For the Cheapest Airfares Think Global, Buy Local

When you’re traveling outside the United States, it’s always worth checking local airfare. Don’t just assume the fares you see on Orbitz or other US-based online travel websites are the cheapest available. Fares sold in U.S. may be higher, the cheapest fares may only be available in-country. For that you need to book on a website whose “point of sale” is local. Rapid Travel Chai shows you the difference for travel on Vietnam Airlines. He searched for travel on the Vietnam Airlines website – and so issued locally in Vietnam – and found that fares were less than one-fifth the price he was seeing on US booking sites. The US sites were showing ‘full fare’, all that was available to them. The simple solution is to book on an airline’s own website. But using local…

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Review: KLM World Business Class 747 Los Angeles to Amsterdam

Ben's flown in KLM's new business class from Amsterdam to Chicago before, but KLM's business class was a new product for me and one I was very excited to try. KLM World Business Class passengers flying from LAX have access to the Korean Air Lounge at the spectacular Tom Bradley International Terminal. Ben's reviewed the lounge before, and there's nothing really worth recapping, except to say that while it's rather beautifully designed and outfitted, the catering at the KAL Lounge (basic snacks, tiny finger sandwiches, poorly stocked self-serve bar, Woodbridge-branded wines and, to Ben's horror, no champagne) seems straight out of an Alaska Airlines Board Room in Spokane. I'd suggest if you get to LAX early, you explore the shops and restaurants in the terminal rather than waste your time at the middling lounge.

Boarding started about 25 minutes late for an unspecified reason, but once boarding began, we were directed into the nose of the 747. KLM's World Business Class occupies four rows on the lower deck, at the nose, and six additional rows comprising the entirety of the upper deck. However, the lower deck offers a few seats which are by themselves rather than two-by-two (1A, 4A, and 4E), which are the seats to select if you're able to choose them.

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36 Hours: What to Do in Left Bank, Paris

The Right Bank may be more international and trendy, but sometimes you want to pretend you’re inside a black-and-white Robert Doisneau photo.

















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What nationality are your tastes?

Does what you like make you more Japanese, or French?



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15 sick Instagrams of Hawaii

Hawaii brings out the Instagrammer in all of us. Here are 16 talented Instagrammers showing us their best snaps across all the islands:



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Hate Paying Taxes? It Could Be a Lot Worse: You Might Not Have to Pay Them

I do wish it were simpler. I was surprised last year to learn that I agreed with Donald Rumsfeld on something.Part of it is my own fault: I keep starting new businesses and entities. I have a tax return for my career as an author, another for my entrepreneurial work, another for WDS, another for the WDS Foundation (a separate organization), and now another for Pioneer Nation. Who knows what else I’ll have next year! Why can’t Amazon or Zappos or Apple figure this out for the federal government? Imagine the possibilities.



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/hate-paying-taxes/

Think banning cell phone use will end distracted driving? Think again

from Elliott http://elliott.org/advice-you-can-take/think-banning-cell-phone-use-will-end-distracted-driving-think-again/

Boxever continues growth with march on US

Boxever has signed US tour operator InterRail as its first customer in North America. The Dublin-based customer intelligence specialist has been making ...



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10 signs you're from Delhi

You are insanely possessive about your parking space:



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No, I Do Not Trust IHG Rewards Club. Here’s Why.

IHG is going to start expiring their points. At the same time they say they're introducing new benefits, but aren't telling us what those are. We should trust them.

Yet they're sneaking in that they will be changing the award categories of ~ 10% of their hotels. They won't tell us which ones.

This program has a history of making changes without notice. I walk through some of those, and remind what their boss stated publicly about no-notice changes. Hopefully all he needs is a reminder.

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A FedEx delay and a frantic search to save a limb

from Elliott http://elliott.org/the-good-news-guy/a-missing-knee-a-fedex-delay-and-a-frantic-search-to-save-a-limb/

Heart-melting French phrases

The French don’t “sleep like a log”...they “sleep like a marmot” (Dormir comme une marmotte).



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Citi Prestige Card Fourth Night Free Hotel Benefit Details

I've written extensively about the increased 50,000 point sign-up bonus on the Citi Prestige Card. Among other things, that sign-up bonus can get you $800 worth of travel on American and US Airways.

Not only is this a great sign-up bonus, but the Citi Prestige Card is one which has value beyond the bonus. The card comes with a lot of perks, including the following:

-- A $250 annual airline credit

-- Access to American Admirals Clubs

-- The most comprehensive Priority Pass membership offered by any card

-- A $100 Global Entry fee credit

-- A great points earnings structure

-- No foreign transaction fees

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Expect To See A Lot More Ethiopian Airlines In Dublin

You're about to see a lot more of Ethiopian Airlines in Dublin!

In June 2015, Ethiopian Airlines will begin flying between Addis Ababa and Los Angeles... via Dublin. The route will be operated by a 787, and is especially interesting since Ethiopian will have pick-up rights in Dublin. So if you wanted to, you could fly Ethiopian exclusively between Los Angeles and Dublin.

The schedule on that flight is quite interesting as well, as they're operating one of the earliest westbound transatlantic flights, and one of the latest eastbound transatlantic flights, as follows:

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Addressing the mobile fraud versus convenience conundrum

Travel has gone mobile. But with new customer channels come new challenges, one of which is eliminating the threat from fraudsters without ...



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