Limited Time Offer: Children Travel “Free” LA to Tahiti

If you are considering a trip to Tahiti with your family and have children under the age of 15, then the time to do so is now! Air Tahiti Nui is running a limited-time promotion in which children 15 or under only pay taxes and fees (estimated to be about $65 each way) on Air […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/11/limited-time-offer-children-travel-free-la-to-tahiti.html

Why Don’t Airlines Make Empty Seats Available as Award Space?

Reader Jered asked, Why don’t airlines open all remaining international premium cabin seats for awards for day-of travel? Surely getting something for them is better than having them go empty? Here’s Jered’s question — if a seat is going to go empty, an airline is getting literally nothing in exchange for that seat. They get […]

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Ssshhh – five secret ingredients for a successful hackathon

Our team started participating in hackathons in an exploratory fashion. But over the past four years we have been continuously refining what ...



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Airberlin Inflight Wifi Coming Fleetwide

Inflight wifi is something that's becoming increasingly important to business travelers, and it's interesting to see the different approaches airlines take towards it. In particular, it's interesting how differently airlines seem to perceive the elasticity of demand for the service among passengers.

On one end of the spectrum you have Emirates, which is now basically offering free wifi -- the first 10MB is free, and the next 600MB is just $1. They view inflight wifi as part of their core product offering rather than a profit center, which I think is brilliant.

Then on the other end of the spectrum you have Singapore Airlines, which charges $1,200 for inflight wifi. Clearly they view it as a profit center and not a core product offering. ;)

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In Transit Blog: Flavors of Brazil in Bahia

The Uxua Casa Hotel & Spain Brazil is offering a cooking-centric stay.

















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Reservations provider Chope acquires queuing service Ticktock

Asia’s The Chope Group, which specializes in restaurant reservations, has acquired queuing system Ticktock. Chope raised $2.5 million a little under two ...



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The World’s Largest Marine Reserve

Notorious as the vicinity from which Amelia Earhart made her final distress calls, the equatorial Pacific between Hawaii and Fiji is becoming a little safer—at least for marine life.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/11/24/the-worlds-largest-marine-reserve/

Winter IHG PointsBreaks Now Live

On Friday I mentioned that the IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks preview list was released, whereby select hotels are available for just 5,000 points per night. Today the official list of just over 175 properties has gone “live”.

While the main PointBreaks page hasn’t yet been updated, if you go to the individual participating hotel links (below), you should see the hotels already bookable at just 5,000 points per night.

The new IHG Rewards Club’s PointBreaks list is valid for stays through Saturday, February 28, 2015.

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9 things Philadelphians love to hate

Hate New York? Sounds like you're from Philly. Here are 8 other things Philadelphians love to hate.



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Airbnb expands Weekend Getaways product globally

After an initial test in the LA and SF markets, the Weekend Getaways product has been rolled out globally by accommodations behemoth ...



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Learning to Think Japanese

I recently returned from National Geographic Expeditions journey "Inside Japan." In my role as an expert, I was to prepare several lectures to deliver to my fellow travelers. The idea of encapsulating everything I know and love about Japan into discrete talks was daunting. But one day near the end of the trip reality brought home just how important these kinds of discussions can be.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/11/24/learning-to-think-japanese/

Life-size hologram gives flight details

A life-size hologram named 'Eva' will tells passengers what they need to know before they board their flights.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/11/24/mxp-airport-hologram-woai.hln.html

$24K fine for Colosseum graffiti

Got more money than sense and want everyone to know you visited an ancient landmark? Authorities in Rome have the answer...

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/24/travel/italy-colosseum-graffiti/index.html

World's most impressive metro stations

These quirky and beautiful subway stops make commuting look fun.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/23/travel/worlds-best-metro-stations/index.html

The Greatest Miles and Points Advertising.. Ever?

I’m not at all a fan of most airline advertising, and I’m not claiming these are effective, but I sure do actually have favorites in the world of miles and points advertising. Here’s my all-time favorite print ad: And my favorite television commercial, even though they’re doing the exact worst thing possible with their points: […]

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