Travel

Whether you already travel frequently or are planning your first vacation in a long time, you can likely benefit from having one or more travel credit cards. These cards help you earn valuable rewards that you can redeem to make your travel less expensive, more comfortable or both. Some travel credit cards also offer benefits…

Fall might be your favorite season, but sipping a pumpkin spice latte in your hometown Starbucks can’t compete with sipping the season’s newest wines in a cozy Austrian wine tavern. And why fight the traffic on a foliage drive when you can enjoy the fall colors of the castle-strewn Rhine Gorge as your river ship…

Looking to get off the beaten path on your next cruise vacation — and do it in style? There might be no better option than a voyage with Ponant Explorations. The expedition cruise specialist operates a fleet of 13 small, luxurious vessels specifically designed to access some of the world’s most remote and hard-to-reach places….

Airport lounges can serve as oases from a busy, crowded or outdated terminal. Some lounges, like Priority Pass, belong to a membership network; others are airline-specific, like the United Club lounge. If you’re a loyal United flyer or frequent one of the carrier’s largest hubs, visiting a United Club lounge is probably already on your…

JetBlue and Icelandair have been partners for the better part of a decade. But the two airlines’ ties grew a lot deeper this week — and it’s good news for frequent JetBlue flyers with a stash of points and/or transferable credit card rewards. For the first time, JetBlue TrueBlue members can redeem points on flights…

Air France’s business-class passengers and SkyTeam elite status members have a new and expanded place to relax before long-haul flights departing Paris, as the French flag carrier unveiled a massive revamp of its business-class lounge at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) on Tuesday. Situated in Terminal 2E, Hall K — home to many of the…

It’s no secret that we at TPG love credit cards (seriously, some of us have over 20). Welcome bonuses and earning rewards through spending are at the core of what we do, but many of us value our cards’ benefits just as much. Whether it’s statement credits geared toward the foodies among us, bonus anniversary…

Quick take: Korean Air’s Prestige Suites 2.0 business-class seats have all the current technological bells and whistles. Now we just have to wait for their doors to actually close. Pros Sleek suites with doors that will eventually close. Tasty inflight dining, including meals you can order ahead of time. Great entertainment options on a huge…

In September 2022, we saw the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card increase its annual fee to $650 (see rates and fees) and swap its simple-to-use annual Marriott Bonvoy credits for monthly dining credits. While the amount of the annual benefit remained the same — up to $300 in statement credits per calendar year —…

Lots of cardholders have a large stash of miles saved up, along with companion passes and airline vouchers. One of the vouchers that we get a lot of questions about is the $125 American Airlines flight discount from the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard®. This is a pretty valuable perk that doesn’t…