Review: Oneworld Business Class Lounge Los Angeles LAX

We took an Uber to the airport at 6AM, and thanks to virtually non-existent traffic made it to Tom Bradley International by 6:25AM, plenty early for our 8:55AM flight to New York.

I was especially excited about this flight, because I don't think there's a more intriguing way to fly between Los Angeles and New York than on Qantas' 747 tag flight.

TBIT is dead this early in the morning, given that the first "rush hour" in the terminal is around noon.

Qantas check-in is located in the B Pier, and they just have two small queues set up for this flight. That's because a vast majority of passengers on this sector are connecting same day from Australia, so only a couple of dozen passengers are checking in at this counter, really.

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Are Credit Card Companies About to Start Awarding Fewer Miles for Signups and Spend?

Skift reported yesterday on the renewal of the Delta-American Express co-brand arrangement that’s worth $2 billion a year to Delta. The renewal is for 6 years. The last renewal was in 2008. American Express has also renewed their Starwood relationship. While Skift suggests the renewal “amounts to a 15 percent improvement in terms for Delta” […]

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TSA seizes record 2,212 firearms in 2014

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/23/travel/tsa-seizes-record-number-guns-2014/index.html

What nationality should you be? QUIZ

Ever thought you should have been born somewhere else? Find out where with our latest quiz!



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In Far-Flung Myanmar, a Land of Contradictions

In the lush, primal jungles of the northern part of the country, where thoughts turn to orchids, not juntas.

















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The Getaway: Flying Deluxe Domestic Coast-to-Coast for Around $1,000

Are stepped-up services by JetBlue and Virgin America worth the splurge?

















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Mega (and meta) digital social mobile study released

Wearesocial, a global “conversation agency”, has released its “Digital Social Mobile in 2015″ report, a 376-page infographics-led study modestly described as “the ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/digital-social-mobile-study-2015/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wearesocial-draft

Does being a vegetarian make you a bad traveler?

It would probably offend no one (including Bourdain himself) to say the man's a bit of a dick, but he does manage to raise one good point about vegetarians.



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Changing Dividend Miles Awards After AAdvantage Takeover?

In late October of last year we found out the future of American AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles. The news was overwhelmingly positive, given all the negative changes we've seen from other airlines lately.

Perhaps the most interesting detail to members is that US Airways Dividend Miles will be merged into American AAdvantage sometime in the second quarter of 2015. While we don't have an exact date yet, this is when status between the two airlines will be fully reciprocal, when mileage totals will be combined, etc.

2015-AAdvantage

With that in mind, I've received a ton of questions as to what happens to US Airways Dividend Miles awards when the program ceases to exist.

It was just last year when US Airways transitioned from Star Alliance to oneworld, and that presented a challenge for award tickets. Basically, previously issued Star Alliance award tickets couldn't be changed to include oneworld segments. Instead you had to redeposit them entirely and rebook if you wanted any segments on oneworld.

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The World’s Busiest Airport Isn’t Atlanta, Double Flight Points Through March, and an Air Marshall Wins at the Supreme Court

News and notes from around the interweb: Double Virgin America points through March 31. Registration required. Some commenters are reporting being told that Chase points transfers to Korean will return on January 25. I reached out again to Chase and got simply, “We anticipate the functionality returning soon.” Supreme Court rules air marshall didn’t violate […]

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Rites of passage for Ohio teenagers

Grew up in Ohio? Did you partake in a little "cabrewing?"



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Travelzoo works to revise hotel platform, unhappy with initial results

Deals publisher Travelzoo continues to plough on with its two-pillar strategy of growing the audience and enhancing the products. In fourth quarter ...



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La Compagnie To Start Newark To London Flights March 29, 2015

La Compagnie is the French airline which launched flights around the middle of last year, offering all business class flights between Newark and Paris. Their launch was a bit hectic to say the least, though I also give them credit for staying true to their mission up until this point -- they're truly offering a (not so great) business class product basically at economy class prices.

So while my review of them wasn't stellar in comparison to other business class products, I think they add a hell of a lot of value to the market. For the fares they're charging, there's simply no other airline that can compete with them. For example, right now they're offering sub-$1,400 roundtrip business class fares between Newark and Paris.

Originally I gave them a few months at most, though I wasn't factoring in fuel prices. It goes without saying that they can survive as long as the economy is doing well and fuel prices are where they are (when either of those factors change, though...).

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Argentina truisms

Large swathes of the under-30s survive on pretty much no sleep whatsoever, it’s OK for Christmas decorations to stay up until Easter, and socio-economic crisis is the default setting.



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Man Sailing a Makeshift Boat off the Coast of Sao Tome

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2015/01/22/man-sailing-makeshift-boat-off-coast-sao-tome/