61 Travel Tips to Make You the World’s Savviest Traveler

Most people aren’t born savvy travelers. It’s something that only comes with on the road experience. In the beginning, you make a lot of mistakes. Travel savviness is a process born of missed buses, foolish behavior, cultural unawareness, and countless tiny errors. Then, one day, you begin to seamlessly move through airports and integrate yourself into new cultures like a fish to water. I want to help speed up the process and help you avoid my mistakes (and I often […]

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Young and Hungry in Paris

Finally, the tide has turned for the Canal Saint-Martin district, and its rough edges have been smoothed out for picnics and promenades. “Like Shoreditch in London, or Williamsburg in New York, it’s where the new things are being created in Paris,” says business owner Mickael Benichou.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/02/young-and-hungry-in-paris/

Is American Airlines Creating a New Revenue-Based Top Elite Status Tier?

American Airlines held a dinner in New York for Concierge Key members. Concierge Key is status has for spend and traveler influencers. When it first started it didn’t confer any elite status in the AAdvantage program, now it comes with Executive Platinum status and Admirals Club membership. I believe Concierge Key members no longer pay […]

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You Don’t Have To Be A Food Snob To Hate American’s New Catering

About a month ago American and US Airways aligned their domestic first class catering policies.

I've been pretty vocal about how horrible the changes are. I'm not one that's especially critical of domestic airplane food, given that my expectations are low to begin with. Even so, they've managed to underwhelm me.

My first experience with the new catering on American was within the first week of it being implemented. The “salad” consisted mostly of shredded lettuce, and the chicken was possibly the worst chicken I’ve ever had in a premium cabin.

Unfortunately I had beef with my next first class meal as well... the "beef" was inedible and made me long for the days of middle school cafeteria food.

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11 most spectacular train stations

For some, these beautiful train stations are part of the everyday commute. For others, they're must-see travel destinations.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/travel/most-amazing-train-stations/index.html

Saving the Flying Fortress

The iconic B-17 bomber helped win World War II. Now 70 years later, we take a ride on one of the few that still flies.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2014/10/01/orig-b17-flying-fortress.cnn.html

9 ways to get to know the Bronx

About 8.4 million people can rightfully call themselves New Yorkers, according to 2013 census data. There are no official numbers to back this up, but it'd be a pretty solid bet to say that an awful lot of them have never spent much time exploring the Bronx beyond Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Zoo, the Bronx Botanical Gardens and maaayyybe going out for a plate of manicotti and some tiramisu on Arthur Avenue.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/travel/bronx-new-york-bourdain/index.html

Wow! A thrilling flight on an endangered warbird

Rust and neglect are sending the amazing planes that helped win World War II to America's junkyards. A self-described "air force" aims to save these historic machines by restoring them and flying them across the nation.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/travel/preserving-military-airplanes/index.html

Going to Australia on a work visa

Befriend more Germans, Brits, and Canadians than Australians: One of the hazards of living with mostly foreigners is that you don't know any Australians.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/11-things-people-go-australia-work-visa/

Starwood Pulls Their Terms and Conditions Changes Off The Website

Yesterday morning I wrote about Starwood’s new terms and conditions. Lots of cleanup, new sections and changes related to the introduction of SPG Pro, there were also some rather odd additions like an agreement that any Starwood member won’t challenge the chain’s trademarks and that gifting awards to others when you’re not staying won’t earn […]

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25% Discount On Purchase Of United MileagePlus Miles

United MileagePlus is running one of the most ridiculous promotions I've seen in a while. Through 11:59PM CT on December 31, 2014, United is publicly offering a 25% discount on the purchase of MileagePlus miles.

With the 25% discount, you're looking at a purchase price of ~2.82 cents per MileagePlus mile.

That's not a very good rate for purchasing miles, though at least it's valid for several months and there's not a minimum threshold you have to reach in order to receive the 25% discount (you just need to purchase 2,000 miles), unlike with past promotions. In terms of other promotions they've recently offered for the purchase of miles:

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One click travel by 2020 via devices not even invented

The year 2020 doesn’t seem that far away so findings in a Switchfly study on future travel trends make for an interesting ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/switchfly-2020-travel-trends/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-click-travel-2020-via-devices-even-invented

10 outdoor adventures in Wyoming

In Wyoming, there’s simply more terrain and fewer people. Meaning all kinds of outdoor adventure.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/trips/10-outdoor-adventures-didnt-know-possible-wyoming/

Expedia bid for Wotif takeover back on track

Panic over – an Australian regulator has decided that Expedia Inc’s proposed takeover of wotif.com won’t damage competition after all. Early in ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/expedia-wotif-takeover-back-on/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expedias-wotif-com-takeover-back-track

Startup Pitch: Sépage sees semantic as the answer

Milan Stankovic was frustrated that the semantic web was failing to break free from academia. Disparaging remarks from a Google director about ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/sepage-semantic-tlabs/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=startup-pitch-sepage-sees-semantic-answer-inspiration