Surfing the dollar's euro surge

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/18/travel/dollar-vs-euro-exchange-rates/index.html

#NGTRadar: Travel Lately

Travel Lately—a roundup of the best new dispatches from the travel blogosphere—is a regular feature on Intelligent Travel every other Wednesday. You can play, too. Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTravel and tag your favorite travel stories #NGTRadar to help us find the crème de la crème on the Web.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/18/ngtradar-travel-lately-49/

Send Money Free With a PIN-enabled Gift Card, Emirates Denying Lounge Access on Awards and EPA to Monitor Your Shower Use?

News and notes from around the interweb: The story about the EPA wanting to monitor how much water you use in the shower is really just a $15,000 grant to the University of Tulsa. Considering most universities take nearly half of grant money off the top for overhead, that doesn’t leave a whole lot to […]

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Who Needs Business Cards When You Have Model Airplanes?

The always awesome Scott Mayerowitz of the Associated Press published a fun story today, entitled "Airline world's tiny secret: infatuation with model planes."

I figured the article would be about model airplanes as such. Back in the day (before I perpetually wandered) I collected model airplanes. Who wouldn't want to adorn their living room with Lufthansa's 747 and EVA Air's Hello Kitty A330?

But the article is actually about the role that model airplanes play within the industry, when it comes to closing deals, which I didn't realize was a thing.

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Reasons you should move to Barcelona

From a tangle of tapas at Bar Paris to Barceloneta's Mediterranean beaches and the steeples of Sagrada Familia, here's a look at why people everywhere take up living in Barcelona.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/tv/10-reasons-move-barcelona-right-now/

Merge loyalty and pricing to drive direct hotel bookings

Imagine a world without OTAs, without metasearch sites, where the internet is not dominated by Google. NB: This is an analysis by ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/merge-loyalty-pricing-direct-hotel-bookings-Duetto/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=merge-loyalty-and-pricing-to-drive-direct-hotel-bookings

Reactions to My Romanian Visa Post (and my response)

Wandering Earl

This is a post I wasn’t expecting to write. But I’m writing it because my last post – the one about having my Romanian residency visa refused – certainly went in an unexpected direction. Let me recap what that post … Read more →

from Wandering Earl http://www.wanderingearl.com/reactions-to-my-romanian-visa-post/

Powerful solar storm sparks stunning aurora

A severe solar storm created a stunning display of light in the night sky over parts of the United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand early Wednesday morning.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/18/travel/fear-solar-storm-2015/index.html

20 reasons we should move to Delhi

Pack your bags, sell your house: It's better in Delhi, India.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/20-reasons-moving-delhi-right-now/

US Airways Dividend Miles: Rest In Peace, No Longer Possible to Join

Last week I wrote that, as part of merging US Airways Dividend Miles into American AAdvantage within 30 days, we can expect Dividend Miles to start locking itself down. This is a major data migration project, it’s hard to imagine one larger. In advance of the integration — and as I would expect with a […]

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Six months later, Dollar wants me to pay $808

from Elliott http://elliott.org/is-this-a-scam/six-months-later-dollar-wants-pay-808/

American Express Launching New Coalition Points Currency ‘Plenti’

On Tuesday around late morning I posted some speculation about the launch of a new program by Plenti. Judging from the American Express trademark filings I guessed at an opportunity to earn and redeem Membership Rewards points across a variety of merchants. It turns out not to be Membership Rewards-related at all. Earn Points With […]

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AMAZING DEAL: $450 Business Class Tickets Between Washington And Beijing

Hurry up, folks! American is charging under $450 for roundtrip business class between Washington and Beijing through the end of the schedule.

You can book directly on aa.com. It's paid business class, and because of that you can use systemwide upgrades to upgrade to first class.

This won't last long!

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Chef Announced for American Express Centurion Lounge Miami!

American Express has begun operating their own network of “Centurion lounges,” which are a step above what travelers have become accustomed to from US airline-operated lounges. I consider the American Express Centurion lounge in Dallas my favorite lounge in the U.S.. It’s one of the two lounges I visit most often. There’s a Centurion lounge […]

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Gulf Carriers Strike Back at U.S. Campaign to Re-examine Open-Skies Agreements

The leaders of Etihad Airways and Emirates met separately with United States officials to counter claims by American carriers and unions that they received unfair, anticompetitive subsidies from national governments.

















from NYT > Travel http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642561/s/44822f7e/sc/30/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A30C180Cbusiness0Cinternational0Cgulf0Ecarriers0Estrike0Eback0Eat0Eus0Ecampaign0Eto0Ere0Eexamine0Eopen0Eskies0Eagreements0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm