The New Super Chic Air France Safety Video, and 5 Reasons Why These Videos are Great Investments

Air France has a new ‘super chic’ safety video. I’ve not been keen to fly them in recent times (mostly because of how long it’s taken for them to start rolling out a lie flat business class), but I kind of like this video. My first five thoughts watching it: I wish Air France crews […]

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Will American Honor Cheap Business Class Tickets To Asia?

Last night American published some amazing ~$450 roundtrip business class fares between Washington and Beijing. The fare was pulled after a few hours, though not before hundreds of people managed to book.

The trend as of late when we see these types of mistake fares is that the airlines issue an official statement very quickly about whether they'll honor them or not. Per DOT regulations it seems pretty clear that American will have to honor them, but I guess we'll see.

But we haven't heard from American. Why?

I have two theories:

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My Ultimate Relaxation Trip Report: Etihad and Emirates First Class, Food in Sri Lanka and Returning the Maldives

I’m beginning to write up the report of my most recent trip to the Maldives, and this is a basic preview and outline of the trip I’ll be sharing. Regular readers know that I love the Maldives. It’s not for everyone and I hope to give you a sense both of why I like it […]

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Should I Use My SPG Amex at Starwood Properties Outside the U.S.?

Starwood Preferred Guest points and the SPG Amex are my favorite points and credit card available. The best way to earn SPG points is to use the SPG Amex when you stay at an SPG property. You’ll earn two points per dollar as a base member when staying at an SPG property directly from SPG, […]



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T Magazine: Nicole Najafi’s Marfa Myths Encounters, From Dev Hynes to a New Tequila Drink

The founder of the year-old denim brand with a cult following, Industry Standard, shares pictures from her weekend adventure in West Texas’s picturesque high desert city.

















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In Transit Blog: Philippine Airlines Resumes Flights to New York

After almost 18 years, Philippine Airlines is again flying between Manila and New York City.

















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22 Instagrammers show us Utah

Mmm, mmm, mmm -- these Instagrams show why we can't get enough of this wild and beautiful state.



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Are Qatar Airways A380 First Class Awards Ever Available?

I know I'm not the only person in this hobby that's mildly addicted to the A380. As far as the "big three" Middle Eastern carriers go, I know many have already booked Emirates A380 First Class and Etihad A380 First Class Apartments, though snagging Qatar Airways A380 First Class seems to be more challenging.

Some people come to the conclusion that Qatar Airways doesn't release A380 first class award space, and they're not that far off.

First of all, keep in mind that Qatar Airways only flies the A380 on select frequencies to London, Paris, and Bangkok.

Furthermore, Qatar Airways is extremely inconsistent with how they release A380 first class award space. While first class award seats are pretty easy to snag on their other three cabin planes, the A380 is tricky. It's true that sometimes they don't seem to show any A380 first class award space. But other times they do.

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Manager Confessions and EPA Monitoring: This Week In Hotel News

There is always something interesting going on with the hotel industry. Despite the fact that it’s only Wednesday, this week has been no exception. Here is a summary of four interesting industry-related articles published this week: New Polo Resort Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced this week the signing of the first-ever St. Regis […]



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15 killer Instagrams of Germany

Germany is known for beer and bratwurst, but the country of 80 million in western-central Europe is so much more. These 17 Instagrammers show us the other many other scenes that make up Germany.



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T Magazine: Dana Farouki on Where to Eat, Shop and Gallery-Hop in Dubai

The art collector, adviser and booster shares recommendations for what to do in the city — just in time for its annual arts week.

















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Travelers warned as Tunisia reels from attack

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When You Can Throw Away Segments of Your Airline Tickets–And Why You Want to

Reader Paradocs asked, If I book a trip as two one ways and skip the final destination on the outbound is my return affected? Thanks for your help Gary! As long as you’re only skipping the final segment of the ticket you’re not going to cause problems for your return. What Paradocs is asking about […]

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Deal Alert: Flights from New York-Stockholm for $275 R/T

Per MileValue, you can score some cheap flights between New York (JFK) and Stockholm for early 2016. Right now, Norwegian Air is currently offering round-trip flights across the Atlantic for 259€, which is about in $275 USD. The best way to search for these flights is to go to their site, and use the flexible...



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Review: The Airport Hotel Doha Hamad International Airport

One of the nice new features of the Hamad International Airport is that it has a transit hotel that's airside. It's so convenient to have a hotel that's past security so that when you wake up you can shower and head straight to the gate.

The last time I had an overnight in Doha I stayed at the Crowne Plaza Doha, which is one of the closer hotels to the airport. Still, that's significantly less convenient than staying airside.

In this case we arrived at 10:40PM and were departing at 7:40AM. We wanted to be at the gate early for the inaugural A350 flight, so it would be a short night.

I decided to book The Airport Hotel at Hamad International Airport. The rate for a basic room on their website was 800QAR (~$220). A friend alerted me that if you're only staying for up to eight hours they'll bump the rate down to 640QAR (~$175). It requires emailing the hotel, but they seem to respond pretty quickly.

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