British Airways Wednesday New York – London Departure Went Supersonic!

The Daily Mail reports on BA114. The British Airways 777 hit 745 miles per hour — BA’s call sign isn’t “speedbird” for nothing! What’s more, the flight was reported to have flown at speeds of 745mph relative to ground speed. The speed of sound at sea level is 761mph. Several flights are reported to have […]

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Canoeing on Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2015/01/09/canoeing-maligne-lake-jasper-national-park-alberta/

Hiking Turkey’s Lycian Way off-season

Not many walk the 509km along Turkey's Mediterranean coast in winter, but if you plan to, Emma Philpott will give you some helpful tips.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/trips/hiking-turkeys-lycian-way-off-season/

Strange Rumblings: Surfing Iceland

"Hot dogs, whale meat, thick-ass neoprene, and sick overhead breaks -- it's surfing time in Iceland."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/tv/strange-rumblings-surfing-iceland-search-shangri-la/

Review: Quay, Sydney’s Famed Restaurant Overlooking the Opera House

Must-read Earlier Installments: Singapore, Cathay, and Qantas First Class.. Some of the Best Meals of My Life, and a Tour of Hyatts in Bangkok, Singapore, and Sydney Inside the New Oneworld Lounge at LAX’s Tom Bradley International TerminalCathay Pacific First Class, Los Angeles – Hong Kong Cathay Pacific “The Wing” First Class Lounge, Hong Kong […]

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Etihad Releasing A380 First Class Award Space To Australia!!!

In late December I took Etihad Airways’ inaugural A380 flight between Abu Dhabi and London. While Etihad is only the 12th airline to take delivery of the A380, they’ve innovated in ways that we haven’t really seen from other carriers.

As far as I'm concerned the highlight of the Etihad A380s are the First Apartments, which are the most spacious first class seats in the industry.

Not surprisingly, initially Etihad didn't make any saver level First Apartment award seats available on the A380. That's pretty normal for airlines, whereby they want to keep the product "exclusive" at first by blocking awards, and in many cases even discounted revenue inventory.

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Flight 8501 Tail Section Recovered From Java Sea

The tail section, which holds the flight recorders, was lifted to the surface of the Java Sea and will be checked to find the black box.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-8501-tail-section-recovered-java-sea-black-box-unlikely-tail-says-1779508

The world's best cities for coffee

Did your city make the list?



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/11-worlds-best-cities-coffee-lovers/

Another Beautiful Night under the Quiver Trees in Namibia

Star Shot Pano This was actually created with 6 different photos. I made a little grid in the sky with 3 boxes across and 2 rows tall. I did this mostly because I was shooting on the resolution A7S and the 35mm F/1.4. I just could not get all of the Milky Way with one […]



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Oh, you want a comfortable airline seat? That’ll be extra

from Elliott http://elliott.org/blog/oh-want-comfortable-airline-seat-thatll-extra/

What Does It Mean to Be Rich?

When you’re a kid, you don’t have much concept of what true wealth is—so you tend to relate it to experiences, or at least I did. In my case, I understood wealth in the context of fast-food restaurants. I used to eat at my favorite restaurants, McDonald’s and Burger King, as often as I could.…



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-rich/

Don’t Mess Up The New Hyatt Promo By Making This One Simple Mistake

Hyatt revealed their new promotion for the first quarter. And while the offers are targeted and vary by member, on the whole they seem more lucrative than what Starwood and Marriott are offering. Nothing world-changing, but definitely worth registering for. Here’s the thing. You go to the promotion page. You’re required to enter your Gold […]

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Heads Up: Giveaways On Saturday

Just a quick heads up that I'll be running a couple of giveaways throughout the day tomorrow.

First, I have 100 Award Wallet Plus upgrade codes to give out. These give you six months of extra services such as tracking expiration dates, which is incredibly helpful. People always complain that these go too quickly and without notice, so I'll be posting these in two batches at 1PM and 7PM Eastern.

That should hopefully give more people an opportunity to snatch up one of these codes. They'll be first-come-first-served, as usual.

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Eating… and Drinking (As One Does..) in Sydney

Must-read Earlier Installments: Singapore, Cathay, and Qantas First Class.. Some of the Best Meals of My Life, and a Tour of Hyatts in Bangkok, Singapore, and Sydney Inside the New Oneworld Lounge at LAX’s Tom Bradley International TerminalCathay Pacific First Class, Los Angeles – Hong Kong Cathay Pacific “The Wing” First Class Lounge, Hong Kong […]

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Review: Emirates First Class Lounge Dubai DXB

Emirates is by far the largest operator of the A380, so it's not surprising that Dubai is the first airport in the world to have a terminal dedicated exclusively to the A380. Part of this new terminal is the new Emirates A380 First Class Lounge. I actually visited this lounge back in early 2013 when it first had its soft opening, though figured I'd review it again since it has been a couple of years, and the lounge is now fully operational.

Anyway, we were picked up by an Emirates car at around 10PM, for our 3:15AM departure to Singapore. The drive took about 10 minutes, and we were dropped off in the area of the terminal dedicated to first and business class check-in.

The premium check-in area is massive, and that's not really a good thing.

Before we even went to pick up our boarding passes we took a quick look at the departures board. It's crazy just how many flights Emirates operates in the middle of the night.

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