Quick take: Incredible service and spacious seats set Qantas’ first-class cabin apart, but the airline is also due for an update to its most premium offering. Pros Passengers can enjoy some of the most comfortable bedding in the skies. Great food and wine menus are available. The service is sincerely warm yet polished and professional….

Using points and miles instead of cash to pay for flights and hotels sounds like a dream come true for any frequent (or even semifrequent) traveler. Actually taking your first steps into this hobby, however, can feel daunting. I remember putting off using the points I’d accumulated for a while, since I felt overwhelmed by…

The costs keep rising for passengers booking flights: Delta Air Lines just announced it will be the latest U.S. airline to hike checked bag fees. Going forward, most Delta flyers will pay $45 instead of $35 for their first bag. That’s a jump of $10, or roughly 28%. The change will apply to tickets booked…

Rove Miles members can now look forward to four new ways to redeem their travel rewards through this up-and-coming loyalty program. On April 7, Rove unveiled Virgin Atlantic Flying Club and Virgin Red as its newest transfer partners, and it recently added Scandinavian Airlines EuroBonus and Japan Airlines Mileage Bank to its list as well….

New benefits are coming to the JetBlue Premier Card, the New York-based carrier’s premium credit card option. These perks include an elite status boost toward JetBlue Mosaic status, the ability to unlock statement credits toward a companion pass and an elevated redemption rebate when you redeem JetBlue TrueBlue points. The JetBlue Premier Card debuted in…

Knowing when to apply for a card can be difficult, especially considering that earning a sizable welcome bonus may be the primary factor. Offers change frequently, and whether you’re after a large sum of points or free night certificates, knowing the history of offers for credit cards can be useful to understand the difference between…

Last month, Citi ThankYou Rewards announced that it would be devaluing its hotel transfer partner, I Prefer Hotel Rewards, starting April 19. Instead of transferring points at a ratio of 1:4* — so for every 1,000 ThankYou Rewards points transferred, you get 4,000 I Prefer Hotel Rewards points — you’ll get a ratio of 1:2….

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…