In Transit Blog: A New Cruise to Cuba

Under newly relaxed regulations governing travel to Cuba, Cuba Cruise is offering Americans seven-night trips that circumnavigate the island.

















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Walking to the Green Dragon for a Pint

Another great pub My favorite one is very near my home in Arrowtown, New Zealand. If you ever go there, be sure to find and enter the “Blue Door.” There’s no sign or anything. You may have to ask around. It’s in a tiny alleyway, and you’ll see, well, a Blue Door. Daily Photo – […]



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What to do about the ‘circumstances beyond our control’ excuse

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Questions I Haven’t Seen Asked About Delta Destroying Its Mileage Program

I asked on Twitter: Delta says their spiffy new award calendars are so good you don’t need an award chart anymore — even though having a functional award calendar in no way precludes showing an award chart as American AAdvantage and United MileagePlus both do… and even though many of Delta’s partners aren’t available online […]

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American Discounted Off Peak Awards Now Let You Book US Airways Flights

American’s award chart for flying its own aircraft (as opposed to oneworld and other partners) includes discounted, off-peak economy awards. Reduced mileage awards are also available to: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela at 15,000 miles each way (instead of 17,500) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay at 20,000 miles each way (instead of 30,000) Europe at […]

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Congressman Who Used to Post on Flyertalk: It was a Threesome, But Not With a Lobbyist…

The Congressman whose posts on Flyertalk are being used in a sexual harassment suit against him by a former staffer has filed his formal response to the suit. The frequent flyer forum postings were certainly interesting musings, sometimes lascivious boastings that were probably not believed by most at the time they were posted (and before […]

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In Louisiana, Desire for a French Renaissance

From a long-running radio show to bilingual street signs, efforts are being made to preserve a vernacular once repressed by law.

















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The best restaurant in every US state

"Good food is everywhere, but some restaurants truly stand out as great!"



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Just 3 Trips for a Companion Pass Plus Expedia Fabricates Terms and Conditions?

News and notes from around the interweb: Fantastic post. I agree 100%. Expedia cancelling discounted hotel bookings based on made-up terms and conditions. Maybe we should re-direct our ire and accusations of bad conduct away from the United Denmark fare, and to what would appear to be actual bad behavior.. 3 Southwest roundtrips earn Atlanta […]

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The Haggler: A Preferred Guest Gets the Cold Shoulder

Getting in touch with a representative at a company whose very focus is hospitality proved more difficult than anticipated.

















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Weekly Review: February 14, 2015

Happy Saturday from Hong Kong! To say it has been a crazy travel week for me would be the understatement of the year. I was in Dubai on Monday, Barcelona on Tuesday, Frankfurt on Wednesday, Tampa on Thursday, and am in Hong Kong today. Not only was there a lot of flying involved, but if you've been reading the blog you'd know it has also been a week filled with drama.

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100 Free American AAdvantage Miles (Keeps Your Miles From Expiring, Too!)

This offer came out a month ago but if you didn’t take advantage of it, you still can, it is still available: American AAdvantage will give you 100 miles for joining PointsHound, the hotel search website. I’ve written about PointsHound in the past, and used it when they had rates that allowed you to earn […]

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Having an affair? Don't use Whatsapp

The popular instant messaging service is cited in nearly half of all Italian divorce proceedings.



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Couple says "I love you" first time

Maia and Alex have been in a healthy relationship for 8 years. But they still haven't said the three words that both of them feel: "I love you." This Valentine's Day, Maia decided to change that.



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Living With Gratitude in a Modern Age: Starbucks Edition

Here’s one more story for the thread. (Oh, and here’s the first.) Someone gave me a Starbucks gift card as a thank-you for a favor I did. Oh thanks! I thought. That was nice. But to be honest, I get a fair number of Starbucks cards, so it didn’t stand out in my mind at…



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SafeTravels Aims to Be the Ultimate Mobile Travel App

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The sheer volume of mobile travel apps these days is overwhelming. Is there one, ultimate app that really “does it all”? The “app to end all apps”? Free mobile app SafeTravels (available for iOS and Android) isn’t quite promising that, but it does provide a number of tools that are useful and essential to every […]

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The Tragic Mistake the Pilots of the TransAsia Flight Made Shortly Before Crash

Days ago we learned of the crash of a TransAsia flight from Taipei to Kinmen which hit a bridge and landed in the water. This was a horrible event, and it’s tough to shake the images we saw caught on a dashcam. Since the aircraft and its recorders were recoverable, we already know much of […]

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Normal friend vs. a friend in love

"While traveling, a normal friend buys some last-minute souvenirs on the last day of the trip: something for the coworkers and friends, a little memento for the family. A friend in love spends every single day of the trip looking for cute presents for his or her honey-bunny."



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Sunset on the Beach at Pie de la Cuesta, Mexico

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2015/02/13/sunset-beach-pie-de-la-cuesta-mexico/

Live From New Orleans, It's Mardi Gras

Grab a beer and some beads and load up these live feeds.



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The Strangest Gift I’ve Ever Received Just Came in the Mail from Citibank

One of my first projects after graduating college was marketing a program where the low hanging fruit was just fixing the processes for responding to people that were interested. They’d see the program on a poster, call up and ask for information. Since there wasn’t really anything to send out yet to people wanting more […]

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