Was An Air India Flight Delayed Because Of A Party? Who Cares?!

We get a lot of fascinating airline news out of India, which makes it sound like flying one of their major carriers is akin to taking the Oregon Trail. From a Jet Airways plane dropping 5,000 feet, to both pilots on an Air India flight tricking the flight attendants into the cockpit so they could go nap in business class, to rats on a plane, there's no shortage of stories.

One of my most knowledgeable industry readers is Sean M, who left the following comments a while back on one of the above posts:

"Similar things happen more often than people realise, all over the world. It’s only news when the Indian press find out about it though."

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Discounted Delta SkyMiles Award Tickets

Delta SkyMiles is offering discounted economy award tickets for travel on Delta & Delta Connection booked by tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23, 2014. The promotion is valid for Delta SkyMiles Medallion members, as well as those with a Gold, Platinum, or Reserve Delta SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express. In order to qualify, the miles must…

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Hotels Use Online Reviews as Blueprint for Renovations

Hotel managers are relying more and more on reviews from websites like TripAdvisor for direction regarding renovations and upgrades of their facilities.

















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Frequent Flier: During the Bustle of Travel, Moments of Kinship

A Hyatt executive meets a woman on a flight who is moving her family to London for work and shares her own story of a similar experience.

















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In Transit Blog: Walkabout: Air France Strike Continues

A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.

















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What it's like to visit Somaliland

Since its declaration of independence in 1991, Somaliland has not succeeded in gaining any official recognition, nor developing its tourism sector.



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American Eliminating Checked Bags on Separate Tickets Outside of oneworld

Via Traveling Better: Effective October 1, 2014, AA will no longer through check bags when the passenger presents separate tickets at the ticket counter except as noted below. …Customers traveling on separate tickets will only be able to through check bags when the ticket is for travel on: American Airlines and American Eagle US Airways […]

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Redeem Singapore Miles On Virgin Atlantic

For a long time, Singapore Airlines owned a 49% stake of Virgin Atlantic. While Virgin Atlantic never has been part of one of the "big three" alliances, they did have a pretty close partnership with Singapore Airlines for a long time.

Ultimately Singapore Airlines sold their 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic to Delta, which in part explains the joint venture between Delta and Virgin Atlantic.

But there are still some signs of the partnership between Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic.

For example, you can still earn and redeem Singapore KrisFlyer miles for travel on Virgin Atlantic, and vice versa.

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T Magazine: The Secret History of Mexican Cooking Was Written by Women

Many of the Mexican chefs moving into the limelight are male, but it was the women of the country who forged the extraordinary recipes in the new Phaidon tome “Mexico: The Cookbook.”

















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American Baggage Policy For Separate Tickets Changing

Typically when you’re booked on separate tickets you can still check your bags all the way through to your final destination by presenting your e-ticket receipt at check-in. Exact policies differ by airline — some airlines will let you check through bags from virtually all carriers, while others (like Southwest) won’t let you check through…

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9 signs you're a hostel noob

The promise of free breakfast excites you. Anything free is your favorite flavor, and having one less meal to buy was incentive enough to book.



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Why Can’t JFK (and New York) Get Better Hotels?

Barbara DeLollis notes that bringing on New York hotels is really, really hard not least of which because of labor negotiations. The old 487-room Ramada Plaza hotel has been closed for 5 years. The property is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which doesn’t help matters. And they haven’t been […]

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When’s a deal not a deal?

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Want to Learn Another Language for Free? DO THIS!

It’s on a lot of our to-do lists: learn another language. We might verbalize that we’d like to learn Spanish, Italian, or another foreign language for which we have a passion, but actually finding an effective affordable program to help us get started may be an obstacle. Rosetta Stone, Berlitz, and other extensive (and expensive) […]



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Frugal Traveler: The Legacy of a Falling Spider

A trip to Africa after ninth grade helped the Frugal Traveler cultivate a skill that would prove professionally useful years later.

















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