If you got the Arrival Plus before September 30, 2014, your benefits will be aligned with new cardholders' on November 17, 2015.

Cuba, Palau, Hawaii, Buenos Aires, Paris, South Africa, China, Sydney...

What do all these destinations have in common?