Travel

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Cheap Flights To Caribbean, Europe and More. 3 Car Rentals To A Free Airline Ticket?

ByEdward Pizzarello

The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles & points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about  in length.  Culled from over 100 blogs/authors I follow, some are passed along without comment, while I add my analysis to others.   This is your shortcut to find out what’s going on in the travel world without having to read dozens of travel blogs to get all the best info.

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Asked Again. Is The Boeing 747 Extinct?

ByEdward Pizzarello

The Boeing 747 has been an iconic figure in aviation history. Making the likes of Pan Am possible, it’s been featured in movies, flown Presidents hundreds of thousands of miles and been a workhorse of the freight industry for decades.

Innovation has lead to twin-engine planes that can fly just as far while burning less fuel, reducing the market size for new 747s. Is the 747 at the end of its runway?

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Hyatt Makes A Change To Diamond Suite Upgrades, And It’s Not Good

ByEdward Pizzarello

Hyatt Gold Passport has taken great care of me over the years as a Diamond member and I truly love the Diamond Suite Upgrade awards they dole out each year.

But, they’ve announced a change in how those upgrade awards are implemented, and it’s not a positive change for Diamond members. Find out what you need to do know before the change goes into affect next month.