Monthly Archives for February 2015.
If you want to achieve the closest approximation to what Mark Twain experienced when he visited Kilauea in 1866, you might have to travel to the Congo or Ethiopia. But there are several other active volcanoes also worth exploring.
I have not personally ever taken a guided tour trip, but I know others who have and seem to really enjoy them. Within the online travel communities, however, you don’t come across a whole lot of guided tour trip reports in which the reporter offers effusive praise. But elberko certainly seems to be the exception…
The initial report regarding how United intends to handle the mistake fares that were booked this morning, as reported by Ben Mutzabaugh at USA Today, is that United will NOT be honoring all of the tickets purchased. Notice the emphasized words. FlyerTalkers aren’t quite ready to give up the fight based on this news. Off…
A mistake fare that caused tickets between Europe and the U.S. to price out at about $100 has been fixed. But that doesn’t mean the fun is over. In fact, in many ways the fun is just beginning.
Go ahead and continue to read Lucky’s “One Mile at a Time” blog, but pity the poor, soulful creature because he is a confessed loony toon.
This thread is a great read not only for first-time travelers, but for anyone who travels. No matter how experienced a traveler you are, you are almost certain to learn something new that will help you on your next trip.
A discussion about hotel check-out etiquette that is more involved and intricate than one might have thought possible. And two product ideas that could resolve check-out dilemmas once and for all.
Rather than study the new and old award charts and present a host of hypothetical travel scenarios and how the changes would impact earning and redemption, Sixth Freedom asks himself how he “would have been impacted over five years had the recent Executive Club changes taken effect on 1st January 2008.”
It isn’t every day that you come across a trip report describing a motorcycle adventure across the wilds of Tajikistan. And the person who wrote this report is an excellent reporter, an even better photographer, and is returning to his teenage home after nearly 30 years.
Do you hold the highest elite status in one, or many, frequent flyer programs? If so, are you sure about that?
