Etihad Airways will add Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to its map next year as part of a 10-destination, three-continent expansion unveiled on Monday. The Gulf carrier will link Atlanta to its hub at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport (AUH) four times a week beginning July 2. Etihad will fly the Abu Dhabi-Atlanta route with…

Your resident Chicagoan is back for another local hotel review. For this review, I went east toward Lake Michigan and north toward Lincoln Park for a two-night stay at the Thompson Chicago, a Category 5 Hyatt property. The Thompson sits on the corner of Rush Street and East Bellevue Place in Gold Coast, one of…

TopCashback is one of many shopping portals that let you earn rewards on your online purchases. While some portals award airline miles, Chase Ultimate Rewards points or American Express Membership Rewards points, TopCashback offers money back in the form of cash or gift cards. Plus, it has one valuable feature that no other cash-back portal…

The Transportation Security Administration screens around 4 million passengers per day at 450 U.S. airports. In 2023 alone, the agency processed more than 858 million passengers, 484 million checked bags and 1.9 billion carry-on items. Going through a TSA checkpoint is not exactly pleasant for most travelers. Most simply want to get through a TSA…

November: What a month — especially this one. There was a lot to get through between the election, the start of the holiday season, the time change and, at least, for those who love and support me and my fellow TPG hotel reporter Cameron Sperance, two Scorpio birthdays. Between all of that, there was still…

When people find out my job is to write about travel credit cards, they usually ask for expert advice. They want to know which of our favorite credit cards I recommend, which cards will complement their existing portfolio and whether their current everyday card is a good one. They also often want to know which…

These days, most of us know a thing or two about avoiding scams. We scoff at emails from foreign princes soliciting Western Union money transfers — if the messages even make it through our spam filters, of course — and even our phones can detect if an incoming call from an unknown number is likely…

Qualifying for and maintaining airline elite status is usually a yearly endeavor unless you have lifetime elite status. As we approach the end of 2024, it’s worth checking that your status qualification requirements are squared away. It’s possible to earn status at any point throughout the year, and each loyalty program is different. So, as…

Checking your cruise luggage with an airline can be a scary proposition, especially when you factor in possible weather delays or missed connections that can separate you from your bags. The farther you have to fly, the scarier it becomes. But what are your options? The obvious choice for most cruisers who fly to their…

Resolve right now to try something new on New Year’s Eve. Instead of staying home in your jammies and watching Andy and Anderson giggle and exchange Champagne spit takes in Times Square, shake off the old year somewhere else. Plus, with New Year’s Day falling on a Wednesday in 2025, you can break up with…