The decade in travel: Technology and terrorism
December 14, 2009 ·
Remember getting through an airport without removing your shoes, dumping your water bottle or showing ID? Remember when buying plane tickets by phone was faster than using a clunky Web site with a dial-up connection? Remember when you needed a guidebook to plan a vacation, and when you had to phone ahead to get directions? [...]
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is ‘Christmas City,’ plus a casino
December 7, 2009 ·
Visitors looking to get into the holiday spirit have long traveled to Bethlehem, a lovely little city in eastern Pennsylvania founded by Moravians on Christmas Eve, 1741. With its well-preserved Moravian architecture, a popular seasonal bazaar called Christkindlmarkt, an impeccably decorated downtown, and a host of Christmas-themed events between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Bethlehem [...]
Changing flight plans due to illness can cost you
December 2, 2009 ·
Passengers are encouraged not to fly if they are sick, but it could cost you if you follow that advice. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people do not travel if they are sick, and that they stay home and avoid travel for at least 24 hours after fever or fever-like symptoms [...]
Avoiding the long line at St. Petersburg’s Hermitage museum
November 28, 2009 ·
Maybe it’s a holdover from Communist days, when Soviet citizens patiently queued up to buy meat, vegetables, and other necessities of life from poorly stocked groceries, but lines seem to be part of Russian culture. The trick is knowing how to avoid them—and I recently learned how to avoid one of the most infamous: the [...]
AirTran giving double rewards for Milwaukee travel
November 20, 2009 ·
Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will offer double reward credits to all of its frequent flier club members when they travel between Milwaukee and any AirTran destination through Feb. 10. When A-Plus Rewards members purchase travel, they will earn four A-Plus Rewards credits for every roundtrip [...]
JetBlue Airways launches one-day sale
November 19, 2009 ·
JetBlue is running a one-day sale Thursday on international and domestic flights with airfares between $29 and $129 each way. The airline said sale fares are for travel between Dec. 2 and Dec 16 as well as between Jan. 6 to Jan. 28, with some blackout dates. The sale is not valid on tickets for [...]
Cheap airfares: British Airways super sale
November 10, 2009 ·
Fly between New York City and London from $458 roundtrip (plus taxes and an online booking fee) by acting on British Airways’ most amazing fare sale in a year. Other sample fares, from New York City: Rome, roundtrip from $474. Paris, roundtrip from $500. Istanbul, roundtrip from $560. New Delhi, roundtrip from $890. Cairo, roundtrip [...]
