Business Hotels & Transport
Smart Bikes D.C. Bike Sharing Program
Smart Bikes D.C. is a new program starting in Washington, D.C. that allows members to utilize “smart bikes” found throughout the city. This program takes the eco-friendliness of car sharing one step further by totally eliminating emission from the equation. And just think of the time and money you’ll save on parking.
This idea is revolutionary, but only in the United States. Bike share programs have been available in European cities such as Paris, Copenhagen and Amsterdam for some time.
Bikes are available in 10 locations around downtown …
Date: April 25th, 2008 |
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Eos Airlines iPod Promotion
Eos Airlines is the
all business class startup airline offering flights between New York and London’s Standsted Airport.
They did it before and they’re doing it again. Eos is offering guests who book round-trip fares at $3,500 or more an Apple iPod Touch (8 GB) or 35,000 Club 48 points. Those who book fares that fall short of the $3,500 price ticket will be offered either an iPod Nano or 20,000 Club 48 points. That’s one expensive iPod.
This promotion will be available for customers who register and purchase tickets on the airline from October 15 to October 26 …
Date: November 4th, 2007 |
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1-800-Flights Flight Departure and Arrival Information
1-800-Flights is a company determined to provide you with toll-free phone access to flight status for nearly every commercial passenger flight arriving and departing the U.S. daily. Pretty handy if you don’t have internet access on your phone (and you don’t want to pay the outrageous $12 or so to log on at the terminal for just a few minutes).
The company is aiming to provide travelers with fast, convenient access to continuously updated flight status information by phone, using voice-recognition technology. Sounds great. Especially if you’re rushing to the …
Date: October 30th, 2007 |
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Southern California Wildfire Airline Travel Policies
Southern California is in the throes of devastating wildfires, as it is pretty much every year around this time. Both San Diego International Airport and John Wayne Airport in the O.C. are open for business. However, many airlines are offering to waive fees for passengers who would like to change travel plans to the area. For specifics, check the link for your airline below:
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
ATA
Continental Airlines
Delta
Frontier Airlines
JetBlue
United Airlines
Northwest Airlines
US Airways
Qantas
If you still plan on making your trip, check with your hotel about the possibility of …
Date: October 25th, 2007 |
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Delta Air Lines Sky360 Club in New York
Think you’ve done everything there is to do in New York? Think again. Delta Air Lines has opened a new club - the Sky360 in New York City. Sky360 is a “lounge and event space” showing off the airline’s “unique in-flight experience and worldwide destinations.” So they expect people to actually visit this club on purpose to watch inflight entertainment screenings for hits like Entourage, Sex and the City and the Sopranos. Obviously these would have to be on-demand selections when in the sky.
When the sun goes down, the Midnight Sky Bar will …
Date: October 13th, 2007 |
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$800 Bribe for Bumped Airline Passengers
There are two kinds of people in this world. People who love to be bumped off a flight and people who loathe it. As many times as I’ve seen lucky passengers win the $400 to take the next flight, I’ve never personally had the opportunity. The one time I could have, and should have in retrospect, taking the bumped flight earnings would have meant missing my 10 year high school reunion. Oh, to have that $400 in my pocket and those 6 hours back….
Those of you who are happy …
Date: April 18th, 2008 |
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AirTran Airways SEC Football Promotion
AirTran Airways is offering a promotion that those of us from the south (or the SEC to be more specific) can REALLY get behind. It’s the spanking new Southeastern Conference (SEC) Football Touchdown of the Week contest. Heck yeah. Each Monday for the remainder of the SEC Football season, the airline will post three of the best touchdowns from the previous week online and allow fans to vote for their favorite. So after you watch the game Saturday, get over your hangover on Sunday and go back to …
Date: October 30th, 2007 |
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Travelocity's FareWatcher Plus Airfare Tracking System
Travelocity has launched a new service with FareWatcher Plus, a free, personalized service that automatically tracks the best round-trip airfares to selected destinations and sends e-mail alerts to subscribers when prices change.
What a great deal if your business travels take you to the same destinations repeatedly!
“Airline prices change by the second, and we understand how difficult it can be to find the trip you want at the price you want,” said Jeffrey Glueck, chief marketing officer Travelocity. “It’s impossible for travelers to dedicate time every day to search for the right price …
Date: October 26th, 2007 |
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La Quinta Visa Rewards Card
La Quinta Inns & Suites has finally joined the big boys in offering a credit card for its La Quinta Returns rewards program. The chain has partnered with Chase Bank, who are super easy to work with, to offer the card. Cardholders will earn a whopping five La Quinta Returns points for every dollar spent on the card when they stay at La Quinta Inns & Suites and one point for each dollar spent on the card everywhere else. That’ll rack up the points pretty fast. In addition, cardholders will earn 6,000 bonus points with their …
Date: October 16th, 2007 |
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Virgin America On-Demand Video Library
Virgin America is doing things. And now that includes offering an on-demand music video library, courtesy of VH1. Now, the only thing I’ve ever seen worth watching on VH1 was The Flavor of Love, but some of you may get excited about this. The videos are available on the carrier’s New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC and Las Vegas routes. And guess what? They’re FREE!
The offering is part of the new Red(TM) inflight entertainment system, and includes videos “from the most popular artists and genres featured on VH1 networks.” …
Date: October 13th, 2007 |
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