30 GREATEST TRAVEL SECRETS Translation for 140 languages by ALS
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FLYING SECRETS
2. How do you get the best seat in coach?
Before accepting an airline seat assignment, go to http://www.seatguru.com and lookup the aircraft you are flying. Seatguru.com will tell you which seat offer extra leg room or elbow room and whic to avoid. For instance, those seats that do not recline,have immoveable armrests, or have an obstructed view of the movie screen.
3. How can you snag mileage-award seats to your destination?
LaDonna Epler, who used to work for now-bankrupt http://www.awardplanner.com, knows the tricks and strategies for redeeming miles to get you where you want to go by flying on partner airlines or alternate
routes hou haven't thought of. You can contact her at ladonna.epler@yahoo.com .
Another way to snag mileage-award seats is to call the carrier you have your miles with immediately after midnight in the time zone it has its U.S, headquarters. Usually, reward reservations expire if they are not ticketed by midnight so you can possibly nab the seats that someone else has just given up.
4. Which credit card allows you to collect the most miles you can actually use? The Starwood AmEx card lets you redeem your miles on any of 30 airlines (including every major U.S. carrier) and earns you the equivalent of 1.25 miles per dollar spent: AmEx gives you one point per dollar, but when you redeem points for miles,Starwood throws in an extra 5,000 points for each 20,000 you redeem.
5. What is the easiest way to earn miles?
Do your online shopping via airline web sites. Continental,Delta and other carriers link their sites to an enormous range of stores-such as Lands' End, Staples, and Barnes and Noble-where you can up to ten miles per dollar spent.
6. Which are the best days to fly for a long weekend?
Taking two days off work? You'll find cheaper fares and greater seat availability if you fly on a Saturday and return on a Tuesday, instead of going from Thursday to Sunday or Friday to Monday.
7. Which international air carriers take the best care of a passengers baggage that is carried in storage?
Lufthansa and Aerlingus
8. How do you bypass the airline phone tree and speak to someone who can actually help? If a family member has elite frequent flier status with the airline, use his or her special elite phone number ( as well as frequent-flier number and PIN). If not , press the number for booking international flights.
9.SEAT GURU.COM The ultimate source for airplane seating, in-flight amenities and airline information.
* Detailed seat map graphics.
* In-depth seat specific comments denoting seats with limited recline, reduced legroom, mis-aligned windows.
* Color-coding to help identify superior and substandard seats.
* In-seat power port locations.
* Galley, lavatory, Exit Row and closet locations.
9.AVOID DELAYS.COM Tired of being stuck in one of these planes?....Let our delays forecast help.
Advice from Air Traffic Controllers
10. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is dedicated solely to the advancement of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT, US DOT or DOT) priorities for transportation data and statistics. BTS is responsible for transportation data collection, coordination and comparability and statistical analysis.
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The Ultimate Travel Writer’s Program and it’s published by a company called the American Writers & Artists Inc. (AWAI)
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