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    10 Best Weekend Vacation Cities

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler August 10, 2013August 10, 2013

    This list is as per Forbes: 1. Indianapolis 2. Denver 3. Boston 4. San Diego 5. Charleston 6. Graceland 7. Austin 8. New Orleans 9. Nashville 10. Seattle More details and photos here www.forbes.com/pictures/ehkj45eiii/indy-childrens-museum/ From this list I have been only to Seattle, and I would like to visit San Diego. Twitter @curbexcitement  

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  • airlines

    Air Berlin Status Match, Free Access to Oneworld Lounges

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 30, 2013July 29, 2013

    I had sent an e-mail to service @ topbonus.de asking them whether they would match my Air Canada Super Elite status. They asked for a  copy of the Air Canada status card, I sent it, and they responded: “If you confirm the statusmatch now, your Gold status will be valid until 30.09.2013 and if you…

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  • airlines | airports

    Louis CK about Flying

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 29, 2013July 28, 2013

    This is related to the previous post ‘You just flew across country in four hours. Shut it.’, Air Canada pilot tweets ‘I had to sit on the runway for 40 minutes.’ Oh my god, really? What happened then, did you fly through the air like a bird, incredibly? Did you soar into the clouds, impossibly?…

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    ‘You just flew across country in four hours. Shut it.’, Air Canada pilot tweets

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 27, 2013July 27, 2013

    This is the tweet that elicited the somehow angry response. Air Canada’s authorized Twitter account replied, asking for the passenger’s flight number. Air Canada pilot Yannick Charland tweeted back, “It’s a red alert. Ground staff not allowed to work due to lightning in the area. You just flew across the country in four hours. Shut…

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    The Journey of a MacBook, from Shanghai to Osaka to Anchorage …

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 22, 2013July 21, 2013

    I ordered my first Apple computer and I customized it too. More RAM (8 instead of 4) as there never seems to be enough. I did not care about a faster processor and a larger hard drive, I figured 128 GB should be enough. Initially I wanted to go for the traditional PC so I…

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    My Top 10 Posts for First Half of Year

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 15, 2013July 14, 2013

    I was curious to find out what they are, asked boardingarea.com (I don’t seem to find this information from the ‘site stats’ of my blog ) and here they are : 1.  Top 15 Cities to Live In 2. American Express AeroplanPlus Platinum 50,000 points, Should I or Shouldn’t I? 3. Being Super Elite 4. 10…

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  • contests

    Winner of the free code to download FlightTrack Pro (after 9 numbers generated)

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 14, 2013July 14, 2013

    I have used random.org to choose the winner of the contest Free code to download FlighTrack Pro and it wasn’t a very quick process. The following comment numbers came up: 4, 4, 5, 5, 8, 5, 6, 2, 9 #4 I got this from starbucks as well Can I use this for an Android phone…

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    Detailed animation shows San Francisco airplane crash

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 13, 2013

    A former pilot who runs a forensic animation company has recreated the crash of Asiana flight 214 at San Francisco Airport on July 6 in a detailed animation that shows what might have happened and what should have happened. You can read more about the reconstruction in the ‘About’ of the video on youtube.

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    Free code to download FlighTrack Pro

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 8, 2013January 5, 2014

    One of my colleagues gave me the code that he’d got from a Starbucks. I realized that it would be a ‘waste’ on me as I have not been flying at all this year an no plans to fly any soon.  From the back of the card ‘Valid only on Canadian iTunes Store. Requires iTunes…

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    Who ordered 787 Dreamliners?

    ByThe Skeptical Traveler July 7, 2013July 7, 2013

    International Lease Finance Corporation ordered the most 74 (ILFC is a leasing company the leases planes to airlines). As of June 2013, the two largest airline orders are by All Nippon Airways (66) and United Airlines (65). Source Wikipedia Twitter @curbexcitement

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