Love it or leave it: TPG senior writer Katie Genter’s airline and hotel elite status plans for 2025

Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. You may have just finished earning elite status during the 2024 qualification year. Or, if you’re chasing status with a program that doesn’t use a calendar year as its qualification period, such as American Airlines AAdvantage, you may still have months to earn your desired…

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Carnival Sunshine cruise ship review: What it’s like to cruise on Carnival’s oldest ship

Editor’s note: TPG’s Kristy Tolley accepted a free trip from Carnival Cruise Line to cruise on Carnival Sunshine. The opinions expressed below are entirely hers and weren’t subject to review by the line. Sometimes it’s hard to beat an oldie but a goodie, and that’s certainly the case with Carnival Sunshine. Carnival’s oldest ship and part of the line’s…

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How the Holidays Are Shaping Web Traffic Trends (and Why You Should Care)

Happy almost-2025, everyone! While you’re finishing up your year-end to-do’s (or wishing you had started them earlier), I’ve been diving into some fresh data published by Cloudflare. This time, they’ve looked at how people around the globe have been spending their time online during the holiday season – between Christmas and the New Year. As it turns out, when…

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