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Grand Velas Riviera Maya and the Long Flight Home (Trip Report)
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Yesterday I talked about my rough experience getting to Cancun. Fortunately that was the low point of the trip. My stay at the Grand Velas was outstanding. (Disclosure: I paid for flights, but the hotel…
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My First Southwest International Flight to Cancun Could Have Gone Better (Trip Report)
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You may know that I’m one of the Condé Nast Top Travel Specialists. When the founder of that list, Wendy Perrin, left the magazine, she started a new website and created the WOW List for…
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Southwest Reveals Its Ft Lauderdale Plans as a Four-Way Battle Heats Up
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Southwest extended its schedule into the summer recently, and the biggest winner was clearly Ft Lauderdale. Southwest is adding six new cities and beefing up its schedule as its new terminal expansion prepares to open.…
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3 Links I Love: The American Uniform Problem, Flying a Yak, JetBlue 100 Percent Wifi
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This week’s featured link: Full Text: Twin Hill’s letter to American Airlines’ attendants – USA Today If you haven’t been following, there has been quite the uproar over the new flight attendant uniforms at American.…
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United is Retiring Its 747s By the End of the Year, and I’m Glad
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You can’t call yourself an airline dork if you don’t love the 747, and I can imagine that many of you shook your head in dismay when you read the subject of this post. I’ll…
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The Plan to Fix JFK Focuses on the Wrong Thing
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We’ve heard a lot about the billions of dollars being sunk into New York’s LaGuardia Airport, but what about JFK? Oh don’t worry, there are plans to spend billions there as well. Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
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How Can We Prevent Another Ft Lauderdale-Style Shooting?
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In the wake of the recent shooting in the baggage claim area in Ft Lauderdale Airport’s Terminal 2, there are a lot of questions being asked with few answers so far. The most important question…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest Further Sheds AirTran Markets, NewLeaf Backs Down, Emirates Trouble
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This week’s featured link: Summer is Here—Summer 2017 Schedule is now Published! – Southwest Airlines Community Southwest’s summer schedule is out, and there are a bunch of changes. Most notably, Southwest is going into Cincinnati,…
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To Nobody’s Surprise, United Won’t Have to Pay Out On Its 2016 Performance Guarantee
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In the summer of 2015, Delta was so proud of its operational performance that it put out a guarantee for corporate customers. If Delta failed to best American and United, then it would pay out.…
