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Qantas Purges Frequent Flyer Bargains and Rewards Big Spenders
Travellers don’t yet appear to understand that, when the liability keeps growing as new frequent flyers join the program and start flying, it is inevitable that frequent flyer benefits must periodically be reduced. CHANGES to Australia’s biggest frequent flyer program were not only inevitable, but the professional points hunters saw it coming. In fact, much…
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Finding a Cheap Car Rental in Africa
For those who think that renting a car in another country will be impossible or cumbersome, it’s time to think again. Last week, i got a chance to try out my first car rental in Africa. I badly needed a small 4X4 car to travel into the remote side of Northern Uganda. I managed to…
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10 Things Airlines Won’t Tell You
1. “We’re jacking up ticket prices.” It’s not your imagination. Airfare is getting more expensive. The cost for a domestic roundtrip ticket averaged nearly $356 last year, up 3.6% from a year prior, according to the latest data from Airlines for America, a trade group which represents U.S. carriers. And the rate at which airfare…
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Fee-for-No-Service Fad Targets carry-on bags
FIRST, airlines started charging for checked luggage that used to be included in the ticket price. That alone is an entire new industry created in the past decade that now consumes around $30 billion worldwide in travellers’ cash. The consequence wasn’t so much unforeseen as “What the hell! We’ll do it anyway”. Being forced to…
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Euro-Oz Non-stops to Become a Reality
Fast-growing Turkish Airlines is ready to start the first express services between Australia and Europe. DESPITE Qantas’s long-cherished ambition to become the first airline to operate the world’s longest non-stop air route between Australia and Europe, it is expected to be beaten to the prize in the next two to three years by the world’s…
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Singapore : A Destination for Every Traveler
Singapore is metropolitan city-state had a lot more tricks up its sleeve. It seems that whatever your traveling style, they have something that fits to your liking: family fun, hip hangouts, nightlife, arts and entertainments, shopping and dining, nature and wildlife…and the list goes on and on. The sheer amount of activities you can do…
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BAA to sell Stansted Airport
Airports operator BAA has agreed to sell Stansted Airport, following a three year legal battle with the Competition Commission. In 2009 the Competition Commission ruled that it must sell Stansted because of the lack of competition between London airports. BAA was ordered to sell off Stansted and Gatwick, in addition to selling off either Glasgow…
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Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority Target Saudi Visitors
United Arab Emirates -Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) are set to launch their largest roadshow in Saudi Arabia in a bid to further increase the number of visitors from the Kingdom. The roadshow will include stops in Jeddah, Riyadhand Dammam which will begin on August 26. The delegation comprises more than…
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Rwanda – Land Of A Thousand Hills
People gasped in horror when we told them we were going to Rwanda on holiday. ‘It’s so dangerous’, ‘Are you crazy’ was the general response. So I’d like to set the record straight and let people know that Rwanda has to be one of the most beautiful and peaceful countries I have ever visited. They…