Cathay Pacific’s Brand Refresh 2014

This week Cathay Pacific has unveiled their rebranding, or I suppose brand refresh would be a more accurate term. They're calling it "the next chapter," and they've set up a website dedicated to the brand refresh. Here's how they describe it:

"Today, we welcome a simpler, cleaner, more customer-focused Cathay Pacific brand.

Our airline has been built on an absolute dedication to customers, service, quality and safety. As we continue on our journey, we are now unveiling a new design philosophy that will help us shape an even better experience for our customers.

The fruit of an 18-month preparation effort, this new philosophy will guide the design of new websites, lounges, cabins, in-flight service, entertainment products and much more – all with greater consistency, beauty and efficiency. Beyond this, it also clearly defines who we are and what inspires us to help passengers travel well."

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The Secret Sauce: How Your Airline/Hotel Credit Card Actually Works

A question I got yesterday in the comments prompted me to put together a post explaining how airline credit cards work — how co-brand credit card deals get put together by banks, airline or hotel company, and payment network like Visa or MasterCard. (With American Express, the card issuer and payment network is usually the […]

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Robert Genn’s Last Year to Live

They considered how to spend the time they had left together. There were thoughts of trips to Hawaii or the Galapagos, but Genn wanted to end his life as he had lived it: in his studio, making art, with his family close by. James fashioned a reclining chair so his father could continue to paint,…



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Apparently US Airways Economy Is Now Business Class

Yesterday I flew US Airways from Chicago to Tampa via Charlotte using British Airways Avios. American didn't have award availability on the nonstop and revenue fares were ~$500, so at 9,000 Avios one-way it was the best value.

I'm still trying to learn the whole US Airways system, because it doesn't make much sense to me. For example, after putting my Executive Platinum number on the reservation I was given these seating options at check-in:

So I have to pay $49 to reserve seemingly arbitrary seats, which aren't in exit rows, or extra legroom, or...?

Anyway, I had selected seat 6C, which is an aisle seat in the second row of economy on the Airbus A321.

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In Transit Blog: Dinner, a Movie and a Flight Out of Minneapolis

The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has transformed its C Concourse into an “arts corridor,” culminating next month with the opening of a screening room.

















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Boeing Sales to Iran, Life Advice, Jet Lag and Weight Gain, and the TWA Terminal at JFK

News and notes from around the interweb: Someone was foolish enough to ask me for life advice, and just crazy enough to publish it. Hopefully appropriate caveats are offered at the outset of the piece. Photos of the abandoned TWA terminal at JFK (With apologies, I can’t seem to track down which reader was kind […]

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Alaska Status Matching To MVP Gold 75K

While I fly dozens of airlines a year, I have two frequent flyer programs I'm most loyal to -- American AAdvantage and Alaska Mileage Plan.

I'm Executive Platinum with American, which is also the airline on which a vast majority of my revenue flying is. The status is invaluable, and I've yet to fly economy on a revenue ticket with American this year (though a fair amount of my flying has been using upgrades confirmed in advance, as well as some "cheap" paid premium cabin tickets).

I'm also MVP Gold 75K with Alaska, which is new loyalty for me as of the past two years, which is when I moved to Seattle. Alaska Airlines is really quirky, and I kind of love them for that. Their planes are pretty homely for the most part, though they have good employees and an excellent frequent flyer program.

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Travelers are old souls [photos]

It takes the courage of an old soul to leave the familiar and examine the cultural assumptions that are the foundations of our lives.



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Cadillac Test Drive Miles Promotion Pulled Early: What Happened?

At the beginning of the month I spoke with American AAdvantage President Suzanne Rubin and Cadillac’s Chief Marketing Officer Uwe Ellinghaus about the new marketing tie up between the two companies. American launched Cadillac tarmac transfers for their top ‘Concierge Key’ customers making tight connections at certain airports. And they shared that a promotion was […]

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Sunset Over the Caribbean Island of Montserrat

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2014/10/24/sunset-caribbean-island-monserrat/

Uber Already Shut Down In Las Vegas

Earlier I posted about how Uber (more specifically UberX) finally launched in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas has one of the most corrupt taxi mafias out there. I mean, them blocking Uber aside, look at the complete lack of transportation options between McCarran Airport and The Strip. Even though they're a mile apart, the only real way to get between the two is by taxi. Do you think that's a coincidence, or because the taxi mafia is paying some people off?

Well, just hours after it launched, Uber has already been shut down in Las Vegas, through at least November 7, 2014.

Via Las Vegas Review-Journal:

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Dragon Teeth

Categories Down below I mention that I have several shots from Milford Sound here on the blog. Don’t forget you can click on “Milford Sound” right under the title there to see all the photos! Daily Photo – Dragon Teeth You've now seen me post MANY shots from Milford Sound down here on the South […]



from Stuck in Customs http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2014/10/25/dragon-teeth/

Trouble on the road? Maybe the government can help (seriously)

from Elliott http://elliott.org/blog/trouble-road-maybe-government-can-help-seriously/

Homophobic Drunk Man Goes Nuts At Airport!

A ridiculous video was uploaded to YouTube yesterday of a fight that broke out at a gate at DFW Airport earlier in the week. And by "fight" I really just mean a single idiotic drunk guy was making an a$$ of himself.

Note that the video contains strong language, so if you're easily offended...

He goes off on a guy who's filming him, who he apparently suspects is gay.

The guy in the cowboy hat asks the drunk idiot what he's upset about, and if I'm understanding him correctly he responds "queers... is what I'm upset about. This faggot right here. Shove it up your ass, man, and see how that feels. You might get tickled. F#cking queer."

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Uber Finally In Las Vegas!!!

Wooohoooo!!!

I'd argue Las Vegas is the single most corrupt city in the US when it comes to taxis. That's mainly because everything is in such close proximity, and the taxi drivers will do everything to screw you over and take you the long you. Not only are they charging you more, but they're wasting your time as well.

In September I wrote about the taxi excitement I experienced in Las Vegas, from the driver that took us between two points on the Strip via the interstate, to Jeff, who was... well, you've just gotta read about him.

As I explained in that post, Uber wasn't allowed in the city due to the taxi mafia, which is among the strongest anywhere.

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