“I Just Need Your Paper Ticket, Please”

Yesterday I flew from Toronto to Brussels in Jet Airways business class. Despite a few hiccups, it was a pleasant flight all around, and exceeded my expectations.

From there I had a three hour layover before my connecting flight to Doha in Qatar Airways business class.

When I checked in with Jet Airways at Toronto Airport I only received a boarding pass as far as Brussels, which is what I expected given that Jet Airways and Qatar Airways don't partner.

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Reader Success Story: An Ex-Pat Learns to Travel for Free

Over the past year, we’ve had many readers share their success stories with us. Folks for whom traveling domestically once a year was a luxury are now traveling the world with just a few credit card sign-up bonuses. And the best part? They are sharing their stories with us and others who benefit from knowing […]



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Are airlines profiting at your expense?

from Elliott http://elliott.org/the-navigator/airlines-profiting-expense/

Smiling Over the Top

The African Photo Adventure I’m really getting excited about the African Photo Adventure. It’s happening very soon! We’re thinking about a few other big trips for 2015… be sure to check our newsletter for the latest! Daily Photo – Smiling Over the Top While walking down one of the busier streets in China one night, […]



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North American National Park #33: Yoho, British Columbia

Yoho is just over the border from Banff National Park and borders Kootenay National Park on the south. It is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks UNESCO World Heritage Site. I’ve always wondered why the 4 adjoining national parks in the Canadian Rockies weren’t just one big park, or at least 2 parks [...]



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Why Won’t Credit Card Companies Let You UPGRADE to a More Expensive Card?

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The Surprising New Trend of Active, Nomadic Retirement

The nomadic way of life is not just for the young. Or to be precise, it’s for the young of all ages. For years I’ve been meeting retired folks who are embracing a more active lifestyle than their parents’ generation may have done. I also often receive emails from people in this demographic, along with…



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The Westin Diplomat – and its Limitless Ocean View Suites – Becoming a Hilton

The Westin Diplomat outside of Fort Lauderdale has been sold and it is leaving Starwood and will apparently become a Hilton. SPECIAL CONDITIONS Leaving Starwood At 11:59 PM On October 29, 2014 The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, FL will be leaving the Starwood system at 11:59pm on October 29, 2014. Reservations for dates […]

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Weekly Review: August 30, 2014

As I mentioned earlier, I'm going to try posting a weekly recap with all the blog posts from the week prior. I typically publish 50+ posts a week, which I realize is a lot to keep up with, so hopefully this is a good way to consolidate everything.

My thought was to highlight a couple of the stories I thought were most interesting, then I've broken everything else out into categories.

We'll see how it goes, and I'd love any feedback on the format. Without further ado:

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Mystery Solved: What’s That You’re Eating, and What’s That Plane Doing There?!

To complement Ben’s Chili Bowl at National airport we have Five Guys re-opened on the fa US Airways upper gates pier. I genuinely don’t understand the closure for the better part of the last year, the re-model looks… just like it did before. The real mystery, though, that took me several minutes to figure out […]

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Meet the youngest RTW sailor ever

In 2010, Laura Dekker, a 14-year-old Dutch girl, tried to become the youngest person to successfully sail around the world.



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Westin Diplomat Leaving Starwood October 30, 2014

One of Starwood's great South Florida hotel options has long been the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, located in Hollywood, Florida. With nearly 1,000 rooms it's a massive hotel, and the great thing is that they have a ton of suites, which means that historically Platinum suite upgrades were plentiful.

It's not the most luxurious hotel in the world -- certainly not in the same league as the St. Regis Bal Harbour located down the road -- but the prices are usually reasonable and it's on a nice stretch of beach.

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Learn How the Biggest Cash Rewards Credit Card Works

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Corner Office: Lindsey Ueberroth of Preferred Hotels: When Running a Meeting, Speak Last

A C.E.O. says that to avoid swaying the conversation in meetings, “I’ve learned to throw a topic out, ask a lot of questions and get a lot of engagement before I speak my mind.”

















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Jet Airways A330 Business Class

Good morning from Brussels! As I outlined yesterday, I just flew from Toronto to Brussels on Jet Airways in business class. While Jet Airways isn’t in oneworld, they are an AAdvantage partner airline, so you can redeem American miles for travel on Jet Airways.

Jet Airways is known to be one of the better airlines in India, and back in the day was the only airline to serve Dom Perignon in business class. Unfortunately they’ve gone through some serious financial woes over the past few years, and based on what I had heard, service reflected that.

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