Do Flight Attendants Deserve to Be Paid for Time Spent During Boarding of Your Flight?

Reader Mark O. suggests that I comment on the case Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk which the Supreme Court heard arguments in this week. It’s popularly known as the case of whether Amazon workers should be paid to stand in line, but the case isn’t about Amazon and the case has some pretty widespread implications […]

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Sent from the past: Amazing vintage postcards

Long before our traveling friends had Facebook and Instagram to taunt us, they had postcards.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/08/travel/world-post-day/index.html

Google hires camel for desert Street View

Giant camera strapped to dromedary's hump captures Dubai allows 360-degree online exploration of Abu Dhabi's Liwa oasis.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/09/travel/google-street-view-camel/index.html

After you move to Brooklyn

Your mother will call you every single day, possibly twice a day if there is a shooting or some sort of abduction somewhere in Brooklyn.



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Daredevils hack Hong Kong skyscraper

The guys that climbed the Pyramids and the Shanghai Tower are back, and this time they brought their laptop.



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Peer-to-peer rentals receive clarity from San Francisco, paving way for legal status

The evolving regulatory environment surrounding short-term rentals accelerated this week, with San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors releasing clear rules framing short-term rentals. ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/peer-peer-rentals-receive-clarity-san-francisco-paving-way-legal-status/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peer-peer-rentals-receive-clarity-san-francisco-paving-way-legal-status

My Best Etihad First Class Flight Ever!

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Etihad. All things considered they're a good airline, though in terms of the first class experience there are a couple of things they could change to make the product truly fantastic.

Up until now my beef with Etihad has revolved around two issues:

-- Etihad's US pre-clearance facility in Abu Dhabi, whereby you clear customs prior to boarding your US-bound flight. This sounds like it would be good in theory, though in practice US-bound flights are delayed an average of two hours as a result of this. Even worse, Etihad's CEO claims that the facility "couldn't be going any better," which leaves me little hope for this ever changing.

-- Etihad has a fantastic "on demand" dining concept with an onboard chef in first class. The issue is that on my last two ultra longhaul Etihad flights they've run out of food several hours before landing. That means I literally had one "real" meal on a 13-16 hour flight.

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Why we'll always love with Thailand

Somewhere between a bareback elephant ride and a $1 plate of sinfully rich stewed pork leg, I realized Thailand is still freaking awesome.



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13 signs your best friend is Mexican

#5: Su casa es tu casa…but your fridge has become his own.



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Thirty Years of Fabulous: Traveler Magazine

Over three decades, Traveler magazine has undergone dramatic changes to reflect where, how, and why we travel. In 1984, we sought out the sights; now we want unique experiences. We traveled to vacation; now we want to be transformed. In the past 30 years, we've shot more than 3.4 million photos and published some 36,000. Here we celebrate our anniversary through the camera lens, offering a chronicle of changing times.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/09/thirty-years-of-fabulous-traveler-magazine/

Status Match From Hyatt To MGM

Last June a huge partnership went live between Hyatt Gold Passport and MGM M life. Shortly thereafter Starwood and Caesars announced a similar partnership, though it's not nearly as lucrative.

The Hyatt/MGM partnership was a brilliant idea, given Hyatt's lack of properties in Las Vegas. Through this partnership, MGM's properties in Las Vegas are a lot more accessible for Hyatt Gold Passport members. This is true whether you're looking to earn or redeem points. For MGM, the upside is primarily that they're getting a lot of new loyal guests that might otherwise choose a non-MGM property when staying in Las Vegas.

One of the cool aspects of the partnership is that they offer status reciprocity. As a Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond member you're matched to M life Platinum, while as a Gold Passport Platinum member you're matched to M life Gold. Matched status is valid for one year, though you can manually renew your status match after that by once again linking your accounts.

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When Your Flight is Delayed or Cancelled, Here’s How to Get Your Credit Card Company to Buy Your Hotel Room and Meals

One of the key strategies you should employ when travel goes wrong is to solve the problem and worry about who pays later, when it’s an amount you can cover — put another way, “self insure.” If your flight gets cancelled, don’t spend an hour fighting with the airline over getting them to pay for […]

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Should hotels share their best images with online travel agencies?

The battle between online travel agencies and hotels has been long and tireless, but it’s time for both sides to wave the ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/online-travel-agencies-best-images/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hotels-share-best-images-online-travel-agencies

It’s okay to hate Beijing

It’s simply a matter of taste. And to my totally subjective palette, Beijing will always taste pretty gross.



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Hilton HHonors Increases Account Security

If you've tried to log into your Hilton HHonors account since yesterday, you may have noticed that it now has a CAPTCHA (which I just learned stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") when trying to log in.

The main reason this matters is because it means you can no longer use an automated service to check your Hilton HHonors balance. For example, you can't use AwardWallet to automatically access your HHonors account anymore. Instead if you try to log in through AwardWallet it will redirect you to the Hilton HHonors page and pre-fill in your details, but you'll have to complete the CAPTCHA.

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