My favorite free source of flight availability data was FlightStats.com, a site I explained how to use to find flights that have award availability, or even just seats available like when your flight gets cancelled and you want to find other plans to suggest to an airline instead of just relying on them to figure […]
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Ever since I wrote Why Taxis Suck and What You Can Do About It I’ve been fascinated by Uber’s business model. You pull up an app on your phone, hit a couple of buttons and a car will come to your location to pick you up and take you pretty much anywhere you wish. You […]
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Just over a week ago I shared that American’s new patnership with Cadillac would provide tarmac transfers for top customers at some airports, and a big mileage opportunity for everyone. Cadillac display just past the security checkpoint of American’s Terminal 8 at New York JFK The test drive offer is now live and online! Right […]
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The united.com Club is United's loyalty program that rewards you for booking flights directly on their website. In exchange for the $25 annual membership fee, you get a $5 rebate on every flight you book while logged into your account. Each of these $5 rebates is deposited into your TravelBank account and can be used to pay for future United flights. Depending on your booking patterns, this can be a reasonably good deal especially for families.
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Back in April I wrote about the only two things you should do with miles. You want to use a travel provider’s points for travel. You’ll always get the best value that way (although you still need to look for bargains and not overpay, key here is the saver award and international premium cabin travel […]
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Back in July I wrote a post asking whether Starwood Ambassador status is worth it, which is what they give you when you reach 100 elite qualifying nights with Starwood in a year.
I really commend Starwood for offering marginal benefits to members above Platinum. As much as I love Hyatt, they really have no marginal benefits once you achieve Diamond status, which doesn't make sense to me. I've put in over a 100 nights with them so far this year regardless, though I think it's an area where they could improve.
I just reached 75 nights for the year with Starwood, which comes with a couple of additional benefits:
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On the second Wednesday of the month, Kristin Addis from Be My Travel Muse writes a guest column featuring tips and advice on solo female travel. It’s not a topic I can cover and since there’s a lot of solo female travelers out there, I felt it was important to bring in an expert. This is her column this month. My male friends who travel have been invited into the homes of locals for meals just as often as I […]
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The infamous Air Koryo has finally unveiled their much anticipated new business class product, exclusively available on their luxurious Antonov An-148-100B aircraft.
Since Air Koryo and North Korea are all about transparency, they've unveiled the new seats on their Facebook page.
Air Koryo is the world's only Skytrax one star airline, and rumor has it that this fleet rejuvenation is part of their "Worst And Beyond" campaign, whereby they're aiming to be a Skytrax two star airline by 2035.
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Searching for Qantas first class award availability between the US and Australia is about the only time where it really is the case that you need to grab the space as soon as a flight is loaded into the reservation system. The problem is that Qantas loads their inventory ~ 3 weeks before American AAdvantage […]
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