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In this video, NBC Travel Editor Peter Greenberg gives you information on how to score the best seats in coach class, giving them the moniker “secret seats.” Everyone knows the Exit Row and bulkhead seats offer extra legroom. That’s exactly why some airlines have tagged these as Premium Seats, and try to extract a few extra dollars from travelers to book these seats. By the way, avoid the heck out of the first row of Exit Row seats when there are two exit rows (like on a Boeing 737-800). These seats generally DO NOT recline at all. It sounds like a mean joke to play on travelers, but it is in place to keep the reclined seats from blocking the Emergency Exit.
This video gives information on great seats that are more off the radar. Certain rows that offer more leg room or a greater degree of incline, particularly on Boeing 747’s and various American Airlines flights.
My perfect seat? One that is far away from screaming babies, space-invading passengers and loud, gossiping flight attendants in the galley.
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These days gasoline is more valuable than traditionally precious items like gold or a first born son. Choice Hotels International, which includes Comfort Inns, Comfort Suites, Quality Inn, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Suites, Main Stay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn, knows the value of a dollar. That’s why the hotel group is offering you the opportunity to earn enough Choice Privileges points to score a $50 gas card. That will probably fill up your tank one time, right?
“With gas prices getting higher and higher every day …
[more]The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City will celebrate its 125 years in May, 2008 and New York is ready to celebrate. Events will include a special bridge lighting, concerts, lectures, a film series and family events. Beginning May 22, the five day festivities will kick off with a performance by the Brooklyn Philharmonic at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn. The bridge will be lit up with colored lights from 9:00 to 11:00 pm from May 22 through Memorial Day.
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Thursday, May 22
Celebration Kick-off: The festivities will begin with a concert featuring the Brooklyn …
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You know how every time you fly the flight attendants are constantly harping on people to get off their cell phones after they close the boarding door? Well, it turns out they mean business.
Earlier today, a Southwest Airlines passenger was cited by police in Dallas, Texas for refusing to get off his cell phone during a flight from Austin. Doesn’t everyone know not to mess with the law in Texas? Apparently this guys has never seen the man Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger. Or Thelma …
[more]Vayama is an online airline booking engine, created exclusively for international travel. The company allows users to book travel on 75 low cost carriers in 43 European countries. If you’re looking to book cheap airline tickets in Europe, this is one available option.
The website features low cost carriers, such as Air Berlin in Europe and Kingfisher Airlines in India. I can tell you from past experience, it can be a pain to book such airfares from the United States. They just aren’t available from Orbitz or Priceline, or whatever booking engine you normally …
[more]Hilton Hotels is hammering out the final details of what could be a great deal for frequent business travelers in New York City. The company is now offering a timeshare that goes by West 57th Street, offered by Hilton Grand Vacations. The property is located in Midtown Manhattan between the Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue. West 57th Street by Hilton Club is the first ground-up shared ownership property ever developed in New York City. Just think - if you travel to the city often enough that a hotel is a pain, but not enough …
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