Are Emirates First Class Redemptions Using Alaska Miles Going Away?

A couple of years back, Alaska Airlines announced a partnership with Emirates. To me that was really exciting, especially when they announced Mileage Plan miles could be redeemed for travel on Emirates.

I’m all about aspirational award redemptions, and there’s nothing like taking the Greyhound bus Alaska up and down the coast and being rewarded with a shower on a plane.

So one of the best uses of Alaska miles the past couple of years has been for travel on Emirates.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/01/15/emirates-first-class-redemptions-using-alaska-miles-going-away/

15 top restaurants to try in 2015

Some of our favorites contemporary eateries are heading East while others are perfecting their traditional cuisines.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/travel/must-try-restaurants-2015/index.html

The ancient city that tourism forgot

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/15/travel/great-zimbabwe/index.html

9 signs you're culturally Filipino

"You bring your rice cooker everywhere."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/9-signs-youve-become-culturally-filipino/

Two Americans Conquer El Capitan, World's Toughest Rock Climb

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson became the first to climb the 3,000-foot Dawn Hall in a single expedition.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/two-americans-create-history-free-climbing-yosemites-el-capitan-worlds-toughest-climb-1784312

Rategain secures investment, targets North America and APAC

Ten years after launch, hotel IT business Rategain has confirmed its first ever funding round, with TA Associates stumping up the cash. ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/Rategain-investment-targets-North-America-APAC/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rategain-secures-investment-targets-north-americaapac

Barcelona at street level [vid]

Scenes from Barcelona.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/tv/barcelona-street-level-vid/

12 idioms only the Irish understand

“Not the full shilling is used to describe that lad who you think has a few screws loose in their noggin." Niall Colbert explains 12 idioms that only the Irish understand.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/12-idioms-irish-understand/

Announcing My 2015 Travel Photography Tour – The Galapagos Islands

For the last few months I’ve had dozens of people asking me about where and when my 2015 travel photography tour was going to take place. After working with G Adventures for the last few months, I’m finally ready to make the announcement. This year’s travel photography tour will be heading to South America and [...]



from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2015/01/15/announcing-2015-travel-photography-tour-galapagos-islands/

A Feeding Flamingo in the Galapagos Islands

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2015/01/14/feeding-flamingo-galapagos-islands/

2014 Award Bookings by the Numbers

In April 2014, I began keeping detailed records, including miles and points redeemed, destinations, rewards programs and airlines involved for all the award bookings I personally completed for PMM Travel Consulting or for PMM partner Juicy Miles. As such, these records do not include any award booking completed by any other PMM award booker or […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2015/01/2014-award-bookings-by-the-numbers.html

The Dreaded Cape Buffalo

I realized I really don’t Know My Animals When we were driving around Botswana, we saw all sorts of amazing animals. It was just then I realized I don’t know the names of hardly anything. I mean, I got the easy ones like giraffes and elephants, but they have all these other crazy animals with […]



from Stuck in Customs http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2015/01/15/the-dreaded-cape-buffalo/

Not seeing clearly with DirecTV’s Cinema Connection Kit

from Elliott http://elliott.org/problem-solved/not-seeing-clearly-directvs-cinema-connection-kit/

Get a Refund on Exorbitant UK Aviation Taxes, 500 Free Miles, and Which Politicians Fly Coach…

News and notes from around the interweb: Do you remember paying international departure taxes at the airport, when you’d go through immigration on the way out of a country? For the most part all taxes are now collected with tickets, and airlines remit them to the relevant governments. This makes things much easier. Yet the […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/01/14/get-refund-exorbitant-uk-aviation-taxes-500-free-miles-politicians-fly-coach/

On Location: With Wide-Open Acres

It was easy to embrace a dilapidated farmhouse when the buyers saw the chunk of property it sat on.

















from NYT > Travel http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642561/s/42548a99/sc/10/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A10C150Cgarden0Cwith0Ewide0Eopen0Eacres0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm