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Nowadays premium cards are more popular than ever before. Two of the most well-known are the American Express Platinum Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve Card, and I know a lot of people struggle to decide which card is a better fit.

If it feels like every airline is dangling a big credit card bonus right now, you’re not imagining it. As summer travel ramps up, Alaska, American, Delta, and Southwest, are all running elevated welcome offers on their co-branded cards and United just wrapped up its own increased offers a couple of weeks ago.

If you haven’t been paying attention, travel to Japan has hit record-high levels in recent years. Though visiting Japan has never been cheaper due to the historically weak Japanese Yen, some things have gotten more expensive. Here’s everything you need...

London is one of the most premium hotel markets in the world, though it’s a city that has surprisingly few luxury points hotel options. That’s slowly changing, though we’re having to be really patient, given constant construction delays.

As previously announced by the Thai Immigration Department, the government has developed a new mobile app that facilitates several immigration tasks, such as completing the arrival card and other documentation services. I have installed and tried to navigate through some of the functions but it […]

United’s family mileage pooling is more useful now that pooled miles can be redeemed on most partners, with some odd limits for Hawaiian and Emirates. Also: Emirates tries insurance to bring travelers back to Dubai, a Delta passenger is accused of touching crew, and two cats fly to Japan in United’s cabin.

The much delayed Andaz Turks & Caicos is getting closer to opening. It has finally started accepting reservations, though only for roughly a year from now…