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Does airport duty-free really save you money?

No vacation is complete without first running the perfume-scented gauntlet of airport duty-free. With the anxiety of transit, check-in and customs behind you, you emerge into an assault course of the senses: gaudy whiskey displays, exotic fragrances and novelty-sized chocolate bars siren-calling you to reach into your pocket. But is duty-free really the Aladdin’s cave of cut-price wonder it…

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The 5 best credit cards for young professionals

Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. If you’re a young professional, chances are you want to have a credit card that reflects your style and status. After all, you don’t want to be the person at a bar who whips out a debit card to pay for drinks, do you? Now that you…

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Here is everything I did to get American Airlines Platinum status

My journey with elite airline status has developed quickly during my time as a travel reporter at TPG. When I first joined TPG in June 2021, achieving even entry-level elite airline status seemed like an impossible hurdle for someone like myself; I did not have a cobranded airline credit card, and I traveled inconsistently — especially compared to my…

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