Ever wonder why U.S. airports don’t operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Well, technically, they DO. With few exceptions, airports don’t 100% close when the last plane …
travel tips
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Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)
You’re Probably Overpaying If You Automatically Pick UberX
by joehegby joehegWhether we’re heading to the airport from home or from a hotel in a new city, our first step is almost always the same: open both Uber and Lyft and …
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Las Vegas. The City of Second Chances. Gluttony Central. The adult playground. Perhaps most famously known as Sin City. With gambling, booze, and now legal pot, Las Vegas offers a …
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Points & Miles
Partner Award Flight Confusion? The Playbook for Booking, Seats, Baggage & Changes
by joehegby joehegUsing your miles to book airline tickets seems like a straightforward process. You earn miles and then redeem miles, a process points and miles people call “earn and burn.” Hopefully, …
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Travel
The Secret Fix the Government Didn’t Want You to Know About When It Cut 10% of Flights
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe government shutdown is up to Day #37. It’s the longest shutdown in history. Instead of working together to try to come to a deal, there’s been finger pointing and …
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We’re up to day 37 of the government shutdown. As of yesterday, it’s the longest shutdown in history. Yee-freakin-ha. Because I fly quite a bit, and that’s only increased since …
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Airports
He Went to the Airport Just for a Drink. The Internet Imploded
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIt was a simple tweet that got over 1,000 replies, 1.4K retweets, 61k “hearts” and over 5.5 MILLION views: The vast, VAST majority of those responses were to tell the …
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are searching many more phones at the border this year than in previous years. According to reports, some officers have even turned tourists away …
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This isn’t a political post — it just happens to involve politics because the shutdown has reached a point where it impacts air travel in a way most of us …
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Travel
7+ International Dress Codes That’ll Make You Rethink Your Travel Outfit
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWhen you travel to a different country, there may be different social norms in place there than what you’re used to. Behaviors that are absolutely accepted where you live may …