Periscope Up! Join me for Wine, Cheese, and Photo Questions Tonight!

Experimenting with Periscope Time/Date: – 9 PM Friday PT, 11 PM Friday CT, Midnight New York and EST! – (5 PM New Zealand Time Saturday) You guys know I’m an early-adopter of sorts. I had a GREAT experiment with this new app for iPhone/iPad called Periscope, which is connected to Twitter and allows me to […]



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Poor models are killing the travel loyalty star, says Booz Allen Hamilton

Airline, hotel, and rental car brands used to be the leaders among consumer industries when it came to using technology to understand ...



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The Other Reason to Love Credit Cards

A few years ago, I got scammed by a moving company in Indianapolis. Long story short, they presented me with a bill that didn’t add up and then charged my credit card with some crazy amount that made almost no sense. Fortunately, it was pretty easy to get things sorted out since I paid for […]



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the angry mouth opened as the sea ice cracked a smile

Explorers of Yore I don’t know how those old-timers did it! A long walk from here would get me over to Shackleton’s famous hut in Antarctica. While I was in there, I saw a small dark room. It was amazing! How people back then could take photos then go back to a frozen dark room […]



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Help! My Hotwire hotel is in a dangerous neighborhood

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Need to Book an Award With US Airways Miles, But They Haven’t Been Moved Over to American Yet? It Can Be Done!

I previously reported that US Airways accounts are ‘frozen’ with awards no longer able to be booked until miles have been transferred over to American AAdvantage. It’s true that Dividend Miles awards are no longer available. However, American apparently has a procedure in place for members with immediate travel needs who wish to book awards […]

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Now that American-US Airways Has Consolidated into a Single Frequent Flyer Program It’s Time for AAdvantage to Update Its Award Rules

US Airways Dividend Miles was pretty much ‘anything goes’ as far as award routings go — the combination of flights you were allowed to use when booking an award to get from your origin to destination. There was no auto-validation of routings and no auto-pricing. Whatever region an agent thought you were traveling to determined […]

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The Best Awards to Australia Will Return on Saturday

Contra lots of concerns, Delta said yesterday that they’d be bringing Virgin Australia awards back online. When I wrote about the 80% bonus for purchased Virgin America miles, several readers noted they thought it was no longer possible to book Virgin Australia flights using Delta miles — and that there was speculation (fueled by Delta […]

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5 companies making fair trade fashion cooler than what you have in your wardrobe

Whether adopting fair labor practices or eco-friendly manufacturing techniques, the following brands have worked to become more socially responsible:



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20,000+ Miles In 72 Hours: Introduction

For reasons I'll probably explain at another point, I had to be in Hong Kong for a morning. Not the most efficient use of time, but at the same time I don't mind redeeming miles for Cathay Pacific first class to Asia, given what a great value it is. I've gotta spend my weekends somehow, and sipping Krug at 39,000 feet doesn't suck that much. ;)

Originally I was just going to book a roundtrip first class ticket on Cathay Pacific from the US to Hong Kong.

But after giving it some thought I realized that I really wanted to fly Japan Airlines' new first class, which I've been meaning to try for a long time (I've only flown JAL's old first class between Tokyo and New York).

As luck would have it, Japan Airlines had first class award availability from Tokyo Narita to New York JFK on the exact date I needed.

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15 signs you're from Spain

You think if you have dinner before 9 pm you will wake up hungry in the middle of the night.



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Gnarliest supercell storm timelapse

Some of the most violent thunderstorms are caused by gigantic, rotating clouds called supercells. Watch this timelapse of one forming in Kansas.



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Visas Before Arrival Soon to Be Required for Travel to Egypt — What Will the Impact Be?

When people ask me what my most memorable travel experience has been, the answer is not one of the fancy premium cabin flights I have been fortunate to experience thanks to points and miles or a visit to a world-class destination in Asia, Australia or Europe. The answer, without hesitation, is the approximately 40 hours […]



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When Mileage Award Booking Is Too Hard to Handle

Reader sarah asked, Is there a service which can assist in arranging a multi-city vacation in Europe using [American Express Membership Rewards points] and American miles… air and hotel. Appears to be too complex for my computer skills. Funny Sarah should ask this! I happen to have an award booking service. Lest you think I’m […]

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7 of the craziest airline passengers

We've got a long list of crazy reasons that flights in the past few years have been delayed, rerouted, or returned to their departure airports:



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