The Insider Scoop on the Starwood’s New “Your World Rewards”

The new Starwood Emirates partnership has just gone live: Your World Rewards Details on the Starwood Emirates Partnership A week ago part of the story leaked early when a Starwood website went up with the information unintentionally. What they’re doing with Emirates is very similar to Starwood’s partnership with Delta, Crossover Rewards (minus the upgrades; […]

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Royal Jordanian Hiring Female Flight Attendants

I always find job postings for non-US flight attendant positions to be interesting. While we're used to hearing about how "equal opportunity" jobs in the US are, in many other countries that's not a thing.

Take Royal Jordanian, for example. They Tweeted today about how they're hiring female flight attendants.

What are the requirements?

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My 2015 Asian Festival Bucket List

I'll cut right to the point. I've been thinking long and hard about this, and there are two Asian festivals I'm keen to check out in 2015:

The Harbin Ice Festival is the world's largest ice and snow festival, whereby basically an entire city is created out of ice sculptures. In 2015 it runs from January 5 through February 28.

Here are a couple of videos.

Ordinarily I hate the cold and can't say I love flying within China, though I'll do everything in my power to attend. I'll have to take a brief break in international travel so that I can get a Chinese visa, since all my recent visits to China have been using a 72 hour transit without visa.

I have a limited range of dates during which I can attend, given the US Airways award to Australia I have planned over that time period, via Europe and the Middle East.

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Understanding Double and Triple Miles Awards: And When They Make Sense for You

I try to get the best value out of my miles, which means not just getting awards at the lowest mileage price but also paying attention to value even then – do I want to pay cash, or use miles? Are there ways of reducing the cost of a ticket? Miles are a currency, and […]

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How Concerned Are You About Hotel Room Safety?

Reader Meghan asked the following question on the "Ask Lucky" page of the blog:

"Hi Lucky!

Have you thought much about hotel room security/safety? I’ve been reading your blog for a long time but don’t recall any posts on the topic. Might you consider one? Unfortunately, I think this topic is more on women’s minds but still should be an important issue for everyone.

I generally feel pretty safe in my hotel rooms but I sometimes worry about someone breaking into the room either when I’m in it (and forget to use the deadbolt and latch) or when I’m away. This vine I just came across isn’t making me feel any safer.. https://vine.co/v/Oia69WPbV1H. Kind of scary in fact."

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Reader Success Story: Around the World in As Many Days As We Want

Over the years, we’ve had many readers share their success stories with us. Folks for whom traveling domestically once a year was a luxury are now traveling the world with just a few credit card sign-up bonuses. And the best part? They are sharing their stories with us and others who benefit from knowing that […]



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Alaska Board Room Members Get Additional Admirals Club Access

Yesterday I posted about how American Admirals Club members now get access to Alaska Board Rooms under more circumstances. Previously Admirals Club members would only get Board Room access when flying American.

However, per the new rules, Admirals Club members now get Board Room access when flying Alaska, American, or US Airways, which is great news.

It seems that this change was in fact reciprocal.

Alaska Board Room members have also long received access to the Admirals Clubs in Austin, Chicago, Denver, and Newark when flying Alaska Airlines. The relationship is limited to those airports, since they're the stations where the Admirals Clubs are conveniently located for departing Alaska Airlines passengers.

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How to Use 50,000 (or more!) Avios without Paying a Fortune in Fuel Surcharges

Short version: earn Avios from British Airways, but don’t use them to fly with British Airways. More below. *** In a post from a few days ago, I mentioned that the British Airways Signature Card now offers a 50,000 Avios signup bonus with no annual fee in the first year. This is a special promotion…



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One of the World Deals in Travel, and You’ll Never Believe Who’s Buying It (Maybe Even You)

When you buy tickets from an airline, or check-in online or at a kiosk, you may be asked whether you’d like to buy additional frequent flyer miles … usually some multiple of the number of miles you’ll be flying. This may go under the moniker, mileage maximizer. Since the offer is based on what you’re […]

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AAdvantage Status Buy Up Offer Returning This Year?

With just under two months left in the year, it's a good time to start looking at your elite qualifying activity and finalize your status goals for the year. Are you at 40 elite qualifying nights with Hyatt or Starwood? It might be a good time to decide whether you want to go for Diamond or Platinum status, respectively.

Are you at 80,000 elite qualifying miles for the year with American, United, or US Airways? It might be worth thinking about whether you'll achieve top tier status with your current travel plans or not. If you won't, it might be worth considering whether or not a couple of mileage runs would make sense for you.

While it's not something we usually see from hotels, it's pretty normal for airlines to offer an opportunity to "buy up" to status at the end of the year. It's rarely cheap and almost always comes with a lot of fine print, but if you're desperate enough it is worth considering.

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How to: travel to Socotra Island

David Page brings you expert accounts of traveling to what might be one of the strangest, least-known specks of land on Earth.



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New Singapore KrisFlyer Lounge Open In Hong Kong

Early last year I reviewed the Singapore Airlines Silver Kris Lounge in Hong Kong. Keep in mind that Hong Kong is one of Singapore Airlines' biggest outstations, between their frequent flights to Hong Kong, and their service to San Francisco.

This lounge left me rather disappointed:

-- It's a massive lounge, but doesn't have any shower facilities

-- There was no dedicated first class section, which seemed a bit odd given just how big the lounge was

-- The food selection was fine for a business class lounge, I suppose, though wasn't what you'd expect as a first class passenger

-- The lounge felt like a cave, since it had no windows

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Airline Change Fees Blamed for Spread of Ebola

Christopher Elliott suggests that airline change fee policies could contribute to an Ebola outbreak. No, really. The idea is that a passenger with Ebola might choose to fly because they can’t cancel without penalty. They’ll risk infecting others over their $200 airline change fee. He suggests the government needs to do something. nless Ebola is […]

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WDS 2014 Speaker: Dee Williams on Being a Super Hero

On Tuesday, we’ll release the first round of tickets for WDS 2015, a global gathering like no other! But first, we’re rolling out a different speaker video every day. Dee Williams, owner of Portland Alternative Dwellings and builder of big tiny houses, spoke to us about showing up in our lives differently and paying attention.…



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The Namib Desert Reclaiming a Building at the Kolmanskop Ghost Town, Namibia

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