American Airlines Ends Inflight Duty Free

Apparently American Airlines has ceased selling onboard duty free. Delta dropped duty free last summer. It was characterized in media as a dispute over contract details with their outsource provider, the same company I believe which American worked with (DFASS Group). Duty free is said to be a $3 billion industry, although that strikes me […]

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Spirit Airlines Will Give You Miles if You Borrow Money to Fund Your Vacation, Because That’s a Good Idea..

Spirit is promoting personal loans from Prosper: 200 points for checking your rate online (no hard credit pull, apparently) and 1 point per dollar borrowed up to $35,000. Whether you need to break free from work or some scary credit card debt, we understand. That’s why we’ve partnered with Prosper, an online lending marketplace that […]

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$170 First Class DC – Los Angeles or San Francisco

One-way tickets between DC and the West Coast run $170 at the low end for coach. But Virgin American has $160 fares DC – Dallas Love Field. One they’ll price out with a connection in.. Los Angeles or San Francisco. To get this price (rather than a bit over $200) use promo code BALLER20. Then […]

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Hey everyone, let’s help Ginny Foxworth with her lost luggage claim! (American won’t)

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America is Testing Exit Controls at the Border

In most countries you go through immigration not just when you arrive, but when you leave too. In the US there are no ‘exit controls.’ When you go to the airport you get off a connecting flight and right onto your international flight, no more security and no immigration. Domestic and international flights leave from […]

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6 Discoveries from Near and Far: Volume XXXVIII

Things I found on long walks in foreign cities, or perhaps when someone posted them on Twitter.

• A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becoming Famous — Steve Martin’s unconventional perspective


• Birds That Bring Gifts — Maybe your most generous friends are in your backyard


• How to Become a Brunch Buffet Ninja — Learn how to win gold in the buffet game


• The Himalayas from 24,000 Feet — Live from Kathmandu, here’s the first ultra HD footage of the Himalayas shot from above 20,000 ft


• A tour of the most expensive Airbnb rental in San Francisco — The 10-bedroom mansion will cost you $7,010 a night


• How to Cry on Command — Actors use this trick to generate real tears over and over

from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/6-discoveries-from-near-and-far-volume-xxxviii/

Weekly Review: March 21, 2015

Hello from San Diego, where it's a chilly 70 degrees! ;)

I'm in California this week for the opening of the new Emirates lounge at LAX, and eventually have to figure out how I'm getting to the Maldives, but it's been such a fun week of news and deals that I haven't spent time on anything else. As a matter of fact, I can count on one hand the number of times I've changed out of my American Airlines pajamas this week.

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Sears technician’s pants “caught on fire” – should it replace my stove?

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Shaming Tourists, a Weird 787 Route, and Margaret Cho Denied Pre-Boarding

News and notes from around the interweb: TSA PreCheck is an important idea – risk-based security, focusing resources where there’s a greater chance of a threat. It’s why TSA as an acronym for ‘Taking Scissors Away’ is such a problem, because it distracts the agency from looking for actually dangerous items. When the TSA lets […]

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Benefits Of Having Dual Citizenship (And Two Passports)!

Reader Jim asked the following question on the "Ask Lucky" page of the blog, which I figured I'd answer here, given that I get a lot of questions about my dual citizenship:

Big fan of your blog. My questions is about dual citizenship and traveling with two passports. You mentioned that you travel with your German passport. What are some advantages and disadvantages of having two passports? When and where would you use a passport from the EU as opposed to US?

I was born in the US but both of my parents are from Germany, so I'm incredibly fortunate to be able to have dual citizenship. In a way, I'd consider my passports to almost be my two most valuable "elite statuses," given how much time and money they save me.

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A beginner's guide to 'Urdlish'

"Since 1608, when England first set up the British East India Company, Pakistanis have been appropriating English. By the time Pakistan became a country in 1947, it was declared one of the country's two official tongues. Since then, we've gotten pretty creative with the Queen’s English."



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In Transit Blog: Oh, to Stop and Smell the Local Flora

­Botanists and horticulturists are being hired by hotels to help their gardens grow, with an increasing focus on indigenous flora.

















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She Caused a Disruption *After* Her Onboard Sex Act

Alright, crazy passenger stories happen at least somewhat regularly. A woman flying British Airways from Kingston, Jamaica to London Gatwick “was arrested on suspicion of being drunk on an aircraft” which I did not realize was even a crime. (“I’m glad to have never been arrested, then” half the people reading this think to themselves.) […]

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A Luxury Liner Docks, and the Countdown’s On

The profitability of today’s giant cruise ships depends on a tightly choreographed routine that’s part Nascar pit stop, part Noah’s Ark.

















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Cute Snowy Seal

Animal Photos This last year I’ve taken more animal photos than ever before! I quite like it… I like it much more than I thought I would. Maybe I thought it would be boring or too difficult or something. I don’t know what I was worried about. As usual, the worries didn’t add up to […]



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