British Airways Business Class New York – Paris Less Than $1000 Roundtrip Using a Sale and These Two Easy Tricks.

American, British Airways, and BA's 'OpenSkies' are matching cheap business class prices to Paris. The fares are even cheaper when 2 passengers travel together. BA offers discounts to AARP members (anyone can join) and to British Airways Visa co-brand cardholders. These discounts stack.

I've never seen non-mistake fare business class tickets to Europe cheaper for just one passenger. But when two passengers travel together and stack these discounts, the price is $984 apiece. Wow.

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You're from Albuquerque when...

You order 5 bottles of Greek dressing to-go from Dion’s Pizza.



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Rick’s Picks: Free Golf With the Citi Prestige Card!

This year marks my fiftieth year playing the game of golf, and in all those years, I can’t remember being offered a free round of golf (and certainly not three rounds per calendar year) for using a credit card. I’ve been fortunate enough to play some great courses, including Carnoustie in Scotland, Pebble Beach in […]



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AMAZING DEAL: ~$1,000 Business Class To Europe This Summer On Oneworld

You can fly to Europe this summer for less than $1,000 in business class (and this isn't some scammy headline about redeeming miles for a "free" ticket plus $1,000 in taxes and fees)! ;)

Oneworld has published some amazing business class fares for travel this summer between New York and Paris. This fare seems to be directly competing with all business class airline La Compagnie, which will be flying between Newark and London/Paris as of this summer.

On the surface, business class fares are as low as ~$1,700 roundtrip, which is already an amazing value.

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In Transit: Dita Von Teese Brings Burlesque to a Desert Getaway

The performer will lead a program called Sensuality and the Art of the Tease at Canyon Ranch in Arizona in June.

















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11 US habits that saved me in Prague

Sending SMS was always way better than actually talking on the phone to friends:



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Starwood Launched a New Brand Today: What It’s Going to Do For Members Plus 10,000 Bonus Points

Starwood launched a new brand - or more of an 'un'brand - that will bring in independent hotels and fill geographic gaps in the SPG program.

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Technology has made people obsolete — but is that good?

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Starwood’s New Tribute Portfolio Independent Hotel Brand

Starwood today announced their latest hotel brand, called Tribute Portfolio Hotels & Resorts.

Tribute Portfolio will be Starwood's 10th brand and second collection of independent hotels, after The Luxury Collection.

What makes Tribute Portfolio different? Well, the brand has the motto "Stay Independent," and the goal is that the Portfolio will consist of independent hotels which don't otherwise fall under one of the other SPG "umbrellas."

This is something I'm really excited about as a Starwood loyalist. I love the elite perks, points, and consistent experience I get when staying at a Starwood property, but I like staying at something that feels a bit more "local." The way I see it, Tribute will combine the best of both worlds, giving me the elite perks and points I'm addicted to, while allowing me to stay at an "independent" hotel.

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Nevada is made for road trips [vid]

The immense expanses that define this desert state demand a swiftly moving vehicle. Translation: Nevada is made for road trips.



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Some lessons learned from user testing hotel websites

To highlight how user-testing can be useful in finding opportunities to improve, three of the most popular sites in hospitality were submitted ...



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Hiking the Arizona Migrant Trail

It was 10am, our well rested and perfectly hydrated group had been hiking a trail used by migrants illegally crossing into the United States for a little more than an hour.



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Is This the Worst Economy Experience Ever? The Coolest Airport Hotel Idea, Plus Faster Inflight Internet.

Airbus is introducing a new standard coach configuration for their A380 -- eleven seats across. Meanwhile JetBlue may turn the old TWA terminal at JFK into a hotel, gogo outfits a test plane with their fastest internet ever, United feeds the masses and Air New Zealand strikes oil, y'all!

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“My Daughter Saved The Whole Plane”

A reader forwarded me a story from CrownHeights.info which I'm just sort of at a loss of words over. It's a story about a 22 year old woman who was returning from Israel on Transaero.

One of the (many) problems with the story is that she's not actually sharing the story, but instead her father, Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld, is recounting it (which I'm sure is really helpful in terms of accuracy). Here's the story that the father shared:

“My daughter was scheduled to return to New York on Motzai Shabbos from Israel with a stopover in Moscow on Russian airline TransAero. She boarded her flight at Ben Gurion Airport and was seated at the window.

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Essay: Reclaiming the Age-Old Art of Getting Lost

Ditching modern-day navigation apps in favor of the age-old art of wandering and discovery.

















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