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Lose Your Luggage, Get $1000

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I got a press release yesterday and I don’t quite know what to make of it. Basically, a company called Blue Ribbon Bags will pay out $1,000 if your luggage doesn’t arrive (within four days of travel) for a $5 fee. It’s Bag Insurance. My first thought is that it sounds like an extremely valuable…

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10 Truly Terrible Airports Around the World

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While it’s nice to celebrate the best airports in the world, it’s equally important to call attention to the terrible airports, too. Jalopnik, the transportation-obsessed brother of Gawker, just released their list of “Ten of the Most Garbage Airports in the World” and it’s pretty much guaranteed to remind you of the time you went…

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Fly&Dine’s Rules for Becoming a Sushi Expert

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The relationship between a sushi chef and a diner is based on respect. When you go out for sushi, there are rules in place to make sure that you’re honoring that respect. Unfortunately, those rules are mostly unspoken, so there’s a good chance you could be offending the chef without knowing it. Luckily, David Gelb…

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Most Vegetarians Go Back to Meat

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Are you a vegetarian? Have you always been? This may surprise you, but if you made the choice to become a vegetarian, there’s a really good chance that you’ll be back to eating meat soon enough. That’s what a recent study by the Humane Research Council found: astonishingly, 84% of the vegetarians and vegans go…

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Farewell, Google Express: A Eulogy

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Friends, we are gathered here today to lay to rest Google Express. My free trial is now over, which means it has — quite literally –  expired. While the service lives on in the hearts and homes of others, it has delivered its last box of Kleenex to me, which is ironic because I could…

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$160 Flights to Europe, Free In-Flight Taco Bars, & MORE!

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April is off to a roaring start on Fly&Dine thanks to WOW Air’s introduction to the American market with incredible flight deals to Europe along with some investigative research on the official term for your carry-on luggage (Is it rollerboard? Rollaboard?) The answer is below! One of the biggest stories this week was about American…

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Cold Camembert: Canada’s Political Airline Food Scandal

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Airline food causes a lot of problems for a lot of people, but it’s usually of the gastrointestinal variety. This week, however, a Canadian Senator in Ottawa (not to be confused with the NHL’s Ottawa Senators) got in trouble for skipping her airline breakfast and expensing her replacement to the Canadian people. As a result,…

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US to Europe for $161? Not a Mistake Fare.

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It’s called WOW Air for a reason. The RyanAir of Iceland just expanded into the US market and they’re offering fares that seem like they’re full-on mistakes. WOW just started service from Boston’s Logan Airport (click here for a genius trick to get into the first class security lane) and the flights go to London…

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Um, Krusty Burger is REAL and Open in LA???

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Hold onto your blue beehives, people. Krusty Burger is a thing! A real thing! I just saw a story on Eater LA that Krusty Burger has opened in Los Angeles at Universal Studios and a little bit of digging reveals that there’s actually been a Krusty Burger in existence at Orlando’s Universal Studios since June…

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Hotel Makes Best Do-Not-Disturb Sign Ever for Duke

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I don’t know how the other teams in the Final Four feel about this, but the Duke Men’s Basketball Team is sleeping comfortably knowing the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre* they’re staying at has their backs. The official account of the team posted this tweet earlier this morning: Greatest do not disturb sign of all-time? Greatest…

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7 AMAZING Facts About American’s Free In-Flight Taco Bar

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BREAKING: I just got off the phone with an American Airlines spokesperson (who I won’t name for fear of losing his/her job at divulging advance information) and there is a development so delicious coming down the pipeline that you will most likely cancel all existing reservations and rebook your travel plans exclusively with American from…

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Wine Lovers Rejoice: Sheraton Highlights Pinots

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Fans of the movie Sideways will appreciate what Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is doing for its’ fourth iteration of their successful Sheraton Selects program in North America. Launching late last month, Sheraton Selects Spotlight on Pinot Noir offers guests the chance to check out a rotating selection of at least premium eight Pinots highly ranked by…

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New Lounge Opens at SEA-TAC

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You may be partial to the Admirals Club or the United Club, but if you’re not affiliated with an airline-specific lounge, this news is for you. The Club, that independent open-to-all shared-use lounge, has expanded yet again and now they’re operating in Seattle’s SEA-TAC airport. There will actually be two The Club lounges at SEA-TAC,…

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Is Your Dog’s In-Flight Safety Worth $50?

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How much would you pay to know your pet will safely arrive from point A to point B? Delta hopes the answer is $50. Actually, Delta hopes the answer is $250 because it’ll cost you $200 to check your pet as luggage and another $50 to use the new pet tracking devices that they’re introducing…

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