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
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The BIG Stories: YCL Sucks + DL Award Devaluation + Buffett to Buy Southwest? + When to Book Flights
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
Are These the World’s 10 Best Airports?
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
Earn a Free Night After 2 Choice Hotels Stays
Over the past several years, Choice’s recurring promotional offer has been 8,000 points after two stays. Sometimes it’s promoted as such: 8,000 points after two stays. More often though, the… Continue Reading
The Best Seat on the Plane to Avoid Getting Sick
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
For Cheapest Tickets, Here’s When to Book Flights
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
Delta Imposes Newly Restrictive Award-Booking Policy
Effective immediately—or whenever it was that Delta posted the new rule to its website, with no notice to SkyMiles members—SkyMiles award tickets for travel that doesn’t begin or end… Continue Reading
Warren Buffet Might Buy an Airline. Guess Which One
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
TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards
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: Coach Class Seats Are ‘Fair’ to ‘Poor’
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
