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Monday April 2nd was a sad day for the community of frequent flyers. Tim Winship — long a standard voice among those passing along wisdom and as well the sanity of the topic of miles and points — passed… Continue Reading
With strong demand in most parts of the world, the cost of travel has only one place to go: up. No big surprise there. If there’s anything surprising about the price creep, it’s how modest… Continue Reading
Enter the Viking River Cruises “Grand European Tour” sweepstakes by April 30, 2018, for a chance to win the grand prize: a 15-day European river cruise spanning four countries, including airfare,… Continue Reading
In case you missed something, following are the biggest travel stories and best deals covered this past week. Check ’em out! Survey Confirms That Coach Seating Sucks A new Consumer Reports survey… Continue Reading
Airports. Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em. But their tolerability quotients vary widely; some are more endurable, even congenial, than others. Related: Survey Confirms… Continue Reading
It is the recirculated air on commercial aircraft that’s responsible for travelers’ propensity to get sick when flying. True or false? False. It turns out that more germs are spread by human… Continue Reading
I’ve always been a bit skeptical of claims that this or that is the optimal time to book flights at the lowest airfares. For one thing, that would credit the airlines with operating according to… Continue Reading
Warren Buffet, one of the world’s best known and most successful investors, has a wildly variable relationship with the airline industry, dating back to his ill-timed investment in USAir, in 1989,… Continue Reading
Where to go next, and when to go there. If you’re looking for suggestions, TripAdvisor’s newly announced Travelers’ Choice awards have you covered, whether you’re looking to travel… Continue Reading
Consumer Reports is in the business of rating and ranking, everything from refrigerators to running shoes. In a shift from its normal product-review routine, where the publication’s in-house experts… Continue Reading