NEW: When an airfare sale is not quite a sale
How do airlines decide what fares qualify as “sales,” and why do they advertise certain fares, but not other, much lower ones? Why is United Airlines promoting a “sale” between Washington and Boston for $109 each way, when there are currently six published lower fares in that market, beginning with $49 each way?
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JUL 22, 2010: British leader flies to DC commercially
JUL 15, 2010: Avoiding luggage and other airline fees
JUL 13, 2010: Hilton or Starwood? Not even a close call
Time for travel school — you are invited
The observation that everybody is a TV critic was made a long time ago, but in the last few years I’ve also noticed that most people think they know how to travel — both how to book a trip and how to handle all aspects of the journey…
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MAY 24, 2010: Round-the-world fare mysteries revealed
MAY 17, 2010: Travel companies teach customer-service lessons
MAY 10, 2010: Hilton embraces ‘games-players’ / WATCH VIDEO
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NEW: Political ambassadorships hold at 30%
The middle of the summer is a good time to review the balance of political appointees vs. career diplomats in ambassadorial posts around the world. Not surprisingly, the familiar 30-percent quota for political appointments of the last several decades remains largely intact…
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JUL 23, 2010: Clinton pulls off diplomatic rarity in Asia
JUN 20, 2010: Foreign Service school adds 100 classrooms
APR 15, 2010: U.S. downplays extremism in foreign outreach / WATCH VIDEO
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