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What Visitor Quarantine Is Like In Thailand Right Now

by Gary Leff

Jan 21 2021

Thailand is technically open to visitors, but even with a negative Covid test there’s a 14 day quarantine requirement and the idea of being stuck inside a hotel room that long hasn’t been popular. It’s attracted only a few hundred tourists per month to the country.

However people will go to greater lengths to visit friends and relatives than they will for just a vacation long enough to justify the quarantine period. I saw on social media that the owner of my favorite Thai restaurant was back in Bangkok, in the middle of his quarantine period at a hotel with his wife. He was gracious enough to share his story and some photos.

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Norwegian Drops All Transatlantic Flights, Liquidates Long Haul Subsidiaries

by Gary Leff

plane on runway
Jan 14 2021

Norwegian helped drive low cost transatlantic travel with its Boeing 787s, much to the chagrin of legacy carriers. British Airways even considered buying the airline in order to quash it as a competitor. Now it will focus on domestic and regional flying with its narrowbody aircraft.

None of this is surprising but it’s disappointing for consumers who benefited from the competition, whether they flew Norwegian or not.

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9+ Business Class Award Seats Open On United’s Toughest-To-Get International Flights Through 12/6/21

by Gary Leff

Jan 07 2021

I’ve gone ahead and booked a couple more sets of 3 business class award roundtrips for later in 2021 thanks to United opening up award seats across the board on many of its toughest to get routes like Houston – Sydney and San Francisco – Singapore. There are even dates where you’ll find 9 or more business class award seats available.

Other open destinations include San Francisco – Bangalore, San Francisco – Tel Aviv, and Newark – Venice (albeit this last with only modest availability).

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13 Ways to Make Flying Economy More Enjoyable

by Gary Leff

airplane seats
Jan 03 2021

You can make flying economy more enjoyable. It doesn’t have to be the miserable experience most of us have come to expect if you know these 13 tricks. So let’s look forward to when everyone is traveling again and talk about staying comfortable on a long flight, when your class of service isn’t going to do it for you?

If you know these 13 things ahead of time you can make flying economy more enjoyable.

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Set To Expire, Bask Bank New Customer Bonus Extended – A Great Place To Park Cash

by Gary Leff

sydney opera house at sunset
Dec 29 2020

2020 has been a hard year, but it’s almost behind us. And I’m excited to start traveling again, I’ve been plotting out several trips for the summer and fall of 2021. I’m only booking my airfare with miles, though, because of how flexible that can be.

A Bask Savings Account is a great way to earn these miles, and it’s great that the new customer bonus offer has been extended.

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