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Category Archives: Travel

Travel

Observations From Another Week Traveling

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 26, 2021September 26, 2021 8 Comments
Florida boat sunset

Traveling this week provided some interesting data points for both business travel and leisure.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or...

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Delta’s No-Fly List, Good Intentions, Bad Idea

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 26, 2021September 26, 2021 21 Comments
delta no fly list

Delta announced an effort to unify US carriers to make their own no-fly list for misbehaving passengers. However, execution will make this good intention a very bad idea.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit...

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Travel To Change With Buy Now Pay Later Apps

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 12, 2021September 12, 2021 10 Comments
Affirm buy now pay later travel partners

A slurry of new “buy now, pay later” apps have the potential to change the way we travel. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed...

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Travel

The Reasons Why Business Travel Will Come Back

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 5, 2021September 5, 2021 27 Comments
Corporate travel

A Bloomberg article this week spelled doom and gloom for business travel but it’s wrong and here’s why. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed...

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Travel

Warning: Rental Car Pricing Is Obscene In Europe Too

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 3, 2021September 3, 2021 10 Comments

If you thought the problem of depleted inventory and high pricing was constrained to the U.S. car rental market, think again. Europe isn’t much better. Be prepared for extreme sticker shock. High Rental Car Pricing In Europe A reader...

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Travel

Are Long Lines At Airports A “Government Strategy” To Discourage Flying?

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021 12 Comments
Long Border Lines

A prominent UK travel firm has suggested that the long lines that continue to keep travelers waiting at London Heathrow airport are part of a “government strategy” to discourage flying. Is there any truth to that charge? UK Government...

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Travel

Airlines Show Signs Of Slowing Down Again

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 22, 2021August 22, 2021 20 Comments
Airlines slowing down

US airlines are showing signs of slowing down again but this time there shouldn’t be a taxpayer bailout.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed...

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Travel

An Open Letter to Sec. Of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 25, 2021September 12, 2021 29 Comments
Third Airline Bailout

Among the many travel reforms proposed by President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, here are the ones he is missing.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you...

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Travel

United Airlines Extends Global Services Status For All Members

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 23, 2021July 22, 2021 23 Comments

United Airlines is extending the status of its top-tier Global Services members for another year with no strings attached. United Airlines Extends Global Services Status In an email that went out to members this morning from Luc Bondar, the...

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Travel

“Top 20” Airlines Of the World, Including A Surprising #8…

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 23, 2021July 22, 2021 28 Comments

A popular Australian aviation website is out with its annual rankings for the world’s top airlines in 2021. While the winner is not a surprise, some of the rankings have left me scratching my head…like ranking United Airlines the...

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Travel

2024 Five-Month “World Cruise” Sells Out In Hours

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 18, 2021September 12, 2021 9 Comments
World Cruise Mariner Master Suite courtesy of Regent Seven Seas

In the clearest sign that the travel recovery has exceeded all expectations, a “World Cruise” that takes place in three years sells out in less than 180 minutes.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please...

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Travel

Absurd Airline Hold Times Demonstrate Foolishness Of Bailouts

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 10, 2021July 10, 2021 29 Comments
Absurd Airline Hold Times

Have you tried to contact a U.S. airline lately? Hold times are ridiculous…and seem to be getting worse. Wasn’t this what bailouts were supposed to prevent against? Instead, the longer hold times demonstrate how airlines took taxpayer money, pocketed...

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Travel

How A Man Punished His Rude, Barefooted Seatmate

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 7, 2021 12 Comments
Barefooted Seatmate

Most of us have seen it at one time or another. Some of us have experienced it. I’m talking about bad seatmates on airplanes, specifically those who think they can use the seat in front of them to rest...

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Travel

Scary: Boy Chokes In Front Of Me Eating A Business Class Cheeseburger

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 29, 2021June 29, 2021 10 Comments

Scary incident. I was flying from Istanbul to Belgrade on Air Serbia and the kid sitting in front of me choked on his lunch.  Boy Chokes On His Business Class Cheeseburger It was a tense few seconds. To hear...

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Travel

Airline Bailout: Expansion, Gouging At Taxpayer Expense

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 27, 2021September 12, 2021 12 Comments
airline bailout

Carriers weren’t shy to discuss the tremendous hardship they’d be under and just how many jobs would be lost if they weren’t granted a bailout. But now that the recovery is here, the airlines seem to have forgotten who...

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Dance Moms Host Abby Lee Miller Sues American Airlines

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 27, 2021September 12, 2021 10 Comments
abby lee miller wheelchair

The former host of Dance Moms, Abby Lee Miller, has sued American Airlines for an incident in 2019. Here are the myriad reasons why her lawsuit is frivolous. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit...

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Travel

Which Countries In Europe Are Open To Americans?

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 18, 2021June 24, 2021 26 Comments
Which Countries In Europe Are Open To Americans

As Europe re-opens to travelers from the United States it is not always clear where you can go and where you cannot for tourism. Many guides online list some countries and not others, so I wanted to put together...

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Travel

Hyatt Validates My Unwavering Loyalty

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 16, 2021June 16, 2021 25 Comments

It’s not just the latest lucrative quarterly promotion that has me singing praises for Hyatt: it is the consistently superior experience I enjoy as a guest. Why Hyatt Earns My Loyalty I shared about how Marriott needlessly antagonizes its...

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Travel

Have We Learned Anything? Wash Your Hands PLEASE…

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 14, 2021 14 Comments
Wash Your Hands Airport

I got off a flight a couple days ago in Los Angeles and made a beeline for the restroom. I wasn’t the only one. But apparently I was the only one who remembered to wash his hands. Wash Your...

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Travel

Anthony Bourdain Vs Rick Steves – Which Are You?

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 13, 2021September 12, 2021 27 Comments
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Two of the most famous travel hosts on TV were Anthony Bourdain and Rick Steves. The two, and their audiences, have commonalities but are very, very different. Which are you? If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a...

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