Automatically Price Match Purchases with Citi-Double Cash and Citi Price Rewind

As the holiday shopping season continues, it’s important to remember several key benefits for Citi cardholders. Let’s start with the Citi Double Cash card, shall we? First of all, the Citi Double Cash card allows you to earn 2% cash-back on all purchases — 1% when you make the purchase and another 1% when you […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/12/christmas-shopping-with-citi-double-cash-and-citi-price-rewind.html

Lufthansa Adds United Lounge Access For HON Circle Members

Lufthansa's uber-top tier status is HON Circle, which can be earned by accruing 600,000 elite qualifying miles over the course of two years.

The status comes with quite a few benefits, probably the most significant of which is access to the Lufthansa First Class Lounges and Lufthansa First Class Terminal regardless of which class of service you're flying.

So a HON Circle member can book a cheap economy ticket from Frankfurt to Munich and spend all day in the First Class Terminal in Frankfurt, if they'd like. As a matter of fact, I know several HON Circle members who spend their weekends exactly that way. ;)

The catch is that while HON Circle status gets you access to Lufthansa's First Class Lounges, it doesn't get you access to the first class lounges of partner airlines.

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Delta Plans to Expand Use of Their Restrictive No Seat Assignment, No Change, No Upgrade Fares

Cranky Flier points out that with Delta’s rebranding of their cabins they’re going to be rolling out restrictive ‘basic economy’ fares into more markets. Last week I wrote about Delta’s cabin rebranding efforts, but I failed to really grasp something that is likely going to become a big issue. The lowest fare, Basic Economy, is […]

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Frugal Traveler: By Public Transit From Dublin: Hikes, Vistas and Seafood, All for a Song

To catch a glimpse of Ireland’s rugged beauty, you needn’t travel west. Just hop on Dublin’s rail network to the staggeringly scenic eastern coastline.

















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Bites: Restaurant Report: Le Servan in Paris

The chef behind this neo-bistro, which opened in April, said that she “wanted to open a place where people could have very good food at affordable prices.” Mission accomplished.

















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Hammock on a Beach in the British Virgin Islands

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2014/12/15/hammock-beach-british-virgin-islands/

Mexico City’s Magical Mix

The keys to happiness in Mexico City are the simple things: the cozy cantina that serves pork ribs in green sauce; a walk in Parque México, on any day of the week but especially on Sundays, in the Condesa neighborhood; or a teeming food market such as Mercado San Juan.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/16/mexico-citys-magical-mix/

PSA: Don’t Open Airplane Emergency Exit For Fresh Air Or To Get Off Faster

There are a couple of interesting stories over the past couple of days from planes in China that had the emergency exits opened. As uncivilized as the US aviation industry seems sometimes, it's easy to take for granted that at least most people have flown before. Some frequent flyers are annoyed by once yearly flyers not knowing the drill. But people flying for the first time in their lives are a totally different story, as you can see below...

Via the South China Morning Post, a passenger on a Xiamen Air flight from Hangzhou to Chengdu on Sunday opened the emergency exit door just before takeoff. Apparently he just wanted to "get some fresh air." It was his first time flying, so you can't really hold it against him too much. Amazingly the flight wasn't delayed, despite that having happened.

Fortunately the airline isn't penalizing the passenger, which I appreciate, given that no harm was intended. And thank goodness it was an overwing exit and not an exit with a slide, which would have been a much more complicated (and expensive) repair.

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In Transit Blog: In Portland, It’s Curtains for an Airport Carpet

The carpet at Portland International Airport has had a long run, but soon will be replaced by new broadloom that pays tribute to its predecessor.

















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Watch this incredible footage of the Northern Lights in real-time

Finally a photographer has been able to bring us the experience of witnessing the Aurora, without the fast, jittery use of time lapse! Click through to read an interview on FStoppers with filmmaker Ole C. Salomonsen, by MatadorU faculty member Michael Bonocore:



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/watch-ole-c-salomonsens-incredible-footage-northern-lights-real-time/

Turbulence on American flight causes injuries

An American Airlines plane en route from Seoul, Korea to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas diverted to Narita, Japan, Tuesday after 15 people were reportedly injured by turbulence during the flight.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/16/travel/feat-american-airlines-turbulence/index.html

The Ultimate Travel Book Gift Guide

From the art aficionado to the wilderness worshipper, 2014 produced a seductive spectrum of alluring treats for every traveler on your holiday gift list.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/16/the-ultimate-travel-book-gift-guide/

43 ways to annoy your server

We've got 43 different ways to piss off your waiter/waitress. Here's one: "Stop us to strike up a vague, wandering conversation about nothing when we are carrying a gigantic stack of plates." Ugh, that's the worst.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/nights/43-ways-completely-annoy-server/

Citibank’s Christmas Present to Me

I just received an email from American AADvantage, Happy Holidays! Our bonus miles gift to you! I almost deleted it because, well, that’s what I do when I’m busy. But I also know I need to read this things on the rare off-change that they’re useful, because.. well.. blog. And it’s free miles for the […]

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Barriers and Pre-Commitments: How to Modify an Environment to Support Your Values

From time to time, most of us suffer from a gap between what we say we do and what we actually do. This is especially true in everything associated with well-being: fitness, health, personal finance, and general self-improvement. We know we should exercise, but we don’t always want to. We know we should save, but…



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/barriers-and-pre-commitments/