Business Briefing: NBCUniversal Looks to Create $3.3. Billion Beijing Theme Park

The Comcast unit said it had plans to build a 1,000-acre park to capitalize on China’s growing middle class.

















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Business Briefing: Love Field in Dallas Offering More Flights From 2 Carriers

Limits on flights expired after more than three decades, and Southwest Airlines and Virgin America began new long-haul service.

















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Oil Prices Fall, as OPEC Members Fight for Market Share

The drop comes as demand for petroleum is declining worldwide, and the market is flooded with oil, including increased production in the United States.

















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Why You Should Join My Credit Union: Digital Federal Credit Union

As far as I’m concerned, there are two financial institutions for which everyone should have accounts: Charles Schwab and Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU). Schwab offers a free checking account with a chip and pin debit card and unlimited ATM fee reimbursements. Other than my favorite point earning credit cards, DCU handles everything else. I […]



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Frequent Flier: Stolen Wallet Leads to Valuable Lesson for Entrepreneur

After a robbery left him without any cash, a young traveler who would go on to start a beverage company sold his surfboard to pay his way home from Mexico.

















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On the Road: For Travelers, Ebola Represents a Small Blip on the Radar

While the disease outbreak caused by the Ebola virus is unsettling, it has had a relatively minor impact so far on business travel.

















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A Common-Sense Approach to Fighting In-Flight Germs

The biggest risk of contracting an illness is in the surfaces passengers touch, so hygiene is important, medical experts say.





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First Look At Qatar Airways A380!

As I hinted at a bit over a week ago, last Friday I flew from Doha to London Heathrow on the Qatar Airways A380 inaugural flight. Out of the millions of miles I’ve flown, I don’t think I’ve ever chased a flight as much as this one. That’s because Qatar Airways had a roughly four…

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Diving Into the Lesser-Known Gems: Here are the 5 Best Rewards Cards from Bank of America

I receive compensation for many links on this blog. You don’t have to use these links, but I am grateful to you if you do. American Express, Citibank, Chase, and other banks are advertising partners of this site. I do not write about all credit cards that are available — instead focusing on miles, points, […]

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Adventures in northern Nicaragua

Many people come to this part of the country only for surfing, but I quickly found out how many other adventures are to be had in the area.



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Is Lufthansa Dealing With An Identity Crisis?

While the US legacy carriers have been doing as well as ever lately, the same can't be said about major carriers in some other regions. That's especially true in Europe and Australia, where some of the dominant carriers have unsustainable cost structures while being faced with competition from low cost carriers.

In a way, it's not that different than when Uber begins service in a new market. The taxi mafias haven't done anything to innovate in decades due to lack of competition, and then find themselves totally unprepared to compete when they no longer have a monopoly.

It's no secret that I love Lufthansa, though I can't help but feel like they're having a bit of an identity crisis. It's understandable that the major carriers in Europe sort of have to try to be all things to all people, at least to some degree:

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9 ways travelers handle Ebola anxiety

With Ebola panic traveling faster than a 787, travelers trapped in metal containers at 30,000 feet are quickly splitting into camps.

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Check Out This Concert in the Sky! And This Filing Calling Out Delta…

News and notes from around the interweb: Not new, but @gschaer shares this Avianca concert in the sky that’s worth a view. You think that I give Delta a hard time? American’s filing seeking Delta’s near-dormant Tokyo-Haneda slot does me one better. A flight attendants union wants to force the federal government to reinstate the […]

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In Transit Blog: Walkabout: Ebola Comedy Doesn’t Fly on US Airways

A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.

















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What You Need To Do Before The Southwest And AirTran Integration

Southwest and AirTran are in the final phases of combining their systems, and the loyalty programs will be fully combined beginning November 2, 2014.

This means AirTran's A+ Rewards Accounts will will cease to exist on that date. Southwest Rapid Rewards will be the loyalty program of the combined carrier, so all accounts will be converted beginning on the 2nd.

To prepare for the integration, there are a few "housekeeping" things you'll want to do:

-- Make sure your account details on both your AirTran and Southwest accounts are current (and match) before October 15th

--Move Points/Credits between the two programs if needed before November 1st

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