Copa Airlines is launching their own frequent flyer program in July and will no longer be part of United’s MileagePlus. Copa used to be majority-owned by Continental Airlines, and Copa took on a variant of the Continental logo and joined Onepass. Continental started selling their investment in 2005, and by 2006 was down to 10% […]
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We're wrapping up week one of my dad's surprise round the world birthday trip, and I think it's safe to say it has exceeded even my (very high) expectations.
We had a few amazing days in Dubai, which I'll write more about in the actual trip report.
Monday night we headed to Dubai Airport at around 9PM. My dad still had no clue where we were going, and I was content keeping it that way for as long as possible. In the last installment, my dad explained how he thought he knew our next destination, though I wasn't about to confirm or deny.
Thanks to the cooperation of the people at check-in and in the lounge, they agreed to keep our destination from him.
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China is a fascinating and rapidly changing country. Old customs and habits hang on as modern skyscrapers go up every second, the country becomes more of a global powerhouse, and people from around the world move there. Last year, my friend, Scott Young, best known as a learning hacker who learned MIT’s entire computer science program in one year, said to me “I’m going to travel the world for a year and learn languages.” I was thrilled with the idea! […]
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New York City booked 100 rooms at the Radisson JFK .. and didn’t tell the hotel that the rooms were for the homeless. The hotel is furious and says they won’t rent rooms to the Departmnet of Homeless Services again at any price. Pierre Merhej, the general manager of the Radisson Hotel on 145th Street […]
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