Travel News: 

• Michael W Travels is the newest member of the BoardingArea family of blogs! Check out my first post with BA and make sure to check out all of the other great blogs you can find there.
• Check out some amazing photos and videos from National Geographic: The Serengeti Pride– Life on the Plains With the Vumbi Pride.
• Gadling writes about an app for IOS that’s supposed to help you sleep on flights. Find out more here.
• Milepoint will be hosting a live chat with Jeff Zidell, Senior VP of Marketing for Hyatt and Scott Voeller, Senior VP of Brand Strategy & Advertising for MGM Resorts International on August 20, 7 PM MDT. Find out more and ask a question before the event here.
• Check out a new Youtube video from United Airlines about Exceptional Customer Service. 
• Johnny Jet posted this article on Twitter about O’Hare Airport deploying a herd of goats and sheep to clear brush. Find out more in the article from the Star Tribune.
• USA Today Travel writes of 10 Midwestern foods you must try.
• A 12 year old tourist found a huge diamond in Arkansas’ Crate of Diamond State Park. 

Travel Deals & Offers:

• Subscribe to DirecTV and earn 30,000 United MileagePlus miles. Offer ends 10/2/13. 
• US Airways is giving away a great prize in the Dividend Miles Storefront Win A Dream Trip Sweepstakes. You can win 250,000 miles along with new luggage and a new wardrobe. Enter daily until 9/27/13 HERE.
• Enter the Barclay’s Card Like to Love Sweepstakes for a shot at the grand prize of $25,000. Enter on Facebook through September 8.