Up To 50,000 US Airways Miles For Referring Friends

I can't tell yet if this is targeted, or if Barclaycard is slowly rolling this out to all cardholders, but it appears at least some US Airways Premier World MasterCard® holders are getting an offer to refer their friends to the card and receive 5,000 bonus points for each approved application.

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, this is the biggest public bonus I recall ever seeing on the card.

The normal sign-up bonus on the card is around 40,000 miles, so this is a great sign-up bonus.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/12/19/50000-us-airways-miles-referring-friends/

8 U.S. spots for amazing Christmas lights

Though many U.S. Christmas traditions originated elsewhere, one has an All-American pedigree: electric Christmas tree lights.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/19/travel/best-christmas-lights-u-s-/index.html

Fantasy Flight brings sick kids to the North Pole to see Santa

While most children wait and hope Santa visits them at home on Christmas Eve, this year dozens of Denver-area children went directly to the big man's arctic home turf.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/19/travel/fantasy-flight-kids-north-pole/index.html

1,000,000 mummies may be buried here

Archeologists claim there is an estimated one million mummies buried at a site in Egypt. CNN's Amir Daftari reports.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/12/18/pkg-daftari-egypt-million-mummies.cnn.html

Enter in This Post to Win Lounge Access Thanks to the LoungeBuddy App!

Read the post to see how to enter to win one of two $150 credits towards lounge access! Lounge Buddy is a useful app that – if you have an iPhone or other device in the Apple ecosystem – just got more useful. They will now sell day passes to lounges, sometimes at regular price […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/12/19/enter-post-win-lounge-access-thanks-loungebuddy-app/

6 things the Finns love to hate

Finnish writer Maari Parkkinen says that, during the winter months, her fellow countrymen’s level of social interaction matches the temperature outside: -10



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/6-things-finns-love-hate/

It’s Going To Be An Exciting Day On The Blog!

Why should you be refreshing the blog every five minutes today? Because yesterday was my most dysfunctional travel day of the year. Possibly the peak was when an American Eagle supervisor claimed I took a picture of her (which I didn't), and after denying it she threatened to call law enforcement on me. When I wanted to show her my camera roll, she refused to look.

Doesn't get much more exciting than that, does it? Make sure you're sitting down! ;)

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/12/19/going-exciting-day-blog/

Etihad’s A380s and 787s Revealed, Visiting Cuba While It’s Illegal, and Free Geek Squad Help at Airport

News and notes from around the interweb: There’s a new app that tells you when you can take a very short walk to avoid Uber’s surge pricing. That seems to me very much in the spirit of surge pricing itself, getting both consumers and drivers to react, to shift both supply and demand. One blogger […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/12/19/etihads-a380s-787s-revealed-visiting-cuba-illegal-free-geek-squad-help-airport/

What it's like to be gay in Korea

As a foreigner in South Korea, Meg Ten Eyck has the freedom to buy a plane and leave the country if times get tough. What happens to LGBT Koreans?



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/like-gay-south-korea/

2014 Annual Review: Travel Roundup

And… the Annual Review continues! Today’s post is a travel roundup: everywhere I went in 2014, along with a few lessons and comments. You’re welcome to share your itineraries or lessons. Next week, our cats and biased judges will award a $100 gift card from Powell’s for the best overall comment throughout the series. Previous…



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/2014-annual-review-travel-roundup/

8 reasons travelers should be happy

"The world is becoming more peaceful: A safer world is good for everyone everywhere. But a nice side effect is that a lot more of the world becomes open to travel."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/8-things-travelers-can-happy-holiday-season/

2014 events made Filipinos proud

From the stories of hope that emerged out of typhoon Haiyan to Manny Pacquiao dominating Chris Algieri, here's the best Pinoy Pride moments of 2014!



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-moments-touched-filipino-hearts-2014/

Chinese Pilot Jailed For 3 Years Over Crash That Killed 44

Henan Airlines flight, carrying 96 people, had caught fire after it overshot the runway at Yichun airport.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/china-jails-pilot-3-years-over-2010-crash-killed-44-people-1763325

Pivotal moments in 2014 – when digital travel finally matured

It would very difficult to put your finger on something that significantly altered in 2014. Yet perhaps the pivotal moment isn’t a ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/pivotal-moments-2014-digital-travel-mature/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pivotal-moments-2014-2

Raul Castro to Obama: Thanks, Barack

"Maybe, the end of Cuban sanctions really will, over time, herald the advent of genuine democracy on the Caribbean island, as Obama is calculating."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/raul-castro-obama-thanks-barack-now-end-sanctions/