Getting Your Significant Other in the Points and Miles Game

If there is a significant other in your life, you need to do everything possible to make sure he or she is as involved in the points and miles game as you are. By doing this, you will maximize the points and miles earned and significantly expand your redemption opportunities. As obvious as that sounds, […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2015/03/getting-your-significant-other-in-the-points-and-miles-game.html

Cathay Pacific Will Introduce a New Business Class Seat Next Year

Cathay Pacific is an American AAdvantage partner (and a member of oneworld) and flies from New York JFK, Newark, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto and Vancouver to Hong Kong and of course beyond. I love their first class product, and redeem for it when I can. But their business class is excellent. It’s a […]

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Review: Lufthansa Senator Lounge Detroit Metro Airport

I was recently in Michigan to see some relatives. This gave me the opportunity to visit the Lufthansa Senator lounge at the Detroit Metro airport, one of my favorite lounges in the US.

The Lufthansa lounge is located in Metro’s North Terminal, which is home to Lufthansa and just about every airline not named Delta. The North Terminal replaced the decrepit Smith Terminal several years ago, and is actually quite nice. It is completely detached from Delta’s McNamara fortress Terminal, and this is often a good thing. With about 28 gates, the Smith Terminal has the feel of a small regional airport -- easy in, easy out. Even the car rental shuttles treat it as its own entity – you have to watch which bus you board after returning a car because some are bound for McNamara while others are going to North. Heck, you can even take different freeways depending on whether you are flying Delta or not!

The Lufthansa Senator lounge opened a few years ago and is intended primarily to serve the once daily Detroit – Frankfurt flight. The flight in itself is a bit of an anomaly since there is presumably little connecting feed (doing a Smith to McNamara shuffle seems like a huge pain). But perhaps contrary to popular belief, the auto industry is still chugging along in Michigan and the executives are still largely there so apparently there is sufficient demand for this flight.

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This short captures the heart of NYC

This quick, minute-long video somehow captures the diversity and the similarities of New York at the same time.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/tv/delightful-short-totally-captures-heart-new-york/

Hyatt Hotels globally rolls out its predictive analytics for upsells

Hyatt Hotels is one of many travel companies that has been leveraging “big data”. In other words, it’s been aligning all the ...



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I Heart My City: Diana’s Geneva

Diana Orduna began her love affair with Geneva—a place she describes as "a huge melting pot of cultures, people, and international organizations"—three years ago. Soon after relocating from Mexico to the capital of Switzerland's Romandy, or French-speaking, region, she started sharing her discoveries with the world on Spotted by Locals and on her own blog, LivinGeneva. Here are a few of Diana's favorite things about her hometown of choice.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/11/i-heart-my-city-dianas-geneva-2/

Mapping foreigners in every US state

Despite living in a “nation of immigrants,” as the old saying goes, Americans are pretty divided in how they feel about newcomers to the US. After a recent decision to make the path to citizenship easier for undocumented immigrants, a Pew poll found that approximately 50 percent of respondents disapproved of the decision, and 46 […]



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/map-shows-many-foreigners-live-us-state/

March Madness: Four Slam-Dunk College Towns

When spring fever strikes in the United States, only two things dominate: basketball brackets and easy getaways. Stoke your school spirit—and youthful energy—on a NCAA college visit. Because no matter what happens during March Madness, these towns always fire us up.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/11/march-madness-four-slam-dunk-college-towns/

5 reasons why the sharing economy is here to stay no matter what

The sharing economy clearly has enormous traction in hospitality, with platforms enabling the sharing of cars and homes being valued consistently in ...



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Visiting the Hidden Speakeasy in Downtown Sydney, Australia

Searching for a great cocktail in Australia is a quest of its own. For most Australians, a cocktail means "gin and tonic" or "margarita"—they have great wines in this part of the world, but legit mixed drinks are hard to come by. That just means you have to look harder, of course. I found a modern-day speakeasy hidden away in the Central Business District of Sydney. Finding the general area wasn’t difficult, but there was a trick to finding the speakeasy itself: you had to avoid an imposter bar located right outside. The imposter bar looked fine—just a normal pub with the typical overpriced drinks of Sydney.



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/hidden-speakeasy-in-downtown-sydney/

The 5 Most Amazing Airbus A380 Amenities!

I'm a huge fan of the Airbus A380. While it might not be the prettiest plane in the world from the outside, there's no denying that it has had a huge impact on commercial aviation. Not only has it allowed airlines to add capacity on routes which are otherwise slot restricted, but it has also given airlines room to be creative with amenities, given that they have more room to work with.

I've been lucky enough to fly A380 first class on every airline which presently operates the whale-jet.

I figured I'd share what I consider to be the five coolest A380 amenities. If you follow the industry closely you're probably already quite familiar with all of these. That being said, a lot of my non-aviation friends don't get why I'm so obsessed with collecting miles & points, so this might be a fun way to show them what they're missing out on. ;)

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I met my husband in the sea

The nomadic Moken people live, die, and even fall in love while surrounded by the ocean.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/tv/met-husband-middle-sea-slightly-nsfw/

Elementary School At Heart Of Jump In Quebec's Measles Cases

The school had 114 students and 51 staff who were not vaccinated against measles.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/measles-outbreak-canada-2015-quebec-cases-spike-119-after-infected-student-attended-1843818

HOT FARE: From $528 for Air France PREMIUM ECONOMY US – Istanbul Roundtrip

The Flight Deal scoops a deal about Air France premium economy for under $600 roundtrip. Premium economy can often be thought of as similar to domestic first class, so a real step up from coach, and for less than the price of coach. This should be a $2500 – $3000 roundtrip ticket. And yet I […]

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Among America’s millennials who travel, half have spouses and children

There are many things said about millennials, the generation coming of age. But one thing that’s rarely noted is that half of ...



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