Why American Has Its Frequent Flyer and IT Priorities Right (and Randy Petersen is Wrong)

Doug Parker said that American AAdvantage wouldn’t be going revenue-based at this point, that their key metric is combining the AAdvantage program with Dividend Miles, and that once they accomplish that they’ll evaluate what’s next. In his opening remarks to the September issue of Inside Flyer, Randy Petersen seems to push for a revenue-based program […]

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Paris is for the nostalgic

I feel like the world keeps moving around it, but it's cultural aspects remain classic.



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24 images from a Syrian war zone

Cengiz shares with us this iPhone photo essay, offering a glimpse of what life is like inside northeastern Syria.



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Malaysia Airlines Bucket List Contest — Bad Taste, Or?

In addition to the two horrible tragedies that have occurred with MH370 and MH17, I certainly also sympathize with the airline as such. They're in a horrible situation, both financially and in terms of morale.

I give them credit for trying some creative things to get passengers on planes, though it seems they may have crossed the line with the contest they launched earlier in the week, entitled "My Ultimate Bucket List." Through the contest, travelers in Australia and New Zealand were asked to enter the destinations that are on their "bucket list," for a chance to win a roundtrip ticket.

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Osprey Nebula: A Rugged Laptop Backpack for the Modern Nomad

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Osprey Packs has long been a mainstay of backpackers worldwide. With good reason as their packs are durable, stylish, lightweight and cleverly designed. Their latest Nebula Backpack is built with modern nomads in mind. The primary feature that sets it apart from other Osprey packs is that it’s TSA-approved, meaning there’s no need to remove […]

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Mobile marketing set to evolve with VR and hyper-local targeting

Two pieces of mobile news – one in marketing and one in mapping – have triggered an interesting conceptual framework for the ...



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Spirit Airlines Promotes Low Fares With Naked Photos of Jennifer Lawrence!

In Spirit’s latest, they offer: Spirit wins, because they get the Wall Street Journal to cover their ‘low fares’ at virtually zero cost. “Our bare fare was hacked,” reads a Spirit Airlines promotion emailed to consumers Wednesday, just days after hacked nude photographs of a handful of celebrities surfaced online. “We feel naked; you were […]

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In Transit Blog: A New Food Tour in Prague

Eating Prague Tours includes visits to a pastry shop, a brew pub and historic sites.

















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North American National Park #37: Pacific Rim, British Columbia

Pacific Rim National Park is located on the west coast Vancouver Island. It comprises a Pacific coastal ecosystem and is known as the surfing capital of Canada. The park is actually consists of several parts along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The Long Beach section is the easiest to visit and has the best [...]



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Starwood folds travel professionals into targeted rewards program

Starwood is moving away from offering a separate incentive program for meeting and travel professionals, and offering one comprehensive loyalty account. StarwoodProPreviously ...



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Register For IHG Into The Nights Promotion

Yesterday I wrote about IHG Rewards Club's Into The Nights promotion, which will be their fall promotion. The promotion is valid for stays between September 4 and December 31, 2014.

The promotion has gone live today, so if you log into your IHG Rewards Club account you should see your customized offer available.

My offer is for up to 58,300 IHG Rewards Club points for completing the individual tasks, plus an additional 23,000 bonus points for completing a total of four of the tasks, for a total of 81,300 points.

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You know you’ve been in Rio a while when…

Clapping loudly is a perfectly reasonable alternative to ringing a doorbell. Doorbells are unnecessary in Rio de Janeiro.



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Can I get loyalty points retroactively?

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Cultured Traveler: Tracing Jewish History Along the Rhine

On a journey that starts in Cologne and heads south, finding echoes of a sometimes distant past.

















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THack gives a travel hackathon debut to Barcelona

THack, Tnooz’s travel hackathon series, is coming to Barcelona in the autumn of 2014. The event will take place on November 19 ...



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