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Destination of the Week: Orlando

August 17, 2012

For today’s Destination of the Week, we asked TPG contributor Nick to take us through his hometown of Orlando while there’s still time to squeeze in one last family summer vacation before school starts again. With summer rapidly drawing to a close, we decided to head south for today’s Destination of the Week and visit [...]

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Travel Science: Beating Altitude Sickness While Traveling

August 1, 2012

TPG contributor Katharine Gammon is a science writer for publications including WIRED, Popular Science and Los Angeles Magazine. When she’s not jetting to international conferences to interview some of the world’s leading scientific minds, she’s globetrotting herself, exploring unique destinations including recent trips to New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Today she writes about the science [...]

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Maximizing Hilton HHonors Premium Room Rewards and Room Upgrade Rewards

July 30, 2012

After demystifying Hilton HHonors AXON and GLON award redemptions and helping readers choose amongst the three (now four) Hilton credit cards, TPG contributor Nick fills us in on how to stretch your Hilton HHonors points even further with Premium Room Rewards and Room Upgrade Rewards. In mid-2011, Hilton HHonors decided that their program wasn’t confusing [...]

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Maximizing Chase Ink Bold Spending Bonuses At Office Supply Stores

July 20, 2012

TPG contributor Jason Steele gives us his take on the Chase Ink Bold’s lucrative spending category bonus at office supply stores and how you can make the most of it without getting red flagged. For more analysis on how to maximize points via gift cards, check out the Frequent Miler who operates a “laboratory” of [...]

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Maximizing British Airways Avios: Direct Flights, London Stopovers and UK Destinations

July 17, 2012

TPG Contributor Jason Steele fills us in on two little-known loopholes that will let you stretch your Avios even further by taking advantage of direct flights, stopovers in London and itinerary tag-ons in the UK. Reminder: The 100,000 Avios sign-up bonus ends today! As you’ve read in the Maximizing British Airways Avios series, the Avios [...]

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Maximizing Hilton HHonors GLON and AXON Redemptions

July 11, 2012

TPG contributor Nick demystifies Hilton HHonors’ complicated GLON and AXON redemption opportunities and tells us why everyone who’s interested in the Hilton HHonors program should be carrying a a Hilton Amex. While Hilton HHonors does have the highest point redemption requirements of the main hotel chains, there are nevertheless some great ways to maximize the [...]

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Maximize Hilton HHonors’ Triple Your Trip Promotion

June 22, 2012

After his last post on Choosing the Right Hilton Credit Card, TPG contributor Nick fills us in on Hilton’s Q3 “Triple Your Trip” promo and the ways that you can maximize it to earn the most HHonors points possible from your summer stays. Hilton HHonors has released details on their Q3 “Triple Your Trip” promo, [...]

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Choosing The Right Hilton Credit Card

June 19, 2012

After his first post about the basics of double-dipping with Hilton HHonors, TPG contributor Nick gives us the breakdown of the three Hilton credit cards on the market and which one might be right for you and your needs (just in case you have trouble deciding, there’s another one of his famous Excel spreadsheets to [...]

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Maximizing the Canadian RBC Avion Redemption Schedule For Travel

June 18, 2012

In a previous post on RBC’s Visa Infinite Avion, TPG contributor Ola briefly described the benefits of the Avion Redemption Schedule. In this post, he elaborates on how it works and how to maximize it. The Redemption Schedule is available exclusively to RBC’s “Avion” brand card holders. Air Travel Redemption Schedule RBC Rewards Points Required [...]

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How to Beat Jetlag by Fasting

June 14, 2012

TPG contributor Katharine Gammon is a science writer for publications including WIRED, Popular Science and Los Angeles Magazine. When she’s not jetting to international conferences to interview some of the world’s leading scientific minds, she’s globetrotting herself, exploring unique destinations including recent trips to New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Today she writes about the science [...]

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Ideas for Maximizing Top Travel Credit Cards for College Students

May 23, 2012

In his previous post,  our TPG college contributor Mark discussed the best credit cards for college students looking to build their credit.  Those cards, most of which carry cash-back benefits are great for diving into the world of consumer credit, but what happens when you want to go after more valuable points-earning cards? Here Mark [...]

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Canadian RBC Visa Infinite Avion Card Review

May 14, 2012

This post comes to us courtesy of a new Canadian TPG Contributor named Ola who tells us about the ins and outs of one of the best credit cards on the market, RBC’s Visa Infinite Avion card, for you Canadian readers looking to maximize your credit card strategy. Brian talked in a previous post about the [...]

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Best Cashback Credit Cards For Students

April 24, 2012

Best Cashback Credit Cards For Students Graduation season will be here soon, and a lot of TPG readers are young people just getting started with credit, so I thought I’d have a TPG contributor named Mark, himself a recent college grad, write about the best cashback cards for college students looking to build their credit. [...]

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How Hotels Calculate Points Earned On Meetings

April 19, 2012

TPG Contributor Max Bloom explains how planning meetings—even if you’re not a “meeting planner”—can earn you points and elite status at the major hotel chains. In this post, he explains how each chain calculates the number of points you earn by spending money on “meeting” expenses. Meetings can be a great way to earn a [...]

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Earning Hotel Elite Status Through Meetings, Part 2

March 8, 2012

TPG Contributor Max Bloom explains how planning meetings can earn you points and elite status at the major hotel chains. In his previous posts he gave introductions on planning meetings and how the major chains award elite status for meetings. Last week I talked about deciding which program will give you the highest status the fastest by [...]

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Maximizing Hotel Elite Status By Planning Meetings

February 23, 2012

TPG Contributor Max Bloom explains how planning meetings can earn you elite status at the major hotel chains. Last post he gave an intro to planning meetings. Every major hotel chain allows meeting planners to earn elite status through meetings, though their criteria vary. Some award status based upon the amount of money you spend, [...]

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How To Earn Hotel Points With Meetings

February 9, 2012

This post comes to us courtesy of one of our new TPG Contributors, Max Bloom. His work has him coordinating events at hotels all over the country and he’s become an expert on meeting planning, and how it can earn you both points and status. Max recently attained SPG Platinum by spending over $100,000 a [...]

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Paying Taxes on Points: Citibank Sends Tax Forms For Some Checking & Savings Sign-up Bonuses

January 31, 2012

New TPG Contributor Series: Financial and travel writer Jason Steele investigates recent reports that Citibank is sending tax forms to customers who received American Airlines miles for opening bank accounts last year. Are miles going to be taxable? Citibank raises the alarm among customers by sending them 1099 forms for bonus points earned by opening [...]

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