Report From the Frontlines: United’s New Meal Service, and Why Other Airlines Will Put Money Into Improving Your Experience Too.

Reader Sam L. flew San Francisco – Newark yesterday on United and provides feedback on the brand new improved United meal service. 3 choices on a long-ish haul, up from 2. Had the mac and cheese and, while certainly calorific, it was excellent. Probably the best airplane food I’ve had in awhile. Ice cream was […]

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What journey did Red Label Vacations take for clean website traffic?

Did you know 30% of travel industry website visitors are unsavory competitors, hackers, spammers, and fraudsters? When aggressive scrapers took his website ...



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AA Announces Six New Latin America/Caribbean Routes

American Airlines recently announced that they will begin operating six new routes to Latin America and the Caribbean from three U.S. cities. The six new routes are pending government approval but can already be reserved: Miami (MIA)-Barranquilla (BAQ) Los Angeles (LAX)-Belize City (BZE) Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)-Grand Cayman (GCM) LAX-Guadalajara (GDL) DFW-Managua (MGA) MIA-Monterrey (MTY) The […]



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LifeMiles 100% Mileage Transfer Bonus Through February 16, 2015

Avianca’s LifeMiles program has just announced that they’ll be offering a 100% bonus on transferred miles between February 2 and February 16, 2015.

The rules of the promotion are kind of confusing because LifeMiles doesn't actually publish them, but:

-- The terms state you can transfer at most 75,000 miles during the promotion (not including the 100% bonus), but I can't seem to actually get the system to accept that; I've had no issue getting to the purchase page with a 50,000 mile transfer, though

-- The cost to transfer miles is 1.5 cents per mile, which is cheaper than buying LifeMiles

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30% Bonus On Purchase Of Hyatt Points Through February 15, 2015

Through February 15, 2015, Hyatt Gold Passport is offering a 30% bonus on the first purchase of points during the promotion period.

If you max out the promotion and purchase 55,000 points you’d receive a total of 71,500 Gold Passport points. That would cost you $1,320, which is a rate of ~1.85 cents per Gold Passport point.

How does this stack up to Hyatt’s past promotions on the purchase of points?

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How to piss off an Arab

"But are you Muslim? ...Aren’t you all Muslim?" >> Contrary to popular belief, most Muslims aren’t Arab and millions of Arabs aren’t Muslims. There are more than 20 faiths in Arabia.



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Ethiopian Airlines 787 New Fully Flat Business Class

Over the summer I flew Ethiopian Airlines business class from Beijing to Addis Ababa on a 787, and then from Addis Ababa to Frankfurt on a 767.

While the 787 itself was sparkly, I was dumbfounded by the fact that Ethiopian chose to install angled business class seats on a brand new plane. Don't get me wrong, I'm not picking on Ethiopian specifically here, as there are lots of airlines that do the same. Just look at Air France and Lufthansa with their A380s, for example.

While the flight was otherwise decent enough, the fact that the seats were angled just made it a not-so-pleasant flight.

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Six Top Tips for Visiting Angkor Wat

It’s been quite a year for visiting historic sites. I’ve been blessed to make it to the Pyramids in Egypt, Machu Picchu, the Old City of Jerusalem and several other UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites. Fortunately, I was recently able to add to the list and explore the Temples of Angkor Wat in Northern Cambodia. […]



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7 things introverted travelers should remember

Sing karaoke. Seriously. When you find yourself wanting to flee from awkwardness and self-conscious feelings, put on your Karaoke Super Cape and do the opposite.



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American Introduces Awesome Aviation Junkie Amenity Kits: #OurHeritage Homage to the Carriers That Make Up the Airline

American has launched a series of new #OurHeritage amenity kits. These are branded with several of the airlines that have merged over time to create the current American Airlines. The kits come wrapped in plastic with an identification of the legacy carrier on the plastic. These are the 9 carriers: This isn’t truly comprehensive of […]

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Hopper’s new flight search app streamlines discovery of cheap flights

After several years in stealth, Hopper launched a little over a year ago with the “world’s largest structured database of travel information.” ...



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The 10 safest cities in the world

The safest city in the world is _________________.



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Where to Go Now: A Procrastinator's Guide to Valentine’s Day

Ideas for quick escapes from the Travel section for celebrating the holiday.

















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T Magazine: An Exclusive Clip From a New Dance Documentary by a “Girls” Director

Jody Lee Lipes’s “Ballet 422″ follows the rising choreographer Justin Peck as he prepares his piece “Paz de La Jolla” for the New York City Ballet.





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Another Fun Fifth Freedom Flight From The US to Canada

I love a good fifth freedom flight. For those of you not familiar with fifth freedom routes, it's when an airline from a third country operates a flight between two other countries.

For example, unarguably the most glamorous fifth freedom flight within North America is Cathay Pacific's flight between New York JFK and Vancouver. The flight continues to Hong Kong, though you can also book the flight exclusively between New York and Vancouver.

The flight offers full longhaul international service, from bedding to Krug.

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