Portland, Oregon, may have claimed a spot on TPG’s list of best places to travel in 2025, but just over the border, Washington’s second-largest city, Spokane, boasts an exciting new reason to spend a few days visiting the Evergreen State: The Louie at Davenport Hotel. A reimagining of a former property from Davenport Hotels, a…
The sky’s the limit when it comes to new venues for your favorite restaurants. You may be used to seeing restaurant brands and chains expanding to new cities and venues like sports arenas or even airports. However, eateries are showing up more often in a rarer setting these days: in the front cabin at 35,000…
Peru is one of the best places I have ever visited (and that’s saying something). I loved every moment (this blog post goes into more detail why). Besides being incredible, it’s also an extremely affordable destination (provided you limit your fine dining in Lima and guided hikes). If you’re heading to Peru and wondering how…
At TPG, we always recommend cruising with a passport, but there are many reasons why you might want to set sail without one. What if an opportunity pops up on short notice, and you don’t have a passport yet? Or what if you forgot to renew yours when it expired? What if it’s only a…
While tens of thousands of Southern California residents grapple with this week’s unprecedented wildfires, the American Airlines AAdvantage program is encouraging frequent flyers to help by offering bonus AAdvantage miles on donations to the American Red Cross for a limited time. Here’s what you need to know about this new offer. Earn 10x AAdvantage miles…
Jan. 10, 2025 • 2 min read Act fast: Earn double Rapid Rewards points at Southwest for a limited time The cards we feature here are from partners who compensate us when you are approved through our site, and this may impact how or where these products appear. We don’t cover all available credit cards,…
When it comes to points and miles, it pays to have an abundance mindset. No matter where your points balances are at the beginning of 2025, you can earn thousands — and even hundreds of thousands — of points this year. Sound too good to be true? Don’t worry. We’re here to help you make…
Delta Air Lines put on quite the show this week in Las Vegas — and that’s probably an understatement. The airline kicked off 2025 with its semiregular keynote appearance at CES, one of the world’s largest consumer electronic shows. But this year’s spectacle was next-level. Delta did a takeover at the Sphere — Las Vegas’…
Editor’s note: Conrad Bora Bora provided TPG with a complimentary three-night stay so that we could get an inside look at the hotel and its amenities. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of the author and weren’t subject to review by the hotel or any external entity. Hotel reporters have explored some of the…
Paying for large purchases with a card can be an excellent way to generate a substantial amount of points. When former TPG contributor Richard Kerr charged a new car to The Platinum Card® from American Express, he earned almost 40,000 American Express Membership Rewards points, which are worth $800 based on TPG’s December 2024 valuations….