While I try very hard to avoid red-eye flights, which just make the next day so painful, I recently found myself needing to take an unplanned red-eye flight from Hawaii back to the mainland when severe incoming storms cut my family’s trip short. That was all going to be bad enough, but landing at 6…

Chase’s array of personal credit card products ranges from the ultrapremium Chase Sapphire Reserve® (see rates and fees) to no-annual-fee cash-back cards. With so many options, picking the right card can be difficult if you aren’t sure what you want. Thanks to Chase’s 5/24 rule, which means you might automatically be rejected for most Chase…

It’s been quite a year already in the world of travel, as the war in Iran and other global conflicts have forced airspace to close across the Middle East and sent jet fuel prices (and airline ticket prices) surging. There was also a brief outbreak of cartel violence in Mexico that scrambled vacation plans for…

One of the most common questions we get in emails from TPG readers is, “Can you help me book using my miles?” Unfortunately, the answer is no because we just don’t have the resources to actually book trips for readers. (It’s a lot of work!) Instead, we usually refer people to companies that can better…