DealBook: As Oil Prices Fall, Air Fares Still Stay High

Far from “hypercompetitive,” the airline industry nowadays is increasingly looking like an uncompetitive oligopoly.

















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Here’s the Secret to Booking Mistake Fares and Fuel Dumps

Reader Joel asked, Hi, Gary. Other than reading the wiki and almost the entire [FlyerTalk] thread, could you help summarize, or simplify, the [fuel dump] tips and tricks? I think someone could monetize on creating an online course about this subject. Do any exist? There are mistake fares probably every day but only a small […]

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Headed To Beijing? Join Our Google Group

Hundreds of us are headed to Beijing over the next two months thanks to American's business class mistake fare.

So I published a calendar for those headed to Beijing, so you can figure out if anyone is on your flight, headed to Beijing around the same time, etc. After all, in my opinion half of the fun of this hobby is meeting other, like-minded frequent travelers.

There was a lot of discussion in the comments for people trying to coordinate meeting up in Beijing beyond the flights, given how many people aren't on the same flights but are in town around the same time.

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Rick’s Picks: Add a Bonus to Your Bonus (Limited Supply!)

Tomorrow (March 24, 2015) is IHG Giveaway Day on the Daily Getaways, sponsored by the U.S. Travel Association. Tomorrow’s offer — 100,000 IHG Rewards Club points for $565 — is a profitable one and ties in nicely with the current limited time offer for the IHG credit card with a 70,000-point sign up. Although the […]



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Food quality around the world

See who wins the food Olympics, according to Oxfam.



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7 reasons kids are better travelers

Stella Brown (our resident kid correspondent) totally nails why kids are WAY better at traveling than adults.



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Re-evaluation and Revelation: New Strategies on Sign-Up Bonuses

I’ve had to adjust my thresholds for sign-up bonuses to make sure I’m not wasting my time with points or free night certificates that, while they look good, don’t really fit my goals. Here are some thresholds that I think work well once you’ve gotten into a rhythm of applying for cards — this is […]



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In Transit Blog: Walkabout: For National Parks, an Older Crowd

A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.

















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Changing in the Online Hotel Booking Space, and How They Allowed PointsHound to Bring United Back Into the Fold

PointsHound, the hotel booking site that lets you earn airline miles for your hotel bookings, now has United available as a partner — again. It used to, when it launched, but lost its United relationship early on. Competitor site Rocketmiles had obtained exclusivity in the space with United. The Rocketmiles founder had previously been an […]

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Frequent Flier: Intrepid in an Earthquake, but Rattled by Locking Luggage

Paige Brown’s survival skills helped her during the 2010 earthquake in Chile. They also came in handy when her locked suitcase refused to open.

















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19 American habits I lost in Ghana

"I never left food on my plate. I ate every bite, and the gracious hosts made sure of it — even if the banku tasted like sour milk or the floating eyeball in the oily broth from the dried fish made me gag."



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Should You Book US Airways Awards Now Or Wait For AAdvantage?

US Airways and American announced their award programs would be combined in the second quarter of 2015, which led to many questions about whether it was better to redeem US Airways miles now or wait. Now that the merger is imminent, Ben asked if I could go through the options again.

First though, let's have a moment of silence for what has been one of the more lucrative (and certainly most entertaining) mileage programs out there.

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How to piss off a Clevelander

Do NOT call Cleveland "the mistake on the lake."



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Hilton loyalty program site was vulnerable to password-free hacking

Cybersecurity professionals voiced concerns about vulnerabilities in the website system for Hilton Honors, the global hotel chain’s loyalty program. The weakness could ...



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Book Etihad A380 First Class Awards Abu Dhabi – New York

Earlier this month, Etihad announced that it would launch A380 service from its hub in Abu Dhabi to New York JFK beginning December 1, 2015. The airline took delivery of its first A380 last year and introduced it on the route from Abu Dhabi to London, which is around 7 hours, in December, and will...



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