New duds for your Mexico vacation
For most people a trip to Mexico means thinking about buying a new bathing suit or something else suitable for the beach life. For those...
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Flying to Europe the long way
Every now and then an airline messes up the routing rules in their booking engines, resulting in some pretty impressive deals. I almost flew NYC...
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Lifetime Elite status comes (back) to Continental
For many business travelers, the holy grail of all those miles spent on planes is Lifetime Elite status. It is somewhat of a retirement gift...
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Living in an airport
Lots of folks feel like they live at the airport some times. After four or five trips in a week and a similar number of...
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SilverJet closes up shop
The last operating all-premium carrier on the NYC-London route, SilverJet, has ceased operations as of this morning due to an inability to raise additional financing....
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Adapting to local dining customs
One of my favorite bits of travel is the different dining habits/customs of our destination. When in Spain, dinner is nice and late, following an...
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Let your computer do the flying
For those of you earthbound by rising ticket prices, you should’ve bought tickets from the Hawaii “sale” yesterday. Or, as a more reasonable solution, check...
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Hawaii on sale, again
Looks like a new Hawaii fare war has cropped up. This time the combatants are Continental and United, with each offering sub-$300 fares from the...
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Delta cutting international routes
Route cuts are getting more and more common these days, but the vast majority of the announced cuts to this point have been in the...
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Travel light, or pay
American Airlines, the last holdout of the legacy carriers in the decision to start charging for checking two bags, has taken the lead in the...