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• New CommutAir Eastern U.S. Continental Connection RTs With Bonus Miles
• More: Get 2,000 OnePass bonus miles each way on Continental flights between Newark, N.J., and Hong Kong March 1-May 1. Go to www.one pass.com for details.

 

• Two Free Nights At Cabo San Lucas' Hotel Hacienda Beach Resort
• Manhattan's Mansfield Announces A Special Offer For Winter 2001
• New Rail Passes & Discounts From BritRail/RailEurope
• Air Canada Launches Annual New Year's Celebration Seat Sale With Savings Up to 40%
• Fare sale: AirTran Airways offers discounts on fares through Jan. 16. Passengers must buy tickets at least seven days in advance of departure. Sample one-way fares: Chicago Midway-Pittsburgh, $39; Toledo, Ohio-Atlanta, $59; Houston Hobby-Newark, N.J., $99.
• America West Announces Internet Fare Sale for Las Vegas; Airline Offers 15-Percent-Off of Nonstop Flights
• Cathay Pacific's 2001 All Asia Pass is $999 when you register as a Cathay Pacific CyberTraveler at www.cathay-usa.com. The pass includes a round-trip, economy-class ticket between Hong Kong and New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles, plus 21 consecutive days of economy-class travel to any or all of 16 other qualifying Asian cities.Those cities include Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, Manila and Jakarta. The pass does not include varying government-imposed taxes. Travelers must depart the USA between Feb. 12 and May 13 or between Aug. 14 and Dec. 5.
• N.Y. hotel sale: Hotel Reservations Network offers lowered rates at some New York City hotels. Sample nightly rates: Arlington Hotel, $79; Hotel Pennsylvania, $99; Ramada New Yorker, $109. Call 800-964-6835 or click on
• Horizon Air Cuts Fares for Winter & Spring Travel

 
 

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Greetings and Happy New Year from Palm Beach!  I ended year 2000 on the road (I continued to stay away from CT for the pain would be too tough). I left you last week in Erie, there I went to a cool after Christmas Party with my Sister, Dad, and met a Magician from L.A. It was sooo cold in Erie that the lake froze, and I probably could've walked across to Canada (30 miles). To get out of Erie I took the Greyhound bus back to Cleveland (in another snow storm). Hey, it cost $13, and only takes an hour forty. I know if I keep taking Greyhound, they might change my name to Johnny "Bus".
I spent the night in Cleveland with Amber, and got up early for our flight to Chicago. Check out one of the longest Security lines I have encountered (good thing I wasn't in a hurry).
From O'Hare we took the Train (CTA) to the city, it was sooo cold on the train that it was literally snowing (the doors weren't completely shut).  We did get warmed up though, and my cousins cooked us an awesome meal.
The next day I knew I had enough of Chicago, and went to the airport with a "buddy pass". It was pretty cool, because with this pass you can go anywhere for a fraction of the cost.  I just looked at the destination screen and said to myself where do I want to go today (unfortunately, I couldn't go any where International because I didn't have my passport). I decided my first choice was to visit my Dad and sister in Palm Beach, FL.  All of the flights to Florida were oversold, and with the buddy pass it's stand by only.  I couldn't get on the flight to West Palm or  to Ft. Lauderdale, but out of luck they called my name for the Miami flight. I was the last person on the plane, and the gate agent told me to hurry up on,  and to take any open seat I could find. I thought for sure I was going to be in a middle seat, but to my surprise I got my favorite coach seat, bulk head aisle!. I sat next to some cool people from Chicago. The good news is that flight cost me about $60, the bad news is: I didn't accrue any miles :-(.
I didn't have any transportation set up, and all of the rental cars in FL were sold out, but I learned of a brand new cheap way to get to Palm Beach. "Take the Plane to the Train" (or vice versa)! It's called the TRI-RAIL!  You can get a shuttle bus right outside the terminal, it's free and takes 2 minutes to the train stop. From there it takes almost 2 hours to West Palm Beach, stopping about 15 times, including the Ft. Lauderdale airport. It was clean, safe, and it cost only $5.50! How awesome is that?.
It's a good thing I came down here, because my sister was very busy with her kids, and my Dad was continuing his world-wide hospital tour. The man is turning into a cluts! This time he tripped on a step by the pool and broke his wrist. I had to rush him to the hospital and be his ears again, huh?, that's right.
I talked Amber into coming down and we took my Dad to dinner on New Year's at the Breakers Hotel.  My Dad's nickname is Fred Flintstone, and he really played the part eating this brontosaurus burger with a broken wrist.
 
