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How to avoid fuel surcharges on award travel

How to avoid fuel surcharges on award travel

Fuel surcharges are an important issue for award travel enthusiasts, as they can make your award flight cost hundreds (if not thousands) of doll...
How to rent an RV for only $1 a day

How to rent an RV for only $1 a day

Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. I’m seeing many recreational vehicles, also known as RVs, driv...
10 ways to maximize Barclays Arrival mile

10 ways to maximize Barclays Arrival mile

s Airline miles, hotel points and transferrable points can unlock genuinely incredible experiences. Unfortunately, you can’t book every travel ex...
What is a foreign transaction fee?

What is a foreign transaction fee?

There’s very little in the travel and credit card industry that we hate more at TPG than unnecessary fees — including foreign transaction fees. ...
Building credit for beginners: OpenSky Secured Visa Card review

Building credit for beginners: OpenSky Secured Visa Card review

  OpenSky® Secured Visa® Credit Card overview Looking to build credit and don’t mind paying an annual fee? While the card lacks any perks or...
When using ‘wrong’ credit card is the right thing to do

When using ‘wrong’ credit card is the right thing to do

Opening and using travel rewards credit cards can help quickly boost your stockpiles of points and miles across a variety of loyalty currencies...
Avoiding an early-morning departure — reader success story

Avoiding an early-morning departure — reader success story

Today I want to share a story from TPG reader Yue, who took advantage of a schedule change to help her parents fly more comfortably: My dad’s...