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American Now Lets You Book Iberia Award Tickets Online (Avoids Big BA Fuel Surcharges)

by Gary Leff

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Jun 08 2017

The biggest mistake the average member of a frequent flyer program makes when it comes to using their miles for travel is believing that you just go to your airline’s website, enter the city you’re traveling from and where you want to go, and the website will spit out your options.

It’s also a perfectly reasonable expectation in 2017, but it’s not how it works. Different airlines do better and worse jobs at this, of course. Some don’t have all their partners online. Some won’t show all possible combinations of flights.

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Cough: “Travel is So Important, It Leaves You Speechless And Makes You a Storyteller”

by Gary Leff

Jun 08 2017

Travel is great. And I understand the world far better seeing it, tasting it, and experiencing it than merely reading about it. Once you start doing it the world does seem smaller and more accessible, and it can be less expensive or more comfortable (or less expensive and more comfortable) than you thought.

But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make fun of people annoying you incessantly by preaching about it.

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Terrible: Tourist Kicks Hotel Maid Unconscious

by Gary Leff

Jun 07 2017

Hotel housekeeping is a tough job. It’s a dirty job, cleaning up after guests some of whom are terrible. And it’s a physically demanding job as well which must be done quickly given the number of rooms that a given staff member must clean in a day.

But as difficult as housekeeping jobs are, no one signs up for this.

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