8 ways to get free or discounted TSA PreCheck, Global Entry and Clear

We may be starting a new year of travel, but flight delays and airport queues are perennial travel experiences, particularly in winter. Regardless of whether you’re dodging winter storms, peak travel seasons or holiday travel, passing through the airport as quickly as possible is always a priority. To help you do just that, let’s talk…

Breeze Airways drops hints about first international routes, mulls more first-class seats

Could Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines eventually merge, after all? “That’s my prediction,” the CEO of a competing low-cost airline told TPG. Talks have swirled for years about the possibility of the nation’s two leading budget carriers joining forces. Spirit and Frontier explored merging in 2022, but Spirit backed out of the talks to instead…

Complete guide to downgrading and product-changing to earn welcome bonuses on Chase Sapphire cards

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve® are two of our favorite travel credit cards at TPG. They both earn valuable Chase Ultimate Rewards points, giving you access to some of the best hotel and airline transfer partners in the business. You’ll enjoy access to the easy-to-use Chase Travel℠ portal that allows you…

Are airlines and airports doing enough to accommodate travelers with disabilities?

Over the past two years, 25.6 million travelers with disabilities have taken a total of 76.9 million trips and have spent almost $50 billion on travel per year. When you add their travel companions to the equation, this group spends over $100 billion per year on travel. This data comes from a 2024 market study…

Baggage sent to the wrong carousel? Here’s how you could benefit

Many TPGers only travel with carry-on bags and refuse to check luggage. But for longer trips, it’s sometimes hard to avoid checking a bag. (As far as I’m concerned, it’s basically why Apple AirTags were invented.) Airlines have vastly improved their technology, so you can follow your checked bag’s progress during travel and receive alerts…

Round-the-world SAS EuroBonus challenge part 4: 6 European airlines and Aeromexico

A day after Christmas, I started the final stretch of the SAS EuroBonus million-point challenge, where I would end up taking 20 flights on 16 different SkyTeam airlines over the course of 25 days in order to nab 1 million SAS EuroBonus points. My first leg was a jaunt from Portland, Oregon, to Seoul, South…