We’ve all been there: You arrive at the airport, take your flight and realize you forgot to add your frequent flyer number to your reservation. Maybe it’s your first time flying a new airline, or perhaps someone booked the flight for you. Regardless of the reason, you earned zero points or miles on your flight…

Say you’ve become a cash-back maestro, optimizing your wallet with cards that earn in your most frequent spending categories. Perhaps you’ve started using a mid-tier travel rewards card, redeeming points and miles you’ve earned from a cobranded card, or earning rewards that you redeem through a travel portal. You’re not quite a credit card beginner,…

As the year wraps up, it’s worth taking a moment to review your points, miles and elite status. Elite status qualification resets in many loyalty programs (e.g., Delta SkyMiles and United MileagePlus) on Dec. 31, and a quick check now can help you avoid losing rewards to inactivity, missing an elite tier by a small…

Dec. 03, 2025 • 3 min read Sneak peek: JetBlue shares first glimpse of New York lounge, eyes Fort Lauderdale club The cards we feature here are from partners who compensate us when you are approved through our site, and this may impact how or where these products appear. We don’t cover all available credit…

American Airlines AAdvantage members now have a brand-new shortcut tool to earn status and a boatload miles — but it will cost you a big chunk of cash. The Fort Worth-based carrier has launched a new “AAdvantage Pass™” that comes with a slew of benefits, including: Instant AAdvantage Gold status 100,000 bonus AAdvantage miles And,…

It appears American Airlines has big plans on the horizon for its network of lounges. So far, 2025 has seen the carrier open a duo of new lounges in Philadelphia and a grab-and-go concept in Charlotte. The carrier has also unveiled plans for a major lounge investment at its North Carolina hub. Flyers can expect…

After spending last Christmas in Europe, my husband and I decided to get a special gift for our mothers this year: a festive trip to Germany’s legendary Christmas markets. What better way to spend quality family time than by eating our way through stall after stall of traditional German treats, like marzipan and stollen, while…

The National Park Service ordered all hotels on the Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim to close this weekend following “significant breaks” in the area’s Transcanyon Waterline. The closure will go into effect Dec. 6 and remain for the “foreseeable future,” according to the NPS. The order affects hotels within the park, including those operated…