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Fresh off of taking home a Grammy award, releasing a chart-topping album and having 10 songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100, Lady Gaga recently announced four shows in Singapore this coming May. Now, the ‘Mayhem Ball’ tour is coming to North America, Europe and the United Kingdom in what is set to be one…

Lie-flat suites with sliding privacy doors. Wraparound 4K screens. Bluetooth connectivity and high-speed internet. When we talk about the latest, most significant innovations in air travel today, it often comes down to those on-board bells and whistles airlines are adding at a rapid pace in an effort to woo customers — more than 18 million…

When Marriott acquired Starwood Preferred Guest, it merged three separate loyalty programs — SPG, Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Marriott Rewards — into Marriott Bonvoy, becoming a massive rewards program with a global footprint of hotels and resorts. This streamlined branding has helped minimize confusion, and new cardholders have benefited from new perks and welcome bonuses, thanks…

Air Canada’s Aeroplan is the latest loyalty program to say goodbye to its fixed award charts — at least, for some of its partner redemptions. Instead, the program now operates using a dynamic pricing model for select Star Alliance partners, such as United Airlines. With this new award chart, prices for select partner airlines feature…

Recently, JW Marriott has been branching out into new markets and hotel styles, specifically all-inclusive resorts and safari camps. Now Marriott loyalists can look forward to an upscale take on the know-what-you-pay-upfront vacation style with the announcement of a JW Marriott all-inclusive resort in Costa Rica from Mullen Real Estate Capital. A rendering of the…

There’s nothing like receiving a new metal credit card. It arrives with authority in the mail or on your doorstep, and you hear the angels sing as you open it and it catches the first glint of light. Ever since the much-ballyhooed launch of the Chase Sapphire Reserve® in 2016 — when Chase temporarily ran…

Iberia will offer Floridians a new option to Europe this fall when the Spanish airline lands in the home of the mouse. The Oneworld alliance carrier will connect Orlando International Airport (MCO) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) beginning Oct. 26, Iberia said Tuesday. It will fly the route four times a week with an…

If you’re considering a cruise with Royal Caribbean or Carnival Cruise Line, you’re looking at a big-ship experience with lots of activities. These two companies are the largest in the cruise industry, each with two dozen ships carrying millions of passengers a year. They are popular for a reason: Their ships offer something for everyone,…

At TPG, we primarily focus on maximizing spending and helping readers familiarize themselves with different types of credit cards to get outsize value from the ones in their wallets. We also love discussing various redemption options you can make with issuer-specific rewards currency and how credit card rewards can be pivotal in helping you take…