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The ultimate guide to credit card application restrictions
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information If you’re relatively new to the points and miles world, you might be a bit gun-shy when it comes to applying for new credit cards. Most of my friends and family members find it hard to believe that I currently have 17 active travel rewards credit cards in my wallet and pay over $1,000 per year in annual fees. Just about every week I hear something along the lines of, “Aren’t you afraid that you’ll wreck your credit score?” While it’s true that card applications will temporarily lower your...
TPG Reader Hall of Fame: First-class flights, overwater villas — and you can do it too
At TPG, we aim to make travel easier, more affordable and whenever possible, more luxurious. A few weeks ago, we asked members of our Facebook community, TPG Lounge, to submit their best uses of points and miles to a reader Hall of Fame thread. Stories ranged from fabulous round-the-world family trips to five-star multi-destination vacations. They all had one thing in common: Using points to make these bucket list trips a mere fraction of their retail price. Today, we’re sharing the first of a now-weekly series celebrating our readers’ accomplishments. Hopefully they’ll help bring you closer to redeeming points for...