Las Vegas Taxi Excitement

I have a love/hate relationship with Las Vegas. It's the worst place on earth... which is why I both love and hate it. I don't think there's anywhere in the world more ridiculous, and less than 24 hours into my current trip I'm already reminded why.

I already wrote about my experience tipping at check-in, where I tipped the front desk associate $60 to get an upgrade to a room that would have cost me $40 more. Granted, it's my own fault, but I wouldn't even think to bribe my way into an upgrade anywhere else in world, which just shows how ridiculous this place is.

*Taxi driver scams*

The Vegas taxi mafia is among the most corrupt in the world. Uber isn't allowed in the city, and even though they have a monorail, they elected not to build it to the airport so that the taxi drivers wouldn't be impacted negatively.

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Concur, SAP, data and the pivoting of corporate travel

The rumoured bidding war is over – Germany-based SAP emerged as the victor in the battle to acquire Concur. The deal for ...



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Maximizing Points and Miles on Apple iPhone 6 Purchases

The day has finally arrived! The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are finally here. Geeks, I mean technophiles, rejoice! Perhaps you drove past an Apple store over the past few days and mistook it for a campsite as folks stretched out in lines and on the pavement overnight for the chance to be […]



from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2014/09/maximizing-points-and-miles-on-apple-iphone-6-purchases/

Scotland: Indomitable, Unparalleled

It’s difficult to be entirely dispassionate about something that has been in my family for centuries. So, full disclosure: ​Throughout the do-wo-go, do-we-stay debate on Scottish independence, I've been on the side of staying the course with the U.K. and I am relieved that Scottish pride and the knee-jerk, up-yours attitude that once resulted in moors sodden with ill-spent blood spilled by the English gave way to what the Scottish are born to—a calculating practicality that eventually wins the day.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/19/scotland-indomitable-unparalleled/

On learning not to hate New Jersey

For me, Jersey belonged on my State Hate list, which is composed solely of states I hate because I was forced to drive through them.



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Airline Meals Now Offered for Home Delivery!

You can get airline meals delivered to your home — premium cabin meals from LSG Skychefs. “I wish I could eat what they serve on the plane all the time” Said no one, ever. But Air Food One thinks there is a business is distributing excess airline meals. The marginal cost is low, they will […]

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Check Out This Crazy JetBlue Emergency Landing Video!

As many of you may have heard, a JetBlue plane bound for Austin made an emergency landing in Long Beach yesterday after one of the engines overheated and there was some smoke in the cabin. Four people were injured, though that was due to the evacuation and not the incident itself.

When you hear about emergency landings that end well it's easy to think "oh, I'm sure it was no big deal." But one of the cool things about social media (or really ridiculous things, at times), is that there's a video of almost everything.

Check out this video a passenger took as the JetBlue plane was on approach:

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Voyage Prive subsidiary acquires Darjeelin, plans human travel search engine

Darjeelin, a France-based startup which describes itself as a crowd-sourced travel agency has been acquired by l’Officiel des Vacances, a travel deals ...



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Inside JetBlue Flight 1416 when its engine fails

One of the plane's engines blew out, the cabin filled with smoke, and oxygen masks dropped...



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Surfacing: In Cleveland, Adding Life Where Grit Once Prevailed

The Gordon Square stretch of the old Detroit-Shoreway industrial area has been revitalized with galleries, bistros and residents.

















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In Transit Blog: A Musical Tour of the World

The new Music of the World app available through Spotify helps users identify music from various countries and regions.





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Targeted Offer: Delta Gold and Platinum Medallion Fast Track

The airline elite status landscape has shifted dramatically over the past year with both Delta and United implementing revenue requirements and overhauling their mileage-earning formulas. All that has a lot of flyers reevaluating their elite status strategy and calculating every dollar of airline and co-branded credit card spend as they look to their future travel […]



from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2014/09/targeted-offer-delta-gold-and-platinum-medallion-fast-track/

Vintage versions of social media

What will freelance writing tools look like ten years from now?



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How airports are leveraging technology to drive revenue

Travelers have been embracing technology for years, relying on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to stay informed on the day-of-travel. Airports, ...



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Spottly raises seed round for video-based social travel app

Spottly, a mobile social travel app based around video has raised $850,000 in seed funding. Investors in the Hong Kong-based startup include ...



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