Hot Spring Pool in Gwaii Haanas National Park, British Columbia

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2015/02/09/hot-spring-pool-gwaii-haanas-national-park-british-columbia/

What Do You Want To Learn? Win Up To $500 In Hyatt Gift Cards!

As I mentioned last week, I'll be speaking at the upcoming Frequent Traveler University, which is one of a series of events intended to share the intricacies of the miles and points hobby. The next major one will be held at the Hyatt Regency DFW April 17-19, 2015.

While I'm not responsible for organizing the event, I do choose and put together my own presentations. For the most part, I've stuck to "tried and true" topics, and have generally focused on mileage running as a way to earn miles, along with tricks for redeeming miles.

That being said, there's a huge range of topics in this hobby, and I'm always up for exploring new concepts in more detail. The other speakers feel similarly, but it's hard to gauge what people find most interesting when there's such a diverse group of attendees.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/02/10/what-do-you-want-to-learn/

Deadly places to be environmental

Since 2002, nearly 450 environmental activists have died in Brazil alone.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/change/6-deadliest-places-world-environmentalist/

Airline service complaints rise to 13-year high, led by American Airlines

from Elliott http://elliott.org/advice-you-can-take/airline-service-complaints-rise-13-year-high-led-american-airlines/

JetBlue Is First Airline To Accept Apple Pay

JetBlue passengers will be able to pay for drinks, refreshments and other amenities with their iPhone 6 or 6 Plus starting next week.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/jetblue-first-airline-accept-apple-pay-inflight-service-1811344

Expedia Coupons That Can Bring a $188 Room Down to $10!

Doctor of Credit highlights 3 Expedia coupon codes. There’s no minimum spend amount, just a minimum stay length for each coupon. This is perfect for folks who like inexpensive accommodations. Save $100 on any stay of three nights or longer using coupon code: DISCVR105 Save $150 on any stay of four nights or longer using […]

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Apple Pay takes to the JetBlue skies in first airline deal

In the first deal of its kind, JetBlue will soon begin accepting Apple Pay as a form of in-flight payment. The first ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/apple-pay-takes-jetblue-skies-first-airline-deal/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-pay-takes-jetblue-skies-first-airline-deal

Knut's half-brother born in Germany

The newest polar bear at the Rostock Zoo shares a father with Knut, the polar cub who warmed the world's heart when he was abandoned by his mother.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/10/travel/feat-knut-polar-bear-half-brother/index.html

4 ways that travel has ruined me

"I don’t know if I’ll ever find 'home' again -- traveling has doomed me to travel more."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/4-ways-travel-ruined/

Oslo Airport To Get US Pre-Clearance Facility

It looks like Oslo Airport may become the first in mainland Europe to get a US Pre-Clearance facility.

For those of you not familiar with Pre-Clearance facilities, it's whereby you clear US customs & immigration prior to boarding your US-bound flight, meaning you land in the US as a domestic passenger. Presently the extent of Europe's Pre-Clearance facilities is limited to Dublin and Shannon, so this would be a very interesting addition.

Beyond that, Pre-Clearance facilities are common in Canada and the Caribbean, and there's also a facility in Abu Dhabi, which I was a vocal critic of at first, though it has apparently improved substantially over time.

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Instant versus personalized – the next travel search dilemma

When it comes to online travel, we see a constant evolution in technology. This is fuelled mostly by end-consumers’ rising expectations and ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/instant-personalized-travel-search-dilemma-Amadeus/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=instant-vs-personalized-next-online-travel-dilemma

In Northeast, a Winter to Forget

Once again, snowstorms concentrated in the Northeast resulted in canceled flights and stranded travelers, costing airlines and passengers millions of dollars.





from NYT > Travel http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642561/s/43387c98/sc/10/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A20C10A0Cbusiness0Cfor0Eairlines0Eand0Efliers0Ea0Ewinter0Eto0Eforget0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

US Airways Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Houston

American Airlines Flight 1825 had departed from Philadelphia International Airport, carrying 52 passengers and four crew members.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/us-airways-plane-makes-emergency-landing-houston-without-nose-gear-1-person-injured-1811068

Startup pitch: Kenavo blends multimodal with metasearch

Kenavo is a new metasearch website from France that is taking on the Skyscanners and Kayaks of the world by answering the ...



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St. Annaberg Thingstätte in Góra Świętej Anny, Poland

St. Annaberg Thingstätte, one of Europe's largest man-made, stone amphitheaters - a monument among the infamous ruins of the Third Reich, with a capacity of up to 50,000 - sits at the foot of a pilgrimage site atop a tiny Polish hill.

Nazi Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, inaugurated the "Thingstätte" or "Thingplatz" movement in 1933, drawing on a vague Germanic Volk tradition of large outdoor gatherings for public festivals and religious rituals. Though never completed on the scale Goebbels envisioned, the "Thing" movement left scores of imposing stone amphitheaters carved into the former Third Reich, many of which still stand. With a capacity reaching 50,000, one of the largest Thingstätte stands in Góra Świętej Anny, or St. Annaberg, Poland - a town with a population of just under 600, though this swells well into the thousands during four peak holy days during the year, particularly on the feast of St. Anne - the patron of the village, whose relics are enshrined in the Franciscan monastery there.

The Nazi regime constructed the Annaberg Thingstätte in an abandoned quarry at the base of Góra Świętej Anny, the hill which shares its name with the town, between 1934-1936; by 1938, they had completed a circular fortress-like mausoleum on an abrupt cliff overlooking the amphitheater, honoring the Freikorps who had fallen in the 1921 Battle of Annaberg. One can still buy postcards in St. Annaberg showing the "Thing" as it stood then - stark and deforested, with long swastika banners flapping over the empty seats.

The locals dynamited the original Nazi mausoleum in 1945 and replaced it ten years later with an open-air monument to the Polish rebels who fought and died throughout the 20th century, designed by the sculptor Xawery Dunikowski. This still stands - as does the Thingstätte, slightly weed-choked and not regularly repaired, but just as impressive in its sweeping scope as it must have been in 1936.

from Atlas Obscura http://atlasobscura.com.feedsportal.com/c/35387/f/665719/s/4338cf86/sc/10/l/0L0Satlasobscura0N0Cplaces0Cst0Eannaberg0Ethingstatte/story01.htm