Are Japanese Flight Attendants Sleeping With Pilots For Money?

The Daily Mail, the pinnacle of reputable journalism, ran a story this week about how many Japanese flight attendants are apparently turning to prostitution to make up for wage cuts. Apparently their wages have been cut from £28,000 per year in 2004 to £22,000 per year in 2013.

Their prostitution clients? Pilots, apparently:

"Several unnamed flight attendants have been quoted in the Shukan Post claiming that female cabin crew are regularly paid to sleep with the pilots.

According to the women, staff can charge between £300 and £450 for 90 minutes with a client."

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/01/24/japanese-flight-attendants-sleeping-pilots-money/

What Date Will US Airways Miles Get Combined Into American AAdvantage

American, in announcing details of what their combined program with US Airways will look like confirmed that the actual combination of Dividend Miles and AAdvantage will happen during the second quarter of 2015. Here are more details on the program and who wins and who loses. But when will this actually happen? It matters because […]

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Vocations: The Travel Agency Executive: Traveling to an Open Cuba

The Marazul Charters travel agency has organized cultural and histrorical trips to Cuba for years.

















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Mattress Running With Club Carlson’s Current Promotion

For those of you that aren't familiar with the term "mattress running," it's when you stay at a hotel exclusively for the purpose of earning points and/or stay credits. It's the hotel equivalent of "mileage running," which is flying for the sole purpose of accumulating airline miles.

Back in the day mattress running was a thing that actually made sense. For example, Hyatt used to offer "Faster Free Nights," whereby you'd earn one free night at any hotel in the world after two paid stays. So you'd make two stays at your local sub-$100 per night Hyatt, and then redeem your free night at a property like the Park Hyatt Sydney, which retails for $800+ per night. It was a crazy good deal, though not surprisingly we haven't seen that promotion in a couple of years.

Anyway, Club Carlson's current promotion is the most I've been tempted to mattress run since the good old Faster Free Night days (admittedly free nights at Club Carlson properties aren't nearly as aspirational as free nights at Park Hyatt properties, but...). Travis is using the promotion to get more value out of hotel stays he'd make anyway, while I'm tempted to use the promotion just to earn points...

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20 of the world’s most spectacular roads

The original edition sparked so much debate among readers that we had to revisit the subject.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-the-worlds-most-spectacular-roads-vol-2/

Most lives are lived by default

"We gravitate unwittingly to what works in the short term, in terms of what to do for work and what crowd to run with."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/lives-lived-default/

Here’s How You Can Protect Your Frequent Flyer Accounts from Hackers

Starwood got hacked. This came shortly after American, United, and Hilton got hacked. Points are advertised for sale cheap online. Data security is big business, consulting firms have identified a huge mark business opportunity in working with loyalty programs. There’s no way to be perfectly secure, and programs don’t often admit what’s really going on […]

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Best Seats In Cathay Pacific First Class

Cathay Pacific offers one of the all around most solid first class products, in my opinion. I don't think they're necessarily the best in any one area, but they're one of the airlines that's truly "solid" all around from the seat to the service to the food to the bedding to the entertainment to their lounges.

Back in the day a majority of Cathay Pacific's longhaul fleet consisted of 747s, though over time they've retired 747s to the point that it's mostly just 777s they're flying longhaul.

And only a subfleet of those 777s feature a first class cabin.

So, what are the best seats in Cathay Pacific's 777 first class?

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Abandoned Motel Sign Along Route 66, California

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2015/01/23/abandoned-motel-sign-along-route-66-california/

Attempt To Float Flight 8501 Fuselage Fails

An Indonesian official said that efforts to float the fuselage of Flight 8501 will resume on Sunday.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-8501-fuselage-floating-attempt-failed-object-suspected-be-cockpit-1793722

Bridge jumping rite of passage [VID]

This short film from DGA Productions captures some sick footage of divers plunging from a 24-meter-high bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/tv/bridge-jumping-rite-passage-vid/

Learning to drink in Edinburgh

"Any bar that doesn’t have at least two shelves of single malt is subpar. Even if you don’t like our national drink, you are, of course, a born whisky expert."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/nights/11-signs-learned-drink-edinburgh/

Operation Launched To Float Flight 8501 Fuselage To Surface

Indonesian recovery teams will be floating the fuselage to the surface with the help of balloons, after the first attempt to raise it failed.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-8501-fuselage-be-floated-surface-using-balloons-bodies-found-inside-1793722

Doorways Through Time

Tony and the Diamond Mine The night after I took this photo, I had a very strange set of things happen. The diamond mines are still very active around here, and I ended up in a bar with a guy named Tony that was the manager of the mine here. He wore a very stylish […]



from Stuck in Customs http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2015/01/24/doorways-through-time/

Hey travelers, is it better by bus?

from Elliott http://elliott.org/blog/hey-travelers-better-bus/