Sure, I’ll Take A Massage With My Day Room!

There's no denying that I'm getting old. I may only be in my mid-20s, but the number of "butt-in-seat" miles I've flown suggests otherwise. I've flown well over four million miles, and there are some things I just won't do to myself anymore, which I would have done without thinking about twice a decade ago.

For example I don't take domestic redeyes anymore, and I don't do super-long layovers between longhaul flights without getting a day room.

As I've mentioned a countless number of times before, I'm soon headed to the Maldives, and decided to fly back on Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong in business class.

It's tough to beat the $1,460 business class fare on Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong.

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Epic: Brave duo navigates Iran’s longest river source to sea

Their aim was to explore the culture of a misunderstood nation. They got more than they bargained for...



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American AAdvantage Just Made One Shocking Change to Its Terms and Conditions

The American AAdvantage program recently updated its terms and conditions. They added this sentence: To the full extent allowed by law, these Terms and Conditions disclaim any duty of good faith and fair dealing as well as any implied contractual terms or obligations. That’s pretty striking language — they have no “duty of good faith […]

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Photographer "freezes" waves

Photographer Ray Collins has the ability to make waves look frozen in time.



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Wyndham Rewards’ Revolutionary Program Changes: Good Or Bad?

Wyndham Rewards is a program that I don't cover very much, largely because I don't consider it to be an especially "aspirational" program. When I earn Hyatt Gold Passport points I can redeem them at the Park Hyatt Sydney. When I earn Starwood Preferred Guest points I can redeem them at the St. Regis Bal Harbour.

When I earn Wyndham Rewards points, I can redeem them at the... well, I'm not actually sure.

I didn't see this coming, but Wyndham Rewards will be radically changing their loyalty program as of May 11, 2015... and it's potentially really good news.

Wyndham Rewards is making three changes -- two are relatively minor, while one is borderline earth-shattering when it comes to hotel loyalty programs:

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20 things smart travelers know

Some awesome advice from Matt Long of Landlopers:



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A closer look at Sabre’s new SkyTeam RTW bookings

Sabre is the first global distribution system (GDS) to launch functionality aiming to streamline the booking of round-the-world airfares from any of ...



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Why You Shouldn’t Take Advantage of the 25% Bonus Transferring Amex Points to Virgin Atlantic

American Express is offering a 25% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic through April 30. Before the end of the year American Express was offering a 35% bonus on transfers to Virgin Atlantic. So 25% doesn’t impress. Virgin Atlantic has one of the least valuable mileage currencies — my stretch for […]

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US's most overrated place for kids?

Go on...be honest:



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In Transit Blog: At the Jewish Museum of Vienna, Enduring Images of Europe

The photographs of Erich Lessing, one of the most prominent chroniclers of 20th-century Europe, will be shown at the Jewish Museum of Vienna.

















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Can It Make Sense To Pay Two $450 Annual Fees?

Reader @SmellTheTea asked the following question on Twitter:

It's an interesting question, given that both cards have $450 annual fees. In general no one likes paying annual fees, and as consumers we rationally try to minimize them as much as possible.

But I'll also gladly admit that I spend a couple of grand a year in credit card annual fees. That sounds horrible on the surface, though in practice I get more back in annual benefits than it costs me, from free hotel nights to lounge access to airline fee credits.

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My Favorite Place in Northern Ireland: Giant’s Causeway

One usually gets to the Giant’s Causeway by way of Bushmills. It doesn’t hurt that there's a distillery in the village that makes that great Irish whiskey. But you don’t need spirits to bring the Causeway to life. It does that fine, all by itself. As I would soon discover, this bit of primordial geology is loaded with spirits of another stripe.



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Delta to let Chinese buy tickets with Alibaba’s Alipay

Delta Air Lines is the first American carrier to offer Alipay payment as an option for Chinese plane ticket buyers. Alipay is ...



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Why I Said Good Riddance to My Membership Rewards Account

Back in early 2014, I made a very easy decision to cancel my Platinum Card from American Express. The $450 annual fee was up, and even after factoring in all of the travel benefits, it made no sense to keep the card. This decision left me without a Membership Rewards account, which was fine by […]



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Street photography at its best

What is so compelling about this genre is the emotions and sensations that good street photography evokes in the viewer. MatadorU student and photographer Genaro Bardy tells us about his process.



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