The three most popular posts/thread on ThreadTripping last week, as well as a list of all of the travelers and travel communities that were featured over the course of the week.
This Week’s Top 3 Threads – July 5, 2014
Just Another Spiritual Points Traveler?
I like my fellow BoardingArea blogger, Angelina Aucello – author of the Just Another Points Traveler blog. She’s good people. Just recently, however, I learned that Angelina is nuttier than a coach cabin in the 80s.
$161 to Rarotonga
bedinh takes us all the way from soup to nuts on a fantastic spur-of-the-moment trip that was the result of a points mistake fare. And he flavors the report with an inspiring blend of photos from the airports, in-flight, and of course, Rarotonga.
Take Two of These and We’ll Cut It Off in the Morning
Emergency surgery in a country where you don’t speak the language sounds about as bad as a trip can get to me. Travelers share stories of health scares while on the road.
Taking the Red Eye from Vientiane to Hanoi
According to Conde Nast Traveler, the longest flight in the world in terms of time in the air is Delta’s Atlanta-Johannesburg flight – clocking in at just under 17 hours. But that’s still about 12 hours shy of the route emdee13 took to get from Vientiane to Hanoi.
Frequent Flyer Food Fight
A few topics never fail to inspire passionate debate amongst frequent flyers. Upgrade availability, or lack thereof. Award chart changes. And, of course … ice cream sundaes.
Freqonomics – The Hidden Side of Travel
Many, many travelers post detailed descriptions of their in-flight experiences to online travel communities. So why is it that one such traveler turned down compensation offered by Air France to record information about a flight he had booked?
The Trip That Launched the Life Journey
I stumbled across this thread in which travelers were asked to recount their favorite holiday trips they took as kids. And it’s one of those discussions that baffles me as to why it didn’t generate more interest than it did.
Another Reason Frequent Flyers Are Considered a Bit Off
Remember back in 2008/2009 when times were grand? Airlines were offering double and triple miles promotions, and hotels were practically giving rooms away. Oh sure, there were some concerns about the stability of the world economies and massive world wars. But look hard enough and you can always find a dark side.
Study: Herd Effect Skews Online Ratings
According to an MIT study, online reviews can be skewed dramatically due to a social “herd effect” – which mostly results in over-ratings.
