Sunny Suisse: Happy hour at the Bern Cathedral
The afternoon came quickly on my day in Bern. Part of that is because I didn’t get into town until after noon and part of...
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Sunny Suisse: Seeing the bears of Bern
I chose Bern (a/k/a Berne) as my first stop on a whirl through Switzerland based on the description provided by UNESCO regarding its old city....
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Sunny Suisse Part 1: What the heck am I doing in Switzerland??
What happens when you show up in Europe on a three night trip and you have no idea what you want to do? This is...
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Using Hipmunk to maximize mileage run bookings
The past couple days I’ve been trying to help a friend of mine book a relatively complicated itinerary from Seattle to Stockholm. At 12,663 miles...
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Need to top off your Delta SkyMiles Medallion status? Just buy it!
For Delta SkyMiles customers who are going to come up just a bit short of their desired Medallion status level in 2012 there is an...
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Alitalia to honor some of the JPY25000 coupon tickets
Alitalia has shifted position on their most recent mistake: some tickets will actually be honored. The carrier initially indicated they would cancel all flights issued...
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Alitalia cancelling the “free” tickets
Lots of folks got all sorts of excited over a discount code for JPY 25000 off Alitalia flights available on the carrier’s Japanese site. There...
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United takes a stab at more personal marketing
I rarely read the emails I get from United Airlines any more. They simply aren’t all that relevant most of the time. Sure, I’ll look...
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How I use ITA to plan a mileage run
Think for just a minute about the amount of complexity involved in pricing out any given flight itinerary. You’re dealing with thousands upon thousands of...
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Thanksgiving business class fare sales to Europe are out
The annual cycle of business class fare sales for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend has started once again. Tickets much be purchased in the next 10...