Joe Cortez

Published Freelance Travel, Finance, and Lifestyle Writer | Award Winning Journalist | Content Manager

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LowerMyBills
11/29/2021
Top Questions To Ask Your Mortgage Lender

When you're ready to buy a home, one of the biggest challenges might be knowing where to start. Before looking at different properties, it's critical to find a lender that is willing to preapprove you for an affordable mortgage.

USA Today GO ESCAPE Summer 2019 Special
06/03/2019
Perk Up! The Deal on Credit Card Travel Rewards

With a travel rewards card, you earn points or miles every time you use the card, but you can often earn more points per dollar in select categories. But not all points and miles earned on travel credit cards are the same. How do you determine which card is best for you?

Personal Finance and Money Savings

FlyerTalk - The world's most popular frequent flyer community
03/18/2025
Wyndham Rewards Launches Points Earning Debit Card

Travelers who want to earn Wyndham Rewards points without the credit card now have a new option in their wallets - A debit card launched by the hospitality company.

Cryptocurrency

Coindesk
01/28/2022
How to Pick the Right Play-to-Earn Game for You

What are play-to-earn games? This is where play-to-earn games - or GameFi - come into play. Leveraging the immutability of blockchain technology, game designers can create in-game items and rewards that are provably unique and transferable. Rewards can range from earning native digital currencies to collecting NFTs or be earned from staking.

Yahoo
04/06/2021
Japan's Central Bank Experiments With Digital Currency

With the continued interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Japan is going to begin experiments to create a government-backed monetary token. In a statement, the Bank of Japan confirmed it would begin researching the feasibility of creating its own central bank digital currency.

GOBankingRates
03/18/2021
Bitcoin 'Here To Stay,' Despite Volatility and Climate Impact

Analysts say that the ubiquitous cryptocurrency bitcoin is now part of our investing lives, after backing from major companies like Tesla. However, new data suggests that the blockchain-based digital coin will be subject to major volatility - especially given that creating new coins comes at a high environmental cost.

Travel and Lifestyle

FlyerTalk - The world's most popular frequent flyer community
09/22/2020
How Stakeholders, Aviators and the Industry Stand on the Boeing 737 MAX

As the public comment phase on the Federal Aviation Administration's Airworthiness Directive for the aircraft comes to an end, FlyerTalk investigates ten statements made by prominent aviation groups to understand where they stand on re-certifying the aircraft for consumer travel once more.

NerdWallet
01/16/2019
TSA Screening Partnerships: The Reason Why Some Airports Don't Have Long Security Lines

Although the Transportation Security Administration is responsible for ensuring American air passengers remain safe, it doesn't directly screen every passenger. That means that every airport isn't subject to government shutdown-induced delays. Here's why you might want to start flying through or out of San Francisco, Orlando, Florida or Kansas City, Missouri.

The Points Guy
03/03/2017
Is Basic Economy Really a Good Deal for Travelers?

This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Whether American travelers like it or not, basic economy fares are here to stay.

Flyertalk
10/22/2015
FlyerTalk Says Goodbye to the TWA Flight Center

FlyerTalk gathered with TWA staff one last time to remember the joys and tragedies of working inside the famed Flight Center at JFK. In 1976, Jamie Hogan and Anna Montella entered into Terminal Five of John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) as flight attendants of the airline Howard Hughes built - Trans World Airlines.