In Transit: Artisans and Crafts in London

London Craft Week, scheduled in May, will showcase potters, textile artists and metalsmiths.








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The Getaway: Finding the Right Credit Card, No Matter How Much You Travel

Want to rack up frequent-flier miles and loyalty points quickly and easily? Here’s a primer on the best newcomers and evergreens.








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8 Great Hotel Awards That Just Got Cheaper

Loyalty programs are constantly changing, usually for the worse. Sometimes, however, the changes work in our favor, as TPG Contributor Richard Kerr explains. Around the end of each year, it’s common for the major hotel chains to announce category reassignments for various properties. This is typically a source of much consternation and anxiety among award travelers, as...

from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2015/04/8-great-hotel-awards-that-just-got-cheaper/

All in the mind? Artificial Intelligence in travel

Yes, the death of travel agents at the hands of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been greatly exaggerated yet again. NB This is ...

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MakeMyTrip buys travel planning startup MyGola

Online travel agency giant MakeMyTrip has dipped into the coffers of its Innovation Fund to buy fellow Indian travel brand MyGola. Terms of the ...

from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/makemytrip-buys-travel-planning-startup-mygola/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=makemytrip-buys-travel-planning-startup-mygola

What Californians must explain

Coffee orders are allowed to be five sentences long:

from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/17-things-californians-always-explain-towners/

Uber & Capital One Partnership Offers 20% Off Rides

Over the past few years Uber has become a household name (and "Ubering" has even become a verb!), so it's interesting to see the partnerships Uber has developed with other travel providers and credit card companies:

-- Uber has a partnership with Starwood, whereby you can earn bonus Starpoints for Uber rides
-- Uber has a partnership with American Express, whereby you can earn bonus Membership Rewards points for Uber rides, and even redeem Membership Rewards points for them

While the Starwood partnership is awesome (since they're literally just giving you bonus Starpoints on top of what you'd otherwise earn), the American Express partnership isn't as valuable, in my opinion. You can redeem Membership Rewards points for Uber rides at the rate of one cent per point -- there are much better uses of those points.

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Save $350 on Expedia Hotels and Get +gold Status for 2015

In the grande finale of this year’s Daily Getaways, Expedia is offering +gold status and a $1,000 hotel coupon for $650. The offer is scheduled to go live tomorrow (Wednesday, April 22) at 1 pm ET. There are only 50 of these coupons available, so it won’t be easy to get your hands on, but I think there’s...

from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2015/04/save-350-on-expedia-hotels-and-get-gold-status-for-2015/

The TSA is getting it all wrong, and the numbers don’t lie

from Elliott http://elliott.org/blog/the-tsa-is-getting-it-all-wrong-and-the-numbers-dont-lie/

32 Travel Questions You Asked (With My Attempted Answers)

One thing I don’t do enough is answer your questions. Periodically, I have Q&A’s but if my ongoing book tour has taught me anything it’s that you have a lot of questions that don’t get answered on the blog! Since not everything lends itself to a 1,000 word post, last week I put a call out on Facebook for your questions. And I’m going to start doing this more. Maybe not monthly but at least once every couple of months. […]

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Virtual reality, B2B data visualization, and interactive itineraries emerge at THack Seattle

Seattle was the latest stop on the THack global travel hackathon train — and, despite the town’s reputation for a consistent light ...

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6 signs you're broke in Manhattan

At a swanky party, you regale groups of equally horrified and fascinated socialites with a story about the gritty experience of buying your own groceries.

from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/6-signs-youre-broke-hell-manhattan/

Did Southwest Rapid Rewards Shoot Itself in the Foot?

Today, TPG Senior Points & Miles Correspondent Jason Steele looks at the recent changes to Southwest Rapid Rewards to determine the overall effect on pricing and what it means for award travelers. It stinks when a company devalues its points or miles, but the smell is truly rotten when the extent of that devaluation is unspecified, and can’t be clearly spelled...

from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2015/04/did-southwest-rapid-rewards-shoot-itself-in-the-foot/

Hyatt Gold Passport Password Change Required

A lot of loyalty programs have been having issues with account hacking lately. This is largely caused by members using the same usernames and passwords across programs, which makes it easier for hackers to access multiple accounts.

Hyatt Gold Passport is now requiring all Gold Passport members who sign into their online account with a username to change their passwords.

If you try logging into your Gold Passport account now you should receive the following error message:

"The password you entered does not correspond with your username or Hyatt Gold Passport account number. Please check it and try again."

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Travel Contest: What’s Your Worst/Most Embarrassing Tired-While-Traveling Sleepless Story?

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I was so tired once after a long-haul flight to South Africa that I showed up to the airport a day early for my connecting flight. Better than a day late, I suppose. But … that’s what being up for 32 straight hours will do to you. I’m a horribly finicky sleeper. My body needs […]

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The Real Reason Airlines Charge Checked Bag Fees.. And It’s Not What You Think.

Checked bag fees now total billions of dollars in the US. Airlines make real money off them... but not for the reason you think. There are hidden costs that obscure what's really going on when an airline charges you that fee. This is what you may not realize about those checked bag fees..

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/04/21/the-real-reason-airlines-charge-checked-bag-fees-and-its-not-what-you-think/

8 signs you're from Sweden

You’ve tried snus and you like your candy salty. Oh heyyy, licorice!

from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/8-signs-born-raised-sweden/

A Foreigner’s Lesson on How to “Deal” with Foreigners

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Turner Wright's personal travels provide perspective on what it's like to be "dealt with" as a foreigner.

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Congress and the airline industry are in bed together, literally

from Elliott http://elliott.org/blog/congress-and-the-airline-industry-are-in-bed-together-literally/

Register For IHG Rewards Club Share Forever Promotion

Last Friday I wrote about how IHG would be announcing the details of their summer promotion this week.

While it took a bit longer than I was expecting, IHG's summer promotion is now live. The promotion is called "Share Forever," and it's valid for stays between May 1 and September 7, 2015.

The promotion is being offered in conjunction with Coca Cola (I get how Coke is all about "sharing," though I'm not sure I get the tie in for the purposes of the promotion).

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