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What Would You Do During Plane Emergency Evacuation

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Emergency Evacuation
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A couple of days back a British Airway’s plane engine caught fire during take off at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas.

Luckily everyone made it out alive with just 13 people (possible more) being sent “to local hospitals for treatment” according to CNN. The plane was evacuated within five minutes with passengers and crew using the emergency evacuation slides.

Some passengers were called out for bringing their luggage off of the plane during the emergency. Continue reading What Would You Do During Plane Emergency Evacuation →

Etihad Biz Class Upgrade Offer At Check-In

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Etihad Business Class Upgrade

Just before we left on our trip to the Middle East Gulf States (booked during what I’d consider the best flight connection ever), I had an interesting e-mail from Etihad.

They actually sent me the offer multiple times.

Etihad was offering me the chance to upgrade to business class by essentially bidding for the seats. By making Etihad an offer between $1,100 – $1,800 each way, I could potentially be sitting in a comfy biz class seat rather than in coach. Continue reading Etihad Biz Class Upgrade Offer At Check-In →

Flight Attendants Ask You To Stop Doing This

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Flight Attendants
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It isn’t easy being a flight attendant.

From making sure everyone gets seated in time for take-off, figuring out the puzzle of the overhead bins, meal-service and making sure that we’re safe, there’s definitely a lot of responsibility involved.

While the job of a FA sounds way too stressful to me in some ways, there are some things that we could all do to help make their jobs a bit easier. Continue reading Flight Attendants Ask You To Stop Doing This →

Top 10 All-Inclusive Resorts in U.S.

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all inclusive resortsI recently wrote a post about Why I Don’t Like All Inclusive Resorts.

The main thing that I don’t like about all- inclusives is that since you’re paying a premium to stay there, you might not be as likely get out and explore the area. Then again, many times the resort is the attraction in the area.

Fodor’s came up with a slideshow of what they consider the 10 Best All- Inclusive Resorts in the US. Continue reading Top 10 All-Inclusive Resorts in U.S. →

Lonely Planet Picks Top Sites in the World

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Top SitesLonely Planet took a look into figuring out what the best sites in the world are. To do so, LP experts voted and made some tough decisions which they have included in their new book.

In Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travelist book (Ultimate Travel in U.S.), coming out October 6, they’ve selected the top 500 sites in the world and “ranked them in order of their brilliance“. Continue reading Lonely Planet Picks Top Sites in the World →

Why I Don’t Like All-Inclusive Resorts

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all inclusive resorts
Customer testimonial at all-inclusive

While traveling I tend to look into spending as little as possible for a decent place to stay. I do so by mixing up stays at hostels, local hotels, using Airbnb and using hotel points.

Generally speaking, all-inclusive’s are really not my thing. My thoughts on the topic are that if you’re spending a lot of money to stay at an all-inclusive, you’re less likely to leave the resort to experience the food and activities in the area.

I feel that if you’re paying for the amenities, you might as well take advantage of them… Continue reading Why I Don’t Like All-Inclusive Resorts →

Teen Caught Stealing from Pompeii, Wanted To Buy iPhone

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Pompeii

iPhones may or may not be the hottest phones on the market but it did prompt one teen to do something that wasn’t so smart.

According to Fox News, a 16-year-old boy from the Netherlands attempted to “steal a priceless artifact from the ancient city of Pompeii” in Italy. Luckily an American tourist saw what he was doing and reported him.

So what do iPhones and tiles from Pompeii have to do with each other? Continue reading Teen Caught Stealing from Pompeii, Wanted To Buy iPhone →

Citi AA Exec Retention, Etihad Biz Upgrade, SPG Credit Card Benefits + 30K Offer, World’s #1 Traveler, US Open Chase Lounge & More- The Rehash!

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Rehash

I have to say that I’m pretty excited for our upcoming trip. We leave pretty late tomorrow evening on our trip to the Middle East Gulf States. Our first stop is Abu Dhabi, UAE and from there we’ll visit three more countries as well as more of the UAE at the end.

Most of our plans are done but we have a few more details to tie-up which shouldn’t be too bad. Packing usually gets done around here at the earliest, the day before a trip so we’re right on schedule with that…I decided last-minute to splurge and pick up a guide book. My guess is that most of you don’t bother anymore with books but I still like to turn some pages and get some ideas about a trip from a book. Continue reading Citi AA Exec Retention, Etihad Biz Upgrade, SPG Credit Card Benefits + 30K Offer, World’s #1 Traveler, US Open Chase Lounge & More- The Rehash! →

Making an Offer to Upgrade to Etihad Biz Class. Is It Worth It?

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Etihad Business Class

Towards the end of December 2014 I wrote about what I’d consider The Best Flight Connection Ever.

While on the way to Jamaica, I was able to book a flight (for myself,  Kim and  Lucas) to Abu Dhabi on Etihad (in coach) for the incredible price of $232.53 per person which came to a total of $697.60.

During the trip we’ll be moving around quite a bit and it sure would be nice to move upfront on our (now) direct 13 hour flight from New York.

Etihad has been offering me the chance to make an offer to upgrade to business class. Continue reading Making an Offer to Upgrade to Etihad Biz Class. Is It Worth It? →