Every year, the TPG Awards honor excellence in credit cards, loyalty programs and travel. Please click here to read more about our winner selection process and methodology for the 2024 TPG Awards. If the United States has a national cruise line, it is Carnival. The self-described “fun ship” line, the winner of Best Cruise Line…

Points, miles and credit card bonuses are what lit the travel flame for me once I entered my mid-30s and decided to prioritize travel in my life. I have more than two dozen credit card accounts on my credit report, which have fed my travel addiction and enabled me to fly in the front of…

While it’s getting more difficult to maximize your points and miles and fly in the front end of the plane without breaking the bank, it is still very possible. In fact, I was just able to do it on a recent trip to Asia. I found some incredible long-haul award redemptions on Japan Airlines and…

Citi is a TPG advertising partner. American Airlines is the world’s largest airline, serving over 300 destinations worldwide. The airline offers several cobranded credit cards, including its most premium offering, the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® (see rates and fees). If you fly American frequently, you may have considered applying for this card…

Credit cards compete for the top spot in your wallet by offering high-value bonus multipliers for purchases in various categories, including travel, dining and groceries. But even if you spend the bulk of your budget in these categories, you probably aren’t going grocery shopping or buying plane tickets every single day. Not as many cards…

How many frequent flyer miles does it cost to book a flight? It’s a simple question that can have dozens of answers. Once upon a time, you knew with some certainty that you could book most domestic economy flights for 12,500 miles each way — or perhaps 25,000 miles each way if it were during…

I wrote much of this article from Seat 19A of an Icelandair flight from Iceland to Canada. I used one of the best airline credit cards — the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card — to book this flight, primarily because of the price drop protection I get when booking through the Capital One…

As you might have read earlier this month, Hyatt is integrating The Standard and The StandardX properties into its loyalty program. Now, you’ll find that most of the open The Standard and The StandardX properties are bookable with Hyatt points and offer standard World of Hyatt benefits on eligible stays. To celebrate, World of Hyatt…

Prices are going up for membership with the security screening company Clear. Beginning July 1, membership in the expedited security program Clear Plus, will go up to $209 a year (it had been $199). No one wants to see price increases, but the good news is that there are still lots of ways to get…

Despite what you may have heard, Americans are still traveling … and plan on spending more on travel. That’s the word from the latest round of polling conducted by The Harris Poll for TPG. After warnings of softening demand from airlines like American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines, we wondered if the bullish…