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Cannot Find a Vehicle to Rent in 2021? Too Expensive? Try This…

Vehicles to rent have been scarce lately primarily because of the current 2019 Novel Coronavirus: after the pandemic was officially declared on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 by the World Health Organization, demand for rental cars precipitously waned…

…and as the basic economic principles of supply and demand were applied — as demand for renting vehicles declined substantially — rental car companies either substantially reduced the inventory of vehicles in their fleets accordingly by selling them; declared bankruptcy protection, as has happened with both Hertz Global Holdings and Advantage Opco LLC; a combination thereof; or have gone out of business…

…but now that demand is spiking…

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April 23, 2021

Miles and Points On Sale — April 23 2021

Sometimes you need an infusion of miles or points to your membership account for whatever reason — perhaps to have enough to redeem for a limited time award as one example — and the best time to purchase miles or points is when they are on sale.

A sale may be a discount on the price required to purchase miles or points — or perhaps the frequent travel loyalty program from whom you are buying the miles or points will match your purchase up to 100 percent, which is another way of reducing the cost of miles or points.

For this edition of miles and points on sale…

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April 23, 2021

Earn a Mystery Bonus Mileage Plan Miles by Shopping in April 2021

Effective through today, Friday, April 23, 2021 at 11:59:59 in the evening Eastern Daylight Time, you can earn bonus Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles — in addition to the standard Mileage Plan miles earned — during the Mystery Bonus campaign at the Mileage Plan Shopping portal by spending a minimum of…

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April 23, 2021

Extended: $20 Bonus Travel Card 2021 With Best Western When You Buy a $100 Travel Card

Get a bonus travel card worth $20.00 for every $100.00 in travel cards you purchase with Best Western — up to a maximum limit of $100.00 in travel cards which can be purchased per customer during this promotion…

…but you must…

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April 23, 2021

Is There Any Hope For Plastic Recycling? Earth Day 2021

Plastic tends to be a concern among environmentalists who fear that the artificial material — which is not indigenous to any natural setting on the planet but is found in many of the products we use every day — is slowly polluting the Earth, as millions of tons are generated and disposed annually…

…but the fact that almost…

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April 22, 2021

Another Company Celebrates 100 Years Today — and You Likely Never Heard of It.

The list of companies which have celebrated 100 years in business keeps growing: Qantas Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Hilton, The Hertz Corporation, The Boeing Company, British Airways, commercial aviation itself, and even Nathan’s Famous frankfurters, Grand Central Terminal in New York, and the National Park Service of the United States — and even though it is not a company, let us not forget 100 years of the “Mile High Club”…

…but this one is personal for me: 100 years ago today on Friday, April 22, 1921, a…

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April 22, 2021

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Save Up to 25 Percent at 1,492 Hotel and Resort Properties With Marriott Bonvoy

You can save up to 25 percent on room rates at 1,492 hotel and resort properties in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean region with Marriott Bonvoy and its Escapes promotion, which offers exclusive savings every Wednesday through Sunday across select destinations throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean region — and is valid for stays at hotel properties over the next four weekends and for stays at resort properties all the days of the week…

…but you must…

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April 21, 2021

Imagine Earning Frequent Flier Miles For This Historic Flight. Video Included.

A historic flight occurred yesterday, Monday, April 19, 2021 at 3:34 in the morning Eastern Daylight Time — a flight in which the craft reached an altitude of only ten feet and hovered in a stable position for 30 seconds prior to descending and landing, with a total flight time of 39.1 seconds.

One would probably earn 500 frequent flier loyalty program miles if the flight occurred with some airlines around the world — but this flight…

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April 20, 2021

Say Goodbye to Award Nights For 9,000 Radisson Rewards Points

The global Radisson Hotels business organization will divide into two separate business organizations — Radisson Hotels Americas will serve the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean regions; and Radisson Hotels will serve the remainder of the world — sometime during June of 2021 in order to adhere to regulations which are imposed by the United States…

…and with that comes…

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April 20, 2021

Travel Alert Autumn 2021: Cork Airport To Close For Two Months

If you plan on traveling to or from Cork Airport between Sunday, September 12, 2021 and Monday, November 22, 2021, you will need to alter your travel plans, as the airport will be closed due to major construction projects which will occur while the second largest airport in Ireland is experiencing a lower volume of passenger traffic due to the current 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic.

“Given the…