Monthly Archives: November 2009

Airline Fare School # 10 – Secret stopovers, Part 3

This is the last installment of Secret Stopovers . US Airways – San Francisco to Paris (free stopover in Philadelphia) US Airways allows a stopover in Philadelphia (PHL) or Charlotte (CLT) on pretty much any fare I’ve looked at between … Continue reading

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Frhlicher Mauerfalltag!

In my style of German, that’s Happy Fall of the Wall Day! German allows you to make compound nouns of nearly limitless length that are simply dreadful (and typically bureaucratic), but also short ones like Zeitgeist (and unfortunately blitzkrieg) that … Continue reading

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Airline Fare School # 9 – Secret stopovers, Part 2

We’re going to go two directions here: Hawaii and the Caribbean. But first let’s consider why stopover provisions even exist in the first place. At one time and even now, it’s not always possible to fly between two places with … Continue reading

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