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The key to leveling up your award travels is understanding the airline alliances. That's how you can spend fewer points on your next flight.
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7 Money-Saving Tips for a Pinehurst Golf Trip
A Pinehurst golf trip runs close to $5,000 per person. Here's how our group of 8 used points, Turo, and smart booking to cut costs without cutting corners.
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Join Us (& 270+ Travelers) Tonight, Minneapolis: The Thrifty Traveler Podcast LIVE!
We're ready to hard launch: The Thrifty Traveler Podcast is going live on Friday, June 12 in Minneapolis. Join us for a live recording of the show, travel lovers!
Spoiler Alert: TSA PreCheck Lines Are About To Get A Lot Longer
We expect several million new TSA PreCheck members to join the program this year thanks to the revamped Chase Sapphire Preferred Card.
Struggling to Use Your Delta Companion Certificate? Read This Guide
The Delta SkyMiles Platinum and the Delta SkyMiles Reserve credit cards come with one of our favorite perks: A once-a-year free Delta companion ticket. Here's how to use it.
Bummer: Much of Capital One’s Dulles Lounge Will Close Down All Summer
One of Capital One's five U.S. airport lounges is more or less shutting down this summer and into the early fall.
It’s Not All Bad News: The Things in Air Travel I’m Excited About This Year
New routes, planes, seats, lounges, and booking options are putting a silver lining on a year of (mostly) bad travel news.
From Our Newsletter: Big Hotel Savings … With an Even Bigger Catch
For the right traveler, timeshare offers can be an excellent way to stay somewhere far nicer than you'd normally book while paying a fraction of the price. For others, they're an automatic pass.