 

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TIP OF THE WEEK:   By Chris McGinnis
Use Frequent Flier Miles to "Buy" High-Priced Tickets
Using your frequent flier miles to around high fares is getting more difficult. For example, Continental now requires a Saturday night stayover when redeeming the basic 25,000-mile reward for a free round trip. If you want to travel in midweek or during a "blackout" period, you'll have to redeem closer to 40,000 miles. With frequent flier miles roughly valued at about 2 cents each, it only makes sense to redeem 40,000 miles if the fare you would otherwise pay exceeds about $800.

NEWSPAPER OF THE WEEK: (ARIZONA REPUBLIC)

• Grand Canyon Hiking: Roaring Springs Canyon
• RETIRED CHEF BRINGS GOURMET TALENTS TO THIS CHARMING BED & BREAKFAST
• Second Nine Holes To Open At Elephant Rocks Golf Course
• Wireless Internet available at Arizona's remote reservations
• Surfer's Guide to Arizona

• 2001: A TRAVEL ODYSSEY
• LIGHTING THE NIGHT
• BLUE ICE WALL AND WINTER CARNIVAL AWAIT
• TACKY, TACKY FUN
• PORTO, ROTTERDAM OFFER UP CULTURE
• GREYHOUND NOW OFFERING TOURS
• HONG KONG HERITAGE MUSEUM OPENS
• RETURN YOUR RENTAL CAR AND CHECK YOUR BAGS
• SOUTH AMERICAN CRUISES ARE HOT
• SCULPTURES, PAINTINGS CELEBRATE NIJINSKI
• HAVE OTHER AIRLINES FOLLOWED SUIT IN A FARE SALE?
• RESOLVED: A SPA VISIT IN 2001
• CALLING CURRY FANS
• A BAHAMIAN RHAPSODY WORTH SINGING ABOUT

• Stars shine at airports
• Hot and hip
• Trips cater to both rich, frugal
• Best resolution? Plan for savings
• Singer shares photo collection
• Texas travels: Cruise lines sailed in and out of state in year of varied events
• Finnish hotel made of snow keeps its cool

• Shopping for Memories as a Parade of Destinations
• Playing Tourist in Tinseltown
• Ending With an Appetite for a Few Last Discoveries
• The End of the Road
• Ship's No-Tobacco Rule Sends Trip Up in Smoke

• Serious Pampering in the Finger Lakes
• Finding Nature and Self Near Negril
• Rejuvenating, Any Way You Slice It
• A Jackpot of Rich Indulgences
• Snowy Thrills, With Few Frills
• Food for the Soul, Lyonnais Style
• What's Doing in Maui
• How to Avoid Passport Woes
• One Night That's a Holiday Everywhere
• Business Travel: Of More Web Sites and Gridlocked Skies

• Booking Travel Online May Be Less Convenient
• Double-Decker's Designers Respond to Safety Questions

• Mid-Atlantic Ski Guide
• 2001 Trips for $2,001

• 10 great places to witness the bizarre
• Tying a Scottish knot
• Around the world in a few meals
• L.A.'s Mojo rising; try a N.Y. Sweet-n-Tart

• End: BWIA West Indies Airways leaves Continental's OnePass plan Feb. 1.

TRAVEL COLUMNIST'S
Chris McGinnis | Rudy Maxa | Randy Petersen | Anita Dunham-Potter | Paul Grimes
Wendy Perrin | Tim Winship | Chris Elliot | Joe Brancatelli |  Peter Greenberg | Laura Bly

OTHER SUNDAY TRAVEL SECTIONS
Baltimore Sun | Boston Globe | Charlotte Observer | Cleveland Plain | Denver Post
Houston Chronicle | Miami Herald |  Minn. Star Tribune | Phoenix Republic
Pittsburgh Tribune | Oregonian | SLC Tribune | S.F. Examiner | Seattle Times
St. Louis Post | Cape Town | Japan Times | London Standard | Scotland | Sydney Morning Herald
 

BESTFARES

• Regional Jets Begin Flying More Routