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Travel

• Ed asks, are there rules of the road in airports? Should there be? As a frequent traveler, I totally believe there need to be, the challenges I see, however are that you have folks that may travel once a year, mixed with folks who are there multiple times a week in some cases. That and airports are getting tighter not wider it seems.
• This begs the question – how long could one’s birthday be?
• Uzbekistan Airways is going to start weighing passengers before the flight. I’ve had Singapore weigh my bags before a flight, but, I think I might take insult to someone requiring me to step on a scale… I mean, after all, that’s why I don’t fly Ryanair.
• Also via Pizza in Motion, the morning after Saint Patrick’s Day in Dublin. Wow. Just, Wow.
• Epic Food Travel Hacks – beware, clicking this link may inspire wanderlust and an irrational appetite.

• Freequent Flyer still doesn’t understand the appeal of revenue based rewards programs. I can’t say I disagree with him, although, they do have their place.
• Points are King wrote a thoughtful post on how he values his miles and points, it was partly in response to my post of a similar title. He’s also got an interesting post on the Scarcest Resource
• In an attempt to be fair and balanced, Frequent Miler offers the truth about Delta. He’s right about flying Delta, it doesn’t suck to fly Delta. The airline itself is a good, even profitable, operation. the SkyDrachmas program on the other hand, is another story.
• Gary reports that OpenTable will devalue on August 25th. Burn now!
• In case you didn’t get enough of Matt on our last Saverocity Observation Deck Podcast, he has a great mini-rant, too. While Matt’s rant is entertaining, the comments are even better, especially note worthy, is Matt attempting to maintain a modicum of order.
• From Freequent Flyer Amtrak rewards.

• From Travel Summary, part of the Travel Codex team, writes about manufacturing spend via daily fantasy sports leagues. It’s an interesting concept, and I remember when he first wrote about it, but even so, the time required to get smart enough on this method has me giving it a pass.
• From Freequent Flyer, Nationwide Visa Buxx cards are still available! It’s only ~$1k of MS but, at $2 per $500, its pretty cheap for a 2x card!

• Is Singapore Airlines unprofitable as a mainline, long haul airline? Some seem to think so, and apparently the medium- and short-haul markets are where the money really is, at least in Southeast Asia… That’s where Malaysia is going for… so will Singapore attempt to eat someone else’s lunch?
• From Airline Reporter, the first Boeing 727 prepares for its last flight. Its a great read for an #avgeek, amazing to learn how many have contributed to its restoration.
• How winglets work.