Best Alaska shore excursions you can do on a Princess cruise

When it comes to cruising Alaska with Princess, picking a ship is just the beginning. Next comes the hard part: choosing what to do on all your stops. From easy walking tours of frontier towns to panning for gold, learning about the state’s indigenous cultures, watching bears fish for salmon, fishing for salmon yourself, hiking,…

Capital One Venture X Business card review: Full details

Capital One Venture X Business overview The Capital One Venture X Business is the business version of the fan-favorite Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. Like its personal counterpart, the Venture X Business offers luxury perks for a reasonable annual fee and an easy-to-understand earning structure. This is a great option for small-business owners…

How 1 Hotels is redefining loyalty with its Mission Membership program

It was drizzling and there was a slight bluster in the air as I shuffled along the cobblestones of Copenhagen’s Latin Quarter one recent October afternoon – your quintessential Danish fall day, with leaden skies and people flitting by under oversize umbrellas. Then I stepped inside my destination, the city’s newest hotel in one of…

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…