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Washington Post: "Secure Flight may be making your privacy less secure"
The Practical Nomad Blog &bull Yesterday
And drawing a fine line between data collected for Secure Flight and information gathered for other purposes, such as frequent-flier program account information, may allow them to do that. I use AOL, and I didn't get your newsletter, or didn't get an answer to my… Full Story »
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Foreign Grocery Friday: Save Your Tastebuds from Spicy with Ayran in Turkey
Jaunted &bull Yesterday
When we travel, one of our favorite things to do is to pop into a local grocery store and check out the food products and candies we'd never find anywhere else. So we're trying out this new feature, Foreign Grocery… Full Story »
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Brazil's TAM Airlines Confirms Order for 25 Airbus
Asia Travel Tips &bull Jul 29, 2010
Brazils TAM Airlines, Airbus biggest customer in the Southern Hemisphere, has signed a firm order for 25 Airbus aircraft, bringing the Brazilian airlines total Airbus order book to 176. This order for 20 A320 Family and 5 A350-900s follows the… Full Story »
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What we're reading: Woman loses hearing on Qantas, Air Berlin to join oneword, Lufthansa seeks savor in the skies
Elliott Blog &bull Jul 28, 2010
We've all boarded a flight where, no matter what the parents try, a child will not stop screaming. For one passenger on a Qantas flight, things didn't turn out so well. In January 2009, 67 year old Jean Barnard was… Full Story »
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Air Berlin to Join oneworld
Asia Travel Tips &bull Jul 28, 2010
Air Berlin is to join oneworld, adding Europes fifth largest airline and Germanys second biggest carrier to the airline alliance. Air Berlin group member Austrias NIKI will become an affiliate member of the alliance. A memorandum of understanding between Air… Full Story »
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Are air travel taxes refundable even if the airfare isn't?
The Practical Nomad Blog &bull Jul 27, 2010
If you don't actually fly, regardless of the reason and regardless of whether the fare is refundable, you are always entitled to a full refund of all the taxes included in the price of your airline ticket. Taxes are due and payable only if you actually fly. Airlines act as tax collectors, but they are supposed to hold the taxes in escrow until you actually travel, when the pay the government(s). In practice, unless you demand a refund of the taxes, most airlines routinely steal the taxes they have collected on unused tickets at nonrefundable fares. And more and more… Full Story »
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Air Berlin agreed to join the oneworld alliance and establish codeshare and frequent flyer program deals with American Airlines and Finnair...
The Transnational &bull Jul 27, 2010
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Upgrades and Downgrades: Coffee, tea, beer, comedy, oneWorld, fuel burn, and yes, pasties
Upgrade: Travel Better &bull Jul 27, 2010
Upgraded: The power of coffee and tea Sometimes it really is the little things: At Easyjet, the UK-based discount airline, flights haven't been particularly ontime this year. Under 50% for flights from London-Gatwick - which is terrible. And one of… Full Story »
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Air Berlin to join the Oneworld alliance
One Mile at a Time &bull Jul 26, 2010
Air Berlin has reached a tentative agreement to join the Oneworld alliance. There's going to be a press conference tomorrow to discuss the particulars, though either way it's going to be well overA a year before they formallyA join. This is… Full Story »
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Oneworld becomes first frequent-flier alliance to add a low-cost carrier
USAtoday.com- Today in the Sky &bull Jul 26, 2010
With that, it becomes the first big low-cost carrier to join one of the three large global airline alliances, Dow Jones says. The other alliances are the Star Alliance and SkyTeam. Additionally, oneworld says in a press release that Air… Full Story »
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Oneworld becomes first frequent-flier alliance to add a major low-cost carrier
USAtoday.com Travel - Top Stories &bull Jul 26, 2010
With that, it becomes the first big low-cost carrier to join one of the three large global airline alliances, Dow Jones says. The other alliances are the Star Alliance and SkyTeam. Additionally, oneworld says in a press release that Air… Full Story »
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Love Parade discontinued after 19 killed in stampede
Gadling &bull Jul 26, 2010
Germany's annual dance and music festival Love Parade ended tragically on Saturday after a stampede killed 19 people and injured at least 340, including travelers from Australia, Italy, and China. 1.4 million people reportedly turned out for the event, overcrowding… Full Story »
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Winter Of Discontent For European Militaries
Aviation Week &bull Jul 26, 2010
London will decide in September where the ax will fall on defense as Europe's main spenders come under ever-increasing pressure. Serious cuts and delays are inevitable as governments tighten belts. Liam Fox, the British secretary of state for defense, used… Full Story »
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Manufacturers Vie To Close Fighter Gap
Aviation Week &bull Jul 26, 2010
Savings at home and sales abroad are emerging as key drivers in the fighter aircraft market as manufacturers vie for export programs fundamental to their future welfare. Britain, meanwhile, is pushing Eurofighter partners for further support savings on the Typhoon… Full Story »
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Fly to Europe from $340 OW
Independent Traveler: Bargains &bull Jul 24, 2010For cheap flights from select U.S. cities to destinations like Dusseldorf, Helsinki, London and Vienna (among others), Air Berlin is a good bet. You can fly from New York, starting at $340 each way, and flights from other U.S. cities… Full Story »
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Mostar, Yugoslav Banks, and War Damage
Rick Steves Blog &bull Jul 24, 2010
Enlarge photoTo commemorate the Smithsonian Presents Travels with Rick Steves magazine a now on sale online, and at newsstands nationwide a Rick is blogging about the 20 top destinations featured in that issue. One of those destinations is Mostar, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. I remember that in the 1970s, lots of World War II damage still awaited repair throughout Germany. With the disparity of wealth between Eastern and… Full Story »
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'Grandiose Nazi airport becomes a wild and free park'
USAtoday.com- Today in the Sky &bull Jul 23, 2010
That's the headline from the Los Angeles Times, where reporter Borzou Daragahi provides an update on what's become of Berlin's Tempelhof Airport -- arguably one of the most noteworthy airports of the 20th century. Describing Tempelhof's history, Daragahi notes it… Full Story »
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Straddling two worlds at the DMZ as tensions run high
Boston Globe Travel &bull Jul 23, 2010
You see that?' If North Korea invades, we'll blow it up and it will block the road.' We were just a few minutes outside Seoul on a tour bus headed to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, which is within about 30 miles of the city's metro population of over 20 million people. Though the DMZ, a roughly 160-mile long, 2 1/2-mile-wide stretch of land dividing the two Koreas from coast to coast, is considered the most heavily militarized border in the world, it is also a popular tourist attraction. Paul and I had signed up for a tour of the Joint… Full Story »
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Biking in Europe: A Bridge over Cultural Barriers
SF Gate Travel &bull Jul 23, 2010
Rick StevesSFGateJuly 23, 2010 04:00 AMCopyright SFGate. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Some travelers are surprised when I tell them to consider biking in Europe. I explain that it's not only a cheap way to travel, it gets you close to the ground and close to the people. Whether you rent a bicycle for a day in a bike-friendly city like Copenhagen, or decide to pedal across France for a month, you'll experience a… Full Story »
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Germania Orders 5 Airbus A319s
Asia Travel Tips &bull Jul 22, 2010
S.A.T., the holding company of Berlin based airline Germania, has firmed up its Memorandum of Understanding and signed a contract for five Airbus A319s. Germania will thus become a new Airbus operator and will start a complete fleet rollover to… Full Story »
