This Spirit Airlines flight disaster should never have happened

from Elliott http://elliott.org/should-i-take-the-case/spirit-airlines-flight-disaster-never-happened/

Women in the captain's seat

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/08/travel/women-in-the-captains-seat/index.html

The island where people forget to die

Bill Weir and The Wonder List spend several magical days on Ikaria to see firsthand the lifestyle secrets of 80- and 90-year-olds who experience Alzheimer's and dementia at a rate one-fifth of America's.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/08/travel/ikaria-bill-weir-twl/index.html

Lack of snow moves Iditarod north

An unseasonably warm winter has left parts of Alaska's Iditarod trail without snow, exposing grass and gravel and forcing the famous dogsled race to move 225 miles north.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/07/travel/warm-winter-iditarod-feat/index.html

What’s Grosser Than Gross? Airline Club Lounge Edition.

No, not the mouse in the United Club at Washington Dulles. Instead, this.

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/03/08/whats-grosser-than-gross-airline-club-lounge-edition/

Kuwait Airways Vs. Qatar Airways Business Class?

On Friday I wrote about how I'm soon headed to the Park Hyatt Maldives, despite not really having a great reason to do so.

Park-Hyatt-Maldives

The Maldives isn't an easy destination to get to. First you have to fly to Male Airport, which is a bit of a haul, and then from there you have to take a seaplane and speedboat transfer to the actual hotel.

While I booked my hotel a while back, I'm just now trying to decide how to book my tickets to/from the Maldives. I've ultimately decided to fly into/out of Colombo, Sri Lanka. This is for a few reasons:

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/03/08/kuwait-airways-vs-qatar-airways-business-class/

The 6 Best Credit Card Signup Bonuses for March

I receive compensation for many links on this blog. You don’t have to use these links, but I am grateful to you if you do. American Express, Citibank, Chase, and other banks are advertising partners of this site. I do not write about all credit cards that are available — instead focusing on miles, points, […]

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Etihad A380 First Class Awards Available To New York!!!

A few days ago Etihad Airways announced that they'd begin flying the Airbus A380 between Abu Dhabi and New York as of December 1, 2015.

While Emirates has well over 100 A380s on order, Etihad has only ordered a total of 10 of them, and will be flying them exclusively between Abu Dhabi and London, Sydney, and New York. Etihad's A380s are truly one-of-a-kind, in that they feature amazing First Class Apartments.

I had the opportunity to fly the Etihad A380 inaugural flight from Abu Dhabi to London late last year, and was blown away by the hard product. The First Class Apartment is unlike any first class hard product I've ever seen.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/03/08/etihad-a380-first-class-awards-available-to-new-york/

There’s Always Time to Write a Book

From Laura Vanderkam's busy year:

"I have never believed that book writing needs to be all-consuming. It wasn’t for Toni Morrison writing The Bluest Eye at night after her kids went to bed and let’s face it, we’re not likely to produce anything like The Bluest Eye no matter how much time we spend writing. Books are projects like any other. Incidentally, you can make time for the rest of your life too. I’m always amused by the lines in book acknowledgements in which authors (generally, male authors) thank their families for putting up with all their missed dinners. Not only am I not missing dinner, I’m generally cooking it."

from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/theres-always-time-to-write-a-book/

Everything You Want to Know About Miles, Points, and Travel: Request for Requests

Here’s your chance. I will my best to cover them. Please leave requests in the comments section. As my boss once wrote making a similar request on his blog, “The only promise is that of weak monotonicity, namely that your mention won’t lower the chance of the topic being covered.” In other words, I won’t […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/03/08/everything-you-want-to-know-about-miles-points-and-travel-request-for-requests/

My Experience as an Expert Witness in a Federal Criminal Trial About Miles and Points

Back in the Fall I started to write about a legal case surrounding miles and points where I served as an expert witness. The case had concluded, and the attorney who engaged me gave me signoff to post about it, with my commitment not to include any names. At the time we both thought it […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/03/08/experience-expert-witness-federal-criminal-trial-miles-points/

5 mysterious airplane disappearances

Here are five of the strangest aviation-related crashes and disappearances the world has known:



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/5-historys-mysterious-airplane-disappearances-crashes/

New Video Reviews of the Etihad A380 Residence and First Apartment

Etihad debuted the most over the top product offerings of any airline with the launch of their first Airbus A380. There’s the three room ‘Residence’, just one per flight that hosts two passengers (a living space, bedroom, and private bathroom) as well as the ‘First Apartment’ which is the most spacious first class seat in […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/03/08/new-video-reviews-of-the-etihad-a380-residence-and-first-apartment/

Should I Redeem Points for Cash or Transfer to Airlines?

TPG reader Michael sent me a message asking: “I’ve accumulated 100,000 Membership Rewards points over the past year, but want to withdraw them for cash. I noticed American Express gives you gift cards at a rate of half a cent per point, which is highway robbery. My other credit cards give me 2% cash back,...



from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2015/03/should-i-redeem-points-for-cash-or-transfer-to-airlines/

MH370: Five Theories That Might Explain What Happened

Leaving out the really outlandish ideas, this is what might explain aviation's biggest mystery.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/mh370-five-theories-might-explain-what-happened-1839414