Earn Rebates On United Flights By Joining The United.com Club

The united.com Club is United's loyalty program that rewards you for booking flights directly on their website. In exchange for the $25 annual membership fee, you get a $5 rebate on every flight you book while logged into your account. Each of these $5 rebates is deposited into your TravelBank account and can be used to pay for future United flights. Depending on your booking patterns, this can be a reasonably good deal especially for families.

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IATA opens up a $5M NDC Innovation Fund for distribution companies

Today at its annual conference, IATA (the International Air Transport Association) said it was creating a stand-alone venture capital fund, the NDC ...



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#NGTRadar: Travel Lately

Travel Lately—a roundup of the best new dispatches 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 latest picks.



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36 Hours in Athens

The city’s self-confidence and creativity are stirring again after years of tough press that defined Athens as a beleaguered capital.

















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Datalex leads NDC distribution pilot with Swiss Air fare family and ancillaries

The pace is quickening for the travel industry’s adoption of dynamic packaging for airline retail products and ancillaries. Dublin-based Datalex, a provider ...



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There Are Only Two Things You Should Do With Your Airline Miles. Here’s One of Them.

Back in April I wrote about the only two things you should do with miles. You want to use a travel provider’s points for travel. You’ll always get the best value that way (although you still need to look for bargains and not overpay, key here is the saver award and international premium cabin travel […]

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Tips

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Chinese travelers booking over 30% of travel via mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]

The revenue specialists at eRevMax have compiled statistics on the chinese traveler, highlighting some key takeaways when targeting the Chinese travel industry. ...



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International Real Estate: Real Estate in Ecuador

The housing market in Ecuador, often touted as affordable for retirees, has been supercharged in recent years, though there are some signs that

















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In Transit Blog: At Bordeaux Hotel, Children Welcome

Grand Hôtel de Bordeaux in France has a new children’s concierge service and suites designed for families.

















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Does Starwood Overhype The Ambassador Program?

Back in July I wrote a post asking whether Starwood Ambassador status is worth it, which is what they give you when you reach 100 elite qualifying nights with Starwood in a year.

I really commend Starwood for offering marginal benefits to members above Platinum. As much as I love Hyatt, they really have no marginal benefits once you achieve Diamond status, which doesn't make sense to me. I've put in over a 100 nights with them so far this year regardless, though I think it's an area where they could improve.

I just reached 75 nights for the year with Starwood, which comes with a couple of additional benefits:

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Why moving sucks, despite being basically the same thing as travel

Moving and traveling are fundamentally the same thing. They're the relocation of your person from one place to another. But the former sucks. The former is stressful.



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$2,000 of Photography Education for just $89!

The team over at 5DayDeal.com has put together a really awesome photography bundle! There are 39 different photography products from 21 top photographers from around the world. It contains over 70 hours of training video, 14 Photography ebooks, 300+ Lightroom Presets and 500+ Textures for just $89. Additionally, 10% of each purchase goes to charity. […]



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Hertz rolls out companion app to facilitate pre-rental trip planning

Rather than concede to the pervasive mobile mapping app, Hertz has created a companion mobile app product to enhance the utility – ...



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Why Solo Female Travel is Different

On the second Wednesday of the month, Kristin Addis from Be My Travel Muse writes a guest column featuring tips and advice on solo female travel. It’s not a topic I can cover and since there’s a lot of solo female travelers out there, I felt it was important to bring in an expert. This is her column this month. My male friends who travel have been invited into the homes of locals for meals just as often as I […]

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