Business travel gets expensive. When employees purchase flights, meals or other travel expenses, they don’t always check to see if every purchase is within the company travel policy. Shocking reimbursement requests, limited visibility into travel spend and questionable travel fares wreak havoc on the bottom line. That’s where Rippling Spend comes in. In addition to…

Not so long ago, I dismissed much of the hype from other travelers about the World of Hyatt program. Surely the program wasn’t as valuable as they said. But I earned Hyatt Globalist status in 2021, primarily because the program’s promotions and decreased requirements that year allowed me to do so by staying with Hyatt…

Southwest Airlines has recently made changes to its Rapid Rewards loyalty program, slashing flight earnings rates in March and implementing a new policy of charging most customers baggage fees. Since then, Southwest also unveiled a big credit card refresh and announced its open seating policy will end Jan. 27, 2026. Despite these changes, there are…

Delta Air Lines fired back at lawmakers this week, defending its use of artificial intelligence in pricing airfare. In a letter to three lawmakers reviewed by TPG, the Atlanta-based carrier again insisted it’s not tapping into customer data or targeting individual consumers as part of a new AI-assisted pricing program. Delta specifically disputed concerns raised…

Travelers to certain European countries will soon experience a new border control process as Europe’s long-awaited new Entry/Exit System, or EES, will begin its rollout this fall. The launch of the system, which will use biometric data to register the visits of non-European Union travelers, has been delayed several times as it was initially expected…