Think travel is a challenge? Try doing it with a special-needs child. Jess Wilson knows what that’s like. Her autistic 11-year-old daughter is prone to anxiety attacks when her family is on the road. So Wilson, a disability advocate who lives in Boston, tries to smooth the way with careful planning. But you can’t anticipate […]
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Gene Hackman to Tom Cruise in The Firm: The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is (a) whatever the IRS says, (b) a smart lawyer, (c) 10 years in prison, (d) all of the above. There are a lot of grey areas in miles and points, and those grey areas are largely the making […]
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News and notes from around the interweb: From my award booking partner Steve Belkin, aka beaubo, comes a new project. Was Citibank able to obtain the Costco co-brand relationship because it had lost so much darned money in the recent past? Abercrombie & Fitch’s private jet. Mr Jefferies, who was pushed out in December amid […]
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I know some like ragging on miles/points bloggers for allegedly being obsessed with the Park Hyatt Maldives and Park Hyatt Paris.
I've actually never stayed at the Park Hyatt Paris (and have no interest in doing so), and have only been in the Maldives once, and that was with a friend who had a special rate at a non-points hotel because he's a travel agent.
The Maldives was fine. Don't get me wrong, it would be fun for a romantic honeymoon or something, but if you're like me and are perpetually single/prefer wandering the streets of a city, it's kind of boring. In a post last year about my philosophy on travel, I explained there were certain places I considered to be "Google Images" destinations. I explained it as follows:
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Club Carlson is giving away prizes to people who register and follow them on twitter. The giveaway on twitter happens March 19th. I’m sure I won’t have that front of mind on the 19th. But you get 1000 points just for registering, and you can do that now and forget it. No purchase necessary. Void […]
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Qatar Airways finally began operating out of Doha's new Hamad International Airport last May, after a huge delay.
The airport is pretty spectacular, though still isn't done. It was actually a couple of months before they opened their business class lounge, and their first class lounge has yet to be opened.
While I would take it with a grain of salt, Qatar Airways claims that they'll be opening their new Al Safwa First Class Lounge in late April 2015. Via Business Traveller:
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According to Business Traveller, Qatar Airways has purchased the Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow, which is the nicer of the two Sheratons at Heathrow Airport.
"The property will shortly be rebranded as Oryx Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow.
Speaking at this year's ITB conference in Berlin, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confirmed to Business Traveller that the name Oryx would be appended to the Sheraton Skyline in the same way, with the property becoming Oryx Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow.
Al Baker said the airline was in talks to purchase a further three hotels in the US and also the UK, the details of which will be announced shortly."
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Here’s the seatmap for a flight I just booked. You’ll see I selected an extra legroom aisle seat, and opted not to select the bulkhead row. This is an American Airlines MD80. Bulkhead seats often have better legroom than even ‘main cabin extra’ or ‘economy plus’ types of seating. At a minimum you don’t have […]
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When you use a standard credit card, and make a purchase outside of your home country, there’s generally a fee. If your purchase is in a foreign currency, you’re subject to your payment network’s foreign exchange rates. Your your card imposes foreign transaction fees, they’ll charge you those — often as much as 3% on […]
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JFK Airport possibly has the least glamorous airport hotels of any major airport (well, along with London Heathrow), so I usually do whatever I can to avoid an overnight here. When I do have an overnight in New York I almost always try to go in the city.
In this case that didn't make sense, though. We had just a quick overnight in New York and it would be cold, so I just wanted to get to the nearest airport hotel.
I booked the Sheraton JFK Airport for $125. That seemed like a low rate, but I guess that's what you get for staying a Saturday night during the first week of the year, when business travel hasn't picked up yet.
For reference, this is a Category 4 Starwood property, meaning a free night would cost 10,000 Starpoints. I value Starpoints at ~2.2 cents each, so the rate would have to be at least $220 for me to consider using points.
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