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  • Airports

    Genius Hack To Get Full Sized Liquid Bottles Past Airport Security

    by SharonKurheg November 29, 2024
    by SharonKurheg November 29, 2024

    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been enforcing what is known as “3-1-1 for carry-ons” for years. Under this rule, travelers can carry liquids in containers of 3.4 ounces (100 …

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  • Lounges

    Airport Lounges Are Worth More Than Just All-You-Can-Eat Snack Mix

    by joeheg November 16, 2024
    by joeheg November 16, 2024

    I remember the first time I had access to an airport lounge and could go through those doors that had been forbidden to me for so long. It must have …

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  • Airlines

    How to Score More Legroom on These Airlines, for Free

    by SharonKurheg November 15, 2024
    by SharonKurheg November 15, 2024

    Over the years, airlines have given passengers in economy class less and less legroom. Nowadays, except for the likes of Southwest (and even with them, not for much longer), if …

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  • Points & Miles

    Why Booking Through Portal With Miles is Better Than Transferring Points

    by joeheg November 2, 2024
    by joeheg November 2, 2024

    When searching for flights, you may come across amazing deals that are difficult to resist. For instance, when I planned our vacation to Iceland, I found a round-trip ticket from …

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  • Hotels

    Smart & Easy Fix For Hotel Mistake We All Make

    by SharonKurheg September 27, 2024
    by SharonKurheg September 27, 2024

    When you don’t travel often, there are plenty of tricks for hotel rooms that you may not know about simply because you didn’t even know to look for them. Stuff …

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  • Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)

    A (Morally Gray) Hack to Get a Cheaper Uber From the Airport

    by SharonKurheg September 16, 2024
    by SharonKurheg September 16, 2024

    There are some travel hacks that are 100% on the up-and-up, where everybody wins. And then there are some travel hacks that are, as I like to call them “morally …

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  • Airlines

    7 Life Hacks You Can Still Use When Flying Southwest

    by SharonKurheg August 6, 2024
    by SharonKurheg August 6, 2024

    We probably shouldn’t have been surprised when the announcement went out that Southwest Airlines plans to shake up how they do a lot of their business. They recently announced that …

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  • Airlines

    BUSTED! Airlines Cracking Down on Another Hack to Pay Less For Checked Bags

    by SharonKurheg August 2, 2024
    by SharonKurheg August 2, 2024

    Although airlines are still (begrudgingly) working through allowing families to sit together for free, they do, at least, allow young families to check a stroller and car seat for free. …

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  • Travel

    2 Morally Gray Hacks To Bring More Liquids Through TSA Checkpoint

    by SharonKurheg July 27, 2024
    by SharonKurheg July 27, 2024

    I think we can all agree that when bringing a carry-on bag onto a plane, being limited to as many 3.4-ounce or smaller bottles of liquids, gels, pastes, etc., that …

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  • Airlines

    Possible Hack to Not be Assigned the Middle Seat on Ryanair

    by SharonKurheg June 26, 2024
    by SharonKurheg June 26, 2024

    My husband Joe and I have admittedly never been customers of Ryanair. They don’t fly passengers to/from the U.S. and we don’t travel within Europe a whole lot (and if …

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