Where’s the line between fine print and a lie?

from Elliott http://elliott.org/advice-you-can-take/wheres-line-fine-print-lie/

How to Score a Hotel Upgrade, Buying and Selling Hyatt Gift Cards for Fun and Profit, and What Kimpton Members Really Think…

News and notes from around the interweb: Buying and re-selling Hyatt gift cards while earning miles on American Express business cards. If you want a hotel upgrade, aim for a one-category upgrade (HT: Alan H.) Meh. Here’s how to ask for – and get – an upgrade. See also tipping at check-in for hotel upgrades. […]

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I Missed My Flight… By A Day… F*CK!

Hope everyone's having a Merry Christmas... I'm not!

I can't say I was too excited about flying Bahrain to Abu Dhabi to Colombo to Abu Dhabi tonight without more than an hour connection inbetween. I'd leave Bahrain tonight at 6PM and get into Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 8AM, after a lot of regional flying. But it appears that isn't even happening. Why? Because I missed my flight. By a day.

Let me explain.

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10 comments servers are sick of

"Is this your real job? What else do you do?" Do not - under any circumstances - say that or these nine other things to your server!



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/10-comments-servers-sick-hearing/

Emirates Discontinuing The Most Expensive Drink In The Sky

There's no doubt Emirates is one of the "frilliest" airlines out there, from their onboard bar to onboard shower. They're probably my favorite airline in the world to fly, thanks to the fact that I never get bored on them.

Based on the programs they undertake, you sometimes have to wonder if money is even an object for them. I mean, they just announced a 500 million dollar investment in their wine program, for example.

But the most spectacular drink they serve aboard isn't wine, but rather their cognac.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/12/25/emirates-discontinuing-expensive-drink-sky/

Signs it's time to leave Nicaragua

"We don’t do casual drinking here. When we drink, we order by the crate and sit around the table until everyone has consumed at least 10 litres of the national beer, Toña. And then we start with the rum." 12 ways you know it's time to leave Nicaragua.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/12-signs-youve-nicaragua-long/

Why LGBT travelers can be proud

"We've realized that LGBT people travel WAY more than the average population: 85% of gay and 77% of lesbian Americans have passports and 54% of those LGBT people have used their passport in the past year."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/7-reasons-lgbt-travelers-can-proud-2014/

American’s 3-Cabin International Flights Sold as 2-Cabin, and Who Can Book International First Class Seats Free!

Back in April we learned the details of American’s plans for their Boeing 777-200s. American is dropping first class from these planes (international first class will remain only on their 777-300ERs). Business class goes fully flat. And there are some changes from the 777-300ER new business class seat. It’s fully flat, all aisle access with […]

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15 of the world's most colorful landscapes

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/25/travel/gallery/world-most-colorful-landscapes/index.html

Love Downton Abbey? Now you can stay there

England's Highclare House, which doubles as TV's most famous stately pile, opens a lodge to paying guests.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/24/travel/downton-abbey-weekend-stays/index.html

All Delta Pay With Miles Tickets Will Be Eligible For Mileage Accrual In 2015

Delta has a Pay With Miles redemption option, which is available exclusively for those with Delta's co-branded American Express Card.

Basically the Pay With Miles option lets you redeem miles towards the cost of a revenue ticket at the rate of one cent per mile... at most. Here's the breakdown:

"For fares less than $100:

-- Redeem 25,000 miles to cover the total fare

For fares equal to or greater than $100 and less than $250:

-- Redeem 10,000 miles for $100 off the total fare or

-- Increase the redemption to 25,000 miles and increase from that point in increments of 5,000 miles ($50 off) to cover the total fare"

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White Christmas Expected In Parts Of US, Rain Elsewhere

The AAA estimates that 98.6 million people, up 4 percent from last year, will travel over 50 miles during the period from Tuesday to Jan. 4.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/white-christmas-expected-parts-us-rain-elsewhere-1767150

AMAZING FARES That Won’t Last from $178 Roundtrip to Abu Dhabi; India, Asia and Africa Deals Too!

The Flight Deal is an awesome resource. Head over to their post on this for all the details. I’ve just confirmed as of this writing that the deal is still working. You won’t find it using the ITA Matrix, but search Kayak or Google Flights, purchase on sites like Priceline. (Orbitz may show a higher […]

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Why the world is open to LGBTQ me

"That’s the thing about being a member of the LGBTQ family. Sure, we have our differences, but at the most basic level we can relate to each other.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/world-open-homosexual/

What Christmas in Paris is like

The trees are dinky, there's gold everywhere, you're being offered more Ferrero Rocher than you've ever seen before...it's Noël in the French capital!



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/christmas-paris-differs-us/