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Fellow Traveler: Army Veteran Ray Travis

June 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based photographer Jason Travis has spent the past few years documenting a variety of people and the contents of their bags in his Persona series. For our very own curated Roam Fellow Traveler series, Travis goes even more granular, shooting travelers and their carry-on bag contents to see what essential items they can’t leave […]

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10 Things to Do in Prague for $10 or Less

June 15, 2017

The fairy tale-like charm, Baroque architecture, cheap pilsners, farmers’ markets, art galleries and so much more – what’s not to love about Prague? If you want to travel to Europe but are tight on cash, consider visiting the capital of the Czech Republic (also called “Czechia” as of July 5, 2016). The walkable streets, a […]

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Review: Al Wadi Desert Resort (Ritz-Carlton Partner Hotel Outside Dubai)

June 14, 2017

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model Chrissy Teigen Wishes She Could Be an Airline Blogger

June 14, 2017

Supermodel Chrissy Teigen told Travel and Leisure, “One of my biggest dreams is to rate airplane food.” “I love airplane food. I’ve always been a fan of compartmentalized food. I love things where they are in their own little area,” Teigen told T+L. “I’ve always loved everything about it whether it’s coach, first class, business […]

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Buy American Miles for 1.72 Cents Each (Plus Get a Set of Steak Knives Just Pay Shipping & Handling)

June 14, 2017

For Black Friday American offered to sell miles for as low as 1.77 cents, improving on the bonus they were already offering. Then since December is the New Black Friday they ran it again for December and through January 3. Since American now runs AAdvantage more or less like US Airways Dividend Miles, regular price […]

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Star Trek Star LeVar Burton Unloads on American Airlines. But What Don’t His Twitter Fans Know?

June 14, 2017

American Airlines has been flying more widebody aircraft domestically. It’s not a huge change, but they’ve scheduled a Boeing 787-8 on Chicago – Los Angeles along with 7 to 8 narrowbody aircraft a day. Sunday American substituted a Boeing 777-300ER on the route, which in my opinion is an upgrade. But it led to problems […]

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Virgin Atlantic Pulls a Paul Simon: Cancel BA Tickets With 50 Ways to Leave British Airways

June 14, 2017

I once had a flight attendant make what’s apparently a semi-famous safety announcement, along the lines of “there may be 50 ways to leave your lover but there’s only 4 ways to leave this aircraft.” Paul Simon’s 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover has a strong history then with aviation, or at least travel (“Hop […]

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American Airlines Backs Off 29 Inch Pitch Economy, But It’s Not All Good News

June 14, 2017

At the end of April I broke that American was looking to add a bunch of seats to its new Boeing 737s. A few days later it was revealed that the plan involved reducing seat pitch (the distance from seat back to seat back) in 3 rows of economy from 31 inches to 29 inches, […]

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Alitalia Was Days Away From Being Kicked Out of New York JFK and Having U.S. Phones Turned Off

June 14, 2017

Alitalia has been a perennial basket case. Their costs are high and their operations inefficient. And their ability to expand across the Atlantic in an advantageous way is, they say, hamstrung by a revenue-sharing joint venture agreement with Air France and Delta that’s a legacy from when Air France was a major investor in the […]

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United’s Plan to Squeeze More Money From Passengers While Making Them Less Comfortable

June 14, 2017

Andrew Levy, United Airlines Executive Vice President & CFO, spoke today at the Citi 2017 Industrials Conference. D0 Comes to United Airlines, Customers Experience Should Suffer The presentation opened with United’s operational performance. They want to run on-time because re-accommodating passengers after cancellations and misconnections is expensive. However they’ve formally changed the metric they look […]

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