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Thursday, June 7, 2018

Woman Who Lost Her Global Entry Over an Apple Delta Gave Her Fought Back and Won and more...

When entering the U.S. you need to answer customers questions correctly. If you have any food with you, say so, because if you're chosen for secondary screening and caught you could be fined -- and lose Global Entry privileges if you have them. I've ...

Woman Who Lost Her Global Entry Over an Apple Delta Gave Her Fought Back and Won and more...


Woman Who Lost Her Global Entry Over an Apple Delta Gave Her Fought Back and Won

When entering the U.S. you need to answer customers questions correctly. If you have any food with you, say so, because if you're chosen for secondary screening and caught you could be fined -- and lose Global Entry privileges if you have them. I've warned readers about this before, it's one of the ways people are losing Global Entry.

Six weeks ago I wrote about Crystal Tadlock taking an apple handed out as a snack on her Delta flight and sticking it in her carry on bag. She figured she'd eat it on her connecting flight to Denver.

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American Express Adds a New Restriction for Initial Bonus Offers

Credit card company acquisition offers are expensive. While with co-branded products it's not always the bank buying the entire bucket of miles they're offering you -- acquiring new customers can be profitable over time both for the bank but also for the airline or hotel -- this up front cost only gets paid back when customers use their new cards, keep them, and continue spending over time.

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New Free Web Browser Offers Built-In VPN Features, Browse Privately Even in China

There's a simple solution to browse the web privately, to access internet sites through China's Great Firewall, and it's cheaper than using a paid VPN (because it's free) and faster than using a free VPN.

It's a web browser that builds in the functionality of a VPN. That way you can privately access content from anywhere in the world. You're accessing their servers and their servers are calling the sites you want and delivering them to you.

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Hotel Loyalty Program Calls It Quits

Loews hotels is shutting down their loyalty program December 6. The Loews chain is comprised of 24 hotels in the U.S. and Canada. They say that "YouFirst isn't enticing or relevant" and that set benefits don't meet guest needs and they'll continue to recognize their best guests without a formal program.

This is hardly the first hotel chain to shut down its loyalty program. Holiday Inn launched the first hotel loyalty program at the start of 1983 and called it Priority Club.

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Doctor Says Lavatory Waste Fell From the Sky and Gave His Patient Pink Eye

Airlines do not intentionally dump lavatory waste inflight. I do not know of any commercial aircraft that gives pilots a control mechanism to do so.

On average once a year there's a documented instance of 'blue ice' -- airplane lavatory waste material that leaks from the aircraft. It's named from the blue disinfectant often used in lavatory waste systems.

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The Travel Hero We All Need and $3800 Damaged Luggage Compensation

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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Why You Should Travel Solo and How to Make the Most of It

Whether you're looking for inspiration traveling alone, advice on how to make the most of it, or pondering whether it's right for you this is a great book to pick up and read the next time you have a few minutes of alone time.

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