Miles Madness: My Picks for Reward Card Champs 2015

Wallaby Financial is collecting votes for Card Madness 2015, which is their quest to identify readers’ favorite rewards credit cards. The way it works is that they let readers vote on their favorite cards across four categories (best airline credit card, hotel card, cash back, and points) and narrow it down every round until they […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2015/03/miles-madness-my-picks-for-reward-card-champs-2015.html

5 spots in Chattanooga that Chattanoogans don’t want you to know about

1. Bea’s If your server sees the slightest hint of a bare bowl, they’ll snatch up the current smorgasbord of food and replace it with fresher and hotter bowls of fried chicken, peach cobbler, fried okra, turnip greens, new potatoes, pinto beans, buttered yeast rolls, and coleslaw. The tea is syrupy sweet, the hospitality is […]



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/network/5-spots-chattanooga-chattanoogans-dont-want-know/

In Transit Blog: New Excursions for Grandparents and Their Grandchildren

Road Scholar is introducing summer sessions for grandparents and their college-age grandchildren in Cuba and Costa Rica, among other destinations.

















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Weird Pop-Ups On The Site? It’s Not (Necessarily) Just You

In the past few weeks, you might have noticed people commenting about getting served sketchy pop-ups when they access the site, or click on links in the newsletter. You might even be one of those people.

It's inexcusable. And we're really sorry. Especially Ben.

The blog is basically his baby, so having people hijack his site and ruining the experience for y'all is just maddening.

So we'd like to interrupt your regularly-scheduled miles and points party to talk about why this is happening, what is being done about it, and what you can do on your end in the meantime.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/03/27/weird-pop-ups-on-the-site-its-not-necessarily-just-you/

Has Your British Airways Account Been Hacked?

It seems that many have had their British Airways account hacked and balance reduced to zero. Our own Rick Ingersoll‘s account has been affected, though his wife Katy’s was not. Now is the time, gamers and savers: check and keep an eye on your BA account balance. Keep up with the FlyerTalk thread to stay […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2015/03/has-your-british-airways-account-been-hacked.html

Keeping your teen engaged traveling

All parents of teenagers will agree that the teen years present a unique set of challenges, but can a family still plan a round the world trip? Is it actually possible to combine long term travel and the teenage years?



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/7-strategies-keep-teen-engaged-traveling-long-term/

Here’s How the US Airlines Can Compete And Win Against the Big Gulf Airlines (Instead of Lobbying the Government for Protectionist Policies)

I’ve written extensively about the protectionism that US airlines are seeking from the government in bashing Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar — and about the hypocrisy as US airlines lobby for and take huge subsidies while attacking only those competitors they’re worried about for doing the same thing while ignoring the even greater subsidies offered to […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/03/27/heres-how-the-us-airlines-can-compete-and-win-against-the-big-gulf-airlines-instead-of-lobbying-the-government-for-protectionist-policies/

The US can learn something about minimum wage from the rest of the world

Federal minimum wage in the US stands at $7.25 an hour. It may not sound so low, but it is. If an employee works full time at the current minimum wage, that worker’s annual salary would be about $15,000. That falls below the poverty line for any family of more than one. Adding insult to […]



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/change/us-can-learn-something-minimum-wage-rest-world/

InnGate wifi router flaw exposes hotels to hackers

The routers that dozens of hotel chains worldwide rely on to run their wireless networks have a flaw that opens them to ...



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The Two-Person Cockpit Is Just The Beginning

Airlines will have to introduce more stringent checks in the wake of Germanwings, experts say.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/germanwings-flight-9525-how-effective-will-two-person-cockpit-rule-be-preventing-1862082

How To Tell Airplanes Apart

In the trip report I wrote earlier about my flight from Frankfurt to Philadelphia, reader Francisco C asked the following:

"Lucky, I ‘m always impressed how you can distinguish all these airplane varieties (A330 vs 777 for example) when you’re in some cases hundreds of meters away. Any suggestions on how an interested novice like myself could train his/her eyes to tell planes apart. thanks!"

There are lots of different types of people in this hobby, from people who are just interested in travel, to hardcore aviation geeks. I know plenty of people who fly hundreds of thousands of miles per year and can barely tell the difference between a 747 and an A380. And that's fine.

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/03/27/how-to-tell-airplanes-apart/

Has Your British Airways Avios Account Been Hacked?

A lot of folks on this FlyerTalk thread have been reporting that large numbers of British Airways Executive Club accounts have been hacked and drained of their Avios balances. It appears that at least some of these incidents are British Airways preemptively zeroing out accounts in order to prevent a hack from doing so, and...



from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2015/03/has-your-british-airways-avios-account-been-hacked/

Bilingual kids become tolerant adult

This study provides an important demonstration that everyday experience in one aspect -- language learning -- can influence children’s beliefs about a wide range of domains, reducing children’s essentialist biases:



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/proof-bilingual-kids-grow-accepting-tolerant-adults/

Head to Head: Chase Sapphire Preferred Versus Citi ThankYou Premier

The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and the Citi ThankYou Premier Card are the flagship travel rewards card offered by Chase and Citi. There are exclusive cards, such as the JP Morgan Palladium Card or Citigroup Chairman American Express card, that are targeted at specific individual, however, the Sapphire Preferred and ThankYou Premier are cards available […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2015/03/head-to-head-chase-sapphire-preferred-versus-citi-thankyou-premier.html

Seven Perfect Days in Belize

I have been traveling to Belize every year for more than a decade and am already planning my next trip. Why? This small Central American nation delivers cultural and natural heritage in spades. Here’s a prescription for the perfect week in this small but mighty wonderland.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/27/seven-perfect-days-in-belize/