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NOTE: This post usually updates on Tuesdays. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) has updated its weekly list of high-risk countries. Fifteen popular countries have remained at or moved up to the very high-risk, level 4 countries. The list of countr…
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Finnair Expand Services, Adds Seattle
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Finnair is adding more flights between Scandinavia and the United States. The biggest news is new nonstop service between Seattle, Washington and Helsinki, Finland in the summer of 2022. Finnair’s service will be the first time Seattle and Finland have…
Finnair Expand Services, Adds Seattle
Written by Travel Codex @ BoardingArea
Finnair is adding more flights between Scandinavia and the United States. The biggest news is new nonstop service between Seattle, Washington and Helsinki, Finland in the summer of 2022. Finnair’s service will be the first time Seattle and Finland have…
Now Available: Alaska Airlines Awards on Iberia
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Alaska Airlines awards are now available on Iberia. After Alaska Airlines joined the OneWorld alliance, earning miles have been available on all 13 OneWorld members. Yet, award travel has not been introduced across the alliance. Alaska Airlines has bee…
Review: SAS A330 Economy Class, Copenhagen to Los Angeles
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At Copenhagen International Airport, SAS operates a once-daily flight to Los Angeles International Airport with an Airbus A330 aircraft. All departures for the United States, and other non-Schengen destinations, leave from the C gates of terminal 3. If…
Changes To CDC Travel Advisories List For Week Of November 29, 2021
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NOTE: This post usually updates on Tuesdays. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) has updated its weekly list of high-risk countries. Thirteen popular countries have remained at or moved up to the very high-risk, level 4 countries. The list of count…
Review: Boreal Lodging, Wiseman, Alaska
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During our trip up Alaska’s Dalton Highway, we decided to break up both the trip both ways. Theoretically, you can make the entire trip from Fairbanks to Deadhorse in a single day. In summer, you’re pretty much guaranteed daylight the entire way, thank…
Hotel Calls 911 To Remove A Grandmother Who Left A 3-Star Review
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As an experienced world traveler, I thought that I had seen just about everything that could go wrong at a hotel. I was wrong. As you will see, a hotel called 911 to have a grandmother and grandaughter removed for leaving a 3-star review. Here is th…
Changes To CDC Travel Advisories List For Week Of November 22, 2021
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NOTE: This post usually updates on Tuesdays. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) has updated its weekly list of high-risk countries. Two popular countries have moved up to the very high-risk, level 4 countries. The list of country designations cont…
Alaska Airlines Clarifies Elite Segment Requirements
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Alaska Airlines is further clarifying the requirements for their new 100K status which launches in 2022. MVP 100K status was announced on January 6, 2021. Yet, at that time, there was no information about the new elite level. It was coming, but no othe…
Alaska Airlines Clarifies Elite Segment Requirements
Written by Travel Codex @ BoardingArea
Alaska Airlines is further clarifying the requirements for their new 100K status which launches in 2022. MVP 100K status was announced on January 6, 2021. Yet, at that time, there was no information about the new elite level. It was coming, but no othe…
Going to Hawaii? Read This First.
Written by Travel Codex @ BoardingArea
I just recently got back from Hawaii and I wanted to share my experience with you on how I got there and what it was like being in Hawaii. If you’re going to Hawaii or have it on your list of places to visit, there are a few things that you should be a…
Review: Virgin Atlantic B747 Premium Economy, Manchester to Atlanta
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To return home from my tryout of British Airways Club Suites, I chose a Premium Economy product. I quickly discovered that Virgin Atlantic offered PE seats on the upper deck of the 747. As a huge fan of the Queen of the Skies, of course, I jumped at th…
First Impressions: Qatar Airways Qsuites
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Hello from Cape Town. Thanks to an abundance of vacation time from work that will expire at the end of the year. Plus a wife and family who are very understanding and generous to let me get away, I’m currently in the midst of a fun trip. Part to get to…
Changes To CDC Travel Advisories List For Week Of November 15, 2021
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NOTE: This post usually updates on Tuesdays. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) has updated its weekly list of high-risk countries. Four popular countries have moved up to the very high-risk, level 4 countries. The list of country designations con…
Changes To CDC Travel Advisories List For Week Of November 8, 2021
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NOTE: This post usually updates on Tuesdays. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) has updated its weekly list of high-risk countries. Four poplular countries have moved up to the very high-risk, level 4 countries. The list of country designations co…
Review: Finnair Business Class A350 Los Angeles to Helsinki
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Flying Finnair long-haul A350 is a real treat. With a limited route network to the United States and scaled back flights due to Covid, the opportunity to enjoy Finnair is rare. After an American Airlines meltdown and flight cancellation, I was able to …
Alaska Airlines Announces New Route To Miami From Seattle
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Miami becomes the 100th nonstop destination from Seattle; next summer, Alaska will serve both major airports in South Florida for convenient travel options. Next summer, Alaska will serve the two major airports in South Florida with the addition of Mi…
American Airlines Operational Meltdown. What’s Behind It?
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Starting last Saturday, American Airlines flight operations out of Dallas began a meltdown. Last month, I wrote about a similar situation that happened to Southwest Airlines. If you missed that story, you can read it here. Was this a matter of a bad…
Alaska Airlines Eliminates Plastic Water Bottles and Cups
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Alaska Airlines is making a move to greener skies through new cabin-wide service with Boxed Water™. After an initial trial of Boxed Water in first class in early 2021, the airline is taking their pledge to NetZero further. Alaska Airlines will …