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HOPE – This Week In Travel

Mike FriedmanNovember 20, 2020

I was thinking about travel today and realized that I was feeling something unusual. Perhaps an emotion that I had known at one time, but it had been so long that I couldn't quite remember its name. And then it came to me: hope....

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Airline Elite Status During Coronavirus Delta Air Lines

This Week In Travel – When Bad Things Happen To Mediocre Companies

Mike FriedmanOctober 20, 2020

I've spent much of the day reading about The Securities Act Of 1933, so it's not surprising that stock market news caught my eye. Now, onto a brief discussion about Delta Airlines Earnings....

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This Week In Travel | Award Redeposit Fees

Delta Eliminates Domestic Award Redeposit Fees And More – This Week In Travel

Mike FriedmanSeptember 29, 2020

Okay, it's more like "this month in travel," but the days are all kind of blending together anyway. Imagine, an airline that eliminates award redeposit fees. In our last installment of TWIT, we discussed airline change fees....

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Airline Change Fees | Newark Liberty International Airport | United Airlines

Airline Change Fees Are Disappearing, And Other Goodies – This Week In Travel

Mike FriedmanSeptember 7, 2020

It's been a good week although, in the age of COVID, the word "good" is a relative term. But we've gotten some little victories: The 2020-21 NBA World Champion Boston Celtics are up 2-0 on the Toronto Raptors, I have a free year of Apple TV+ (with no idea what to watch) and we're going to be paying a little less in airline change fees going forward, as several carriers announced that they are eliminating the pesky charges....

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Marriott Promotion - This Week In Travel

This Week In Travel – Marriott Promotion, American Express Bonuses And More

Mike FriedmanAugust 23, 2020

A young man's fancy may lightly turn to thoughts of love in the spring, but once we get to the end of the summer, it's all about fantasy football. This week, we're seeing quite a bit of interesting news about bonuses, including an American Express promotion and a Marriott promotion. ...

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This Week In Travel – Back On Airplanes?

Mike FriedmanAugust 7, 2020

The Boston Globe just wrote an article about what it would take to get people back on airplanes. I don't think that there's anything in the article that will surprise people, other than the number of surveys that people were willing to take about flying....

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This Week In Travel

Mike FriedmanJuly 28, 2020

Okay, it's "this every-other week in travel," but that doesn't shorten as "TWIT notes," so it stays. Here are a few of the items from the week(s) that I found interesting....

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This Week In Travel

Mike FriedmanJuly 10, 2020

Technically, it's "these weeks in travel," since we're moving this to an every-other-week feature but, as long as I get to call them TWIT notes, I'm okay with the change....

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This Week In Travel

Mike FriedmanJune 6, 2020

For the first time in what feels like forever, it seems that an inkling of normalcy is creeping back into the travel market. And while we're a long way from the all-clear, it's possible to start thinking about making vacation plans again. That's something. Welcome back to TWIT (This Week In Travel)!...

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This Week In Travel

Mike FriedmanMay 25, 2020

Welcome back to TWIT (This Week In Travel). Another week has passed, and I've finally found a new show to watch. "Normal People," which is a bit dark, has managed to keep me interested for about eight episodes and is a good offset to the silly "Scrubs," the other show that I'm on....

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