Vegas gears up for a different kind of racing

Look out NASCAR, one of the world's fastest motor sports wants to steal your fans.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/09/travel/air-racing/index.html

Did JetBlue Kick Passenger Off For Tweeting?

There's a story getting quite a bit of media attention about a lady that was kicked off a JetBlue flight between Philadelphia and Boston on Tuesday night.

Apparently someone joked about the aircraft's alcohol supply, which made the pilot think they were accusing him of being drunk. Via CNN:

"An hour after JetBlue Flight 760 was scheduled to depart Philadelphia for Boston, a fellow passenger joked about the aircraft's alcohol supply.

Another passenger joked about wishing for a fully stocked bar on the flight, Carter-Knight told CNN affiliate WPVI. The pilot misunderstood the joke and took it to be an accusation that he had been drinking."

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23 signs you were born to travel

#15: Your measure of whether someone is a good friend or not is, “Would he be a dick to me after being awake for 17 hours straight on a non-sleeper train?”



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/23-signs-born-travel/

Traveling in Putin’s shadow

Are we ready to put American lives on the line to protect the territorial integrity of the Baltic Republics? If not, where do we draw that bright red line?



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/traveling-putins-shadow-visit-riga-latvia/

Five Mistakes I’ve Made in the Points and Miles Game

We all make mistakes. The important thing is to learn not to make the same mistake twice. It’s even better when you can learn from someone else’s mistakes, and that is what I am hoping to achieve with this article. Below is a list (in no particular order) of five mistakes I have made in […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/10/five-mistakes-ive-made-in-the-points-and-miles-game.html

Give Sheep a Chance

We don’t all… Here’s one of my favorite Farside cartoons about sheep! Daily Photo – Give Sheep a Chance We took a drive out past Glenorchy towards Paradise the other day. About 30% of the time, I come across a shepherd moving sheep from one farm to the next. They totally clog up the road […]



from Stuck in Customs http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2014/10/09/give-sheep-a-chance/

I’m a single mom on disability – can DirecTV just raise my rates?

from Elliott http://elliott.org/problem-solved/im-single-mom-disability-can-directv-just-raise-rates/

Renew Your Comped MGM Status!

Last summer Hyatt Gold Passport and MGM M Life launched a really innovative partnership. I think of it as ‘hotel codesharing’. Each program’s members could earn points and credit towards elite status by staying in the other chain’s hotels. And there was reciprocal elite status matching, so that the best customers of each chain would […]

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Choice Tables: In Detroit, Revitalizing Taste by Taste

Considered a food desert not so long ago, Detroit is now a culinary oasis. Here’s a look at four of the city’s new restaurants.

















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Why Airlines Aren’t Nice

Scott Mayerowitz has a piece for Associated Press that asks why Virgin America hasn’t done well as US airlines earn record profits, and why talk of a public offering of shares has so far been met with lukewarm reception. The bottom-line seems to be that you can’t succeed as a high cost, low fare airline. […]

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Travel Challenge: Vegas, Baby

Vegas — is there really anything that hasn’t been said about it? I’m not old enough to have enjoyed it during the days of the Rat Pack, but I did get a taste of it during its family phase in the late 90s and early 2000s. My family went out a couple of times — […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/10/travel-challenge-vegas-baby.html

In Transit Blog: In Turkey, a Display of a Coffee Ritual

The Pera Museum in Istanbul tells the history of Turkish coffee in “Coffee Break: The Adventures of Coffee in Kutahya Tiles and Ceramics.”

















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U.S. to Begin Ebola Screenings at 5 Airports

Temperature screenings will take place at airports in New York, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta and Newark.





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Air France Puts Cost of Pilots’ Strike at More Than $400 Million

The cost of the two-week walkout was higher than initially predicted and, along with a decline in year-end bookings, will drag down profit this year.





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U.S. airports adopting ebola screening

Five of America's biggest, busiest airports will soon implement new steps to guard against Ebola, requiring travelers arriving from the hardest-hit West African nations to go through an additional layer of screening.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/08/health/ebola-us-airport-screening/index.html