Here are the 11 Best Ways to Take Advantage of a Big Chase Offer

I receive compensation for many links on this blog. You don’t have to use these links, but I am grateful to you if you do. American Express, Citibank, Chase, and other banks are advertising partners of this site. I do not write about all credit cards that are available — instead focusing on miles, points, […]

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LastRoom’s pivot: 5 travel startup truths learned the hard way

Mexico City-based LastRoom.com recently pivoted from courting leisure travelers as the “Latin American HotelTonight” to a business-to-business (B2B) model. Here’s why — ...



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Check In: Hotel Review: The Line Hotel in Los Angeles

This vibrant new hotel, created by the team behind the Ace and NoMad hotels in New York, sets out to capture the 24-hour energy of the Koreatown neighborhood.

















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@NatGeoTravel Staff Picks: Best Fall Trips

With the changing of the seasons comes a change in where we as travelers set our sights on going. Inspired by our latest list of best fall trips, Nat Geo Travel staffers shared their own favorite autumn escapes. Here's a dozen to get you dreaming about your next adventure, near or far.



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United Names a New Chief Information Officer: What Advice Would You Give Them?

United announced a new Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. “Linda [Jojo]‘s significant experience leading IT organizations and running complex business and consumer systems will be a tremendous asset to United as we advance our technology to become more efficient and better serve our customers and employees,” said Jeff Smisek, United’s chairman, president and […]

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LOT Polish Award Space Now On United.com

In a way there's an inverse correlation between award availability and the ease of searching that space online. In other words, as much as I appreciate when airlines make it easy to book award tickets online, it also means there's a lot more competition for those seats.

For example, American lets you book many of their partner airlines directly through their website, but not Cathay Pacific. As annoying as it is to have to call to book, I actually prefer it that way, because it means there's less competition for those seats.

United has a fairly comprehensive website when it comes to displaying partner airline award space, though historically they haven't displayed Brussels Airlines and LOT Polish award space. These two airlines also happen to have extremely good award space, so I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that's at least partly due to the fact that it's not bookable through United's website.

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Story behind the shot: Lost Coast

After a six-hour drive north of San Francisco, my partner Brianna and I arrived at the southern trailhead to attempt a traverse of the Lost Coast Trail.



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Rolling on the (Mekong) River

A new 20-suite riverboat starts sailing between Cambodia and Vietnam.

















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Don’t Just Build a Business; Start a Revolution

Short version: there’s a new manifesto you should read. It’s by my longtime friend Jonathan Fields, and is all about a new way of thinking about entrepreneurship. Go download it! The Art of Revolution (free PDF download) *** Last year Jonathan started a revolution by talking about revolutions. After he unleashed a series of powerful…



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Christopher Elliott Joining BoardingArea

Well this place is about to get a lot more interesting!

For those of you not familiar with Christopher Elliott, he's a self proclaimed "consumer advocate" with a "rescue complex" that's "fighting the good fight."

Now if you ask me, "consumer advocate" seems to translate to him helping people that can't read.

Did you fail to read the terms & conditions of a promotion and are angry at a travel company and swear you'll never do business with them again? Then Chris is your guy, as he'll reach out to the travel provider and make things "right" (and by "make things right" I mean quite the opposite, since he's basically getting the "victims" a one time exception because of his influence, which does nothing to help the average consumer).

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Lessons for travel – omni-channel shopping and the new digital consumer

Understanding the digital consumer from research outside of the travel industry is both relevant and timely. CapGemini one of the leading professional ...



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Everything’s Bigger in Texas: Qantas and Emirates Bring A380s and Excitement to Dallas!

Yesterday Qantas arrived at Dallas Fort Worth with an Airbus A380 for the first time, three years after they began service with a 747. They’re going from 7 day a week service down to 6 (dropping Tuesdays), but in the process: Adding 10% more capacity to the market Bringing a better in-flight product Eliminating the […]

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Finding Comfort in Non-Home Surroundings : On the Road with Andres Zulata

This is a travel hacking case study. (Read others or nominate yourself.) When I discovered the happy accident that was Andres Zulata’s company, Boutique Japan Travel Company, which allows him to travel and work on the road (without a smartphone!) I had to hear more. Introduce yourself! My name is Andres and I am a…



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Air China 747-8 Flights To Frankfurt As Of 2015

A few days ago I wrote about Air China being the next airline to take delivery of the passenger version of the Boeing 747-8, which is one of my favorite planes in the sky.

As is the norm when an airline first takes delivery of a new plane, they'll initially be flying it on domestic routes as a way of familiarizing crews with the aircraft, before commencing longhaul operations early next year. In the case of Air China, they'll be flying the 747-8 between Beijing and Guangzhou as of October 11, 2014.

Just today, Air China has announced their first longhaul 747-8 route. I predicted it would be between Beijing and Los Angeles -- I was wrong. It looks like Air China will first be flying the 747-8 between Beijing and Frankfurt.

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11 reactions when you quit your job

A few weeks ago, I went all 'YOLO!' and handed in my notice to the company I've been working for since last year. At 25, this was my first "real" job.



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