Giveaway: Win 25,000 American Airlines Miles!

Every Friday is giveaway day. Comment to win! We wanted to do something extra special for this week’s giveaway… by offering 25,000 miles that can be used for a round-trip ticket with American Airlines! See a new place, visit an old friend, or check out that wax museum you’ve always dreamed of. The possibilities are…



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/giveaway-25000-american-airlines-miles/

How to Get Your Hotel Stays for Free Using a Best Rate Guarantee Claim

Mommy Points yesterday has a post summarizing hotel ‘best rate guarantee’ policies. The idea is that each hotel chain wants to convince you to book directly through them. That’s because booking through a third party website like Expedia or Orbitz is expensive for them, commissions can exceed 20%. One strategy is to only offer credit […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/09/19/get-hotel-stays-free-using-best-rate-guarantee-claim/

12 signs you're from Buenos Aires

Nobody else from Latin America (or Argentina) can stand you. And you don’t understand why. Especially since you’re the most seductive person in the world.



from Matador NetworkMatador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/12-signs-born-raised-buenos-aires/

Wine Tasting 101

Wine-drinking’s pretty much self-explanatory. But no matter what’s in the glass, it will reveal itself best when approached systematically and when all sensory apparati are exposed to it (well, not your ears). That doesn’t mean making a spectacle of your examination, or trying to out-inhale the person next to you. It does mean thinking about…



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/19/wine-tasting-101/

How Many Miles Does It Take?

Last week I answered a reader question about collecting miles for a trip between the US and Southeast Asia. As part of that I included a chart giving a general "range" of the miles required by different mileage programs, and there were several requests for charts for other regions as well.

So I thought I'd go through how many miles you need for first class or business class, the flexible points transfer partners, and will try to highlight some of the best redemptions as well.

Probably the most common request for award help I receive is from people wanting to travel to Europe or Asia who have miles spread across multiple programs. Fortunately, many of the airline programs offer one-way awards, so if you can get by without a stopover, booking your trip as two one-ways can open up availability in different alliances, and make awards more approachable given you don't have to accrue quite as much of a particular currency.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/09/19/many-miles-take/

Metasearch and spaghetti sauce – a little attention goes a long way

Who remembers Sidestep? This was probably the first metasearch tool I used and a few years before Kayak emerged in 2006 (Kayak ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/hotel-distribution-metasearch-ota/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=revenue-management-spaghetti-sauce-attention-adjustment-worth-effort

KLM has a view on the passenger experience in 2020

One of the issues when predicting how the future might unfold, especially in travel, is that fairly often the trends being identified ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/KLM-view-passenger-experience-2020/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=klm-view-passenger-experience-2020

12 signs you're a travel junkie

#7: You live out of a suitcase even when at home.



from Matador NetworkMatador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/12-ways-can-tell-youre-travel-junkie/

We Didn’t Listen to Those Who Said Travel Wasn’t Possible

Last month, I announced I’d be featuring monthly columnists on this website. I’ve introduced two so far and now it’s time to introduce our final one! On the third Friday of every month, Cameron Wears from The Traveling Canucks will be here giving tips and advice on how to travel better with your kids. I know this is a much-requsted topic for many of you so I’m excited to have him on the team! His column starts this month. “Get […]

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from Nomadic Matt's Travel Site http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/family-travel-possible/

The Very Strange Idea of the Frequent Flyer Weekend

Walking into a Westin lobby last night — Thursday — I was confronted with this projected onto the floor. To a frequent flyer business traveler this makes all the sense in the world. Thursday is done. The work week is, for all intents and purposes, done. If you’re walking into the Westin lobby you weren’t […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/09/19/strange-idea-frequent-flyer-weekend/

Access all areas: Cities open doors to hidden spaces

Open House festivals allow snooping in homes and landmarks normally closed to public

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/19/travel/open-house-weekends/index.html

Passengers cry as smoke-filled plane rattles to emergency landing

Many wept. Some prayed. But after their smoke-filled plane rattled to an emergency landing, passengers had a new lease on life, as they exited a JetBlue flight Thursday via inflatable chutes.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/18/us/jetblue-emergency-landing/index.html

Celebrating fall foliage around the U.S.

Can you feel the change of seasons in the air? CNN iReporters around the country share their beautiful autumn images.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/19/travel/irpt-fall-leaves-2014/index.html

Is this the happiest place on earth?

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta travels to Denmark to understand why it ranks so high when it comes to life satisfaction and happiness.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/international/2014/09/18/spc-vital-signs-happiness-denmark-a.cnn.html

Who does this on a flight?!

Shame on the plane! Photos of passengers behaving badly. Jeanne Moos reports on bare bellies and bare feet at 30,000 feet.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2014/09/17/erin-pkg-moos-passenger-shaming.cnn.html