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September 17, 2014

36 Hours: Central Park, New York

Spot birds and gaze at stars, explore gardens and go for a row, snack on a roof and sway to some jazz during a weekend in the city’s sanctuary.

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Data Security is a Huge Gap in Frequent Flyer Programs. But Not One Members Actually Care About.

Delpitte Consulting released a new study today (.pdf) suggesting that travelers do not trust the data security policies and practices of loyalty programs. My take: Deloitte wants to convince loyalty programs to hire them to bolster their privacy and data security. They’d also love it if media picked this up and created pressure for companies […]

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#NGTRadar: Travel Lately

The Radar—the latest and best from the travel blogosphere—is a regular feature on Intelligent Travel every other Wednesday. You can play, too. Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTravel and tag your favorite travel stories #NGTRadar to help us find the crème de la crème on the Web. Here are our newest picks.

from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/17/ngtradar-travel-lately-36/

Politician Delays Flight And Is Then Forced To Deplane

Here's a fun story of a Pakistani politician that delayed a flight from Karachi to Islamabad by over two hours. The claim was that the plane had a technical fault, but once the passengers realized the plane was being held for a politician, they got angry and more or less refused to let him board.

Via NDTV:

"A mobile video clip showing Pakistani politician Rehman Malik being virtually chased away by airline passengers furious at being forced to wait over two hours for him has gone viral."

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/09/17/politician-delays-flight-forced-deplane/

And the world's busiest airport is ...

It's probably no surprise to anyone who has flown through Atlanta that the city's airport is still the busiest passenger airport in the world.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/travel/worlds-busiest-airport-final-2013/index.html

Costa Rica's 'connection to nature'

Holly Firfer takes you on a beautiful getaway to the tiny nation of Costa Rica.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2014/09/17/costa-rica.cnn.html

Ouch! Stolen phone, $500,000 bill

Aussie man lodges complaint after network insisted he pay up for calls made to Somalia

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/travel/big-phone-bill/index.html

Travel in the age of smartphones

I still had no money. But thanks to 21st-century travel, I had options.

from Matador NetworkMatador Network http://matadornetwork.com/bnt/travel-age-smartphones/

Find US Airways Awards And Upgrades Using ExpertFlyer

ExpertFlyer is a paid subscription service that I use. Membership costs $99 per year, and as someone that’s searching flight availability in one form or another on a daily basis, I find it to be well worth the cost.

A vast majority of information found on ExpertFlyer is publicly available, though being able to access so much information in one place adds a lot of value for me. Then there are also some other unique features.

For example, ExpertFlyer allows you to set availability alerts, so if there’s not availability in your desired fare bucket, you can set an alert, and if space opens up they’ll email you. It’s worth noting that for award fare buckets this doesn’t work for all airlines. In the past it was super useful, because they displayed all Star Alliance availability, though that’s not the case anymore.

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American Embraces Transparency in Award and Upgrade Classes for US Airways!

Just a couple of weeks ago Delta reminded us that their best customers are poorly-informed customers. They forced Expert Flyer — a collection of really useful tools for frequent flyers (that charges a subscription fee — to remove all information about Delta. Even flight schedules. Now Expert Flyer emails their registered members to let them […]

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BIG NEWS: Announcing the Start of New Budget Travel Guides

Today, I’m incredibly excited to share some big, big news about a project I’ve been working on for the last few months. Today marks the official launch of “Nomadic Matt’s Guidebooks” – a series of budget travel guides for destinations around the world. There are a lot of guidebooks out in the world, and each has their own personality. What makes my guides different from Lonely Planet, Frommer’s, Rough Guides, or anyone else? Mine remove the fluff, get right to […]

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from Nomadic Matt's Travel Site http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/budget-travel-guides/