7 of the best airline sweet spots to redeem your points and miles

One of the biggest differences between experienced award travelers and those who are new to points and miles is how they search for award space. Seasoned travelers know to study partner award charts, strategically transfer flexible credit card points and miles and look out for sweet spot deals. Those more green to travel rewards may…

Apple launches Digital ID using your passport

You can now digitize your passport thanks to Apple’s latest feature, Digital ID, launching on Wednesday. Digital ID allows you to securely store your passport information in your iPhone’s wallet. You can then use your Digital ID at more than 250 airports nationwide as a form of identification to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints….

Will the Visa-Mastercard settlement impact your credit card rewards?

Visa and Mastercard have reached a revised settlement with merchants in an antitrust case that has been ongoing for almost 20 years over “swipe” (interchange) fees. The proposed deal could allow some merchants to refuse to process select Visa and Mastercard products or even add a surcharge when you choose to pay with them at…

JetBlue launches spring break service to Florida

Winter may just be getting started, but JetBlue already has spring break on the mind. The airline will launch service to Florida’s Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) from both New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) in March. JetBlue also plans to start flying between Frederick Douglass Greater…

A beginners guide to visiting Skagway by cruise ship

Nestled at the northern end of Lynn Canal, which is actually a 2,000-foot-deep fjord that extends for 90 miles through Alaska’s Inside Passage, Skagway is a tiny town with a larger-than-life history and personality. During the frantic Klondike gold rush of 1898, tens of thousands of stampeders sailed from Seattle and other points to what…

First Airbus A350 for Qantas’ ‘Project Sunrise’ rolls out

The plane that will make Qantas’ “Project Sunrise” dream of flying nonstop from Sydney to London and New York is one step closer to reality. Airbus rolled the first A350-1000ULR, which stands for “ultra long-range,” off its assembly line in Toulouse, France, last week. The aircraft features an extra fuel tank and other enhancements in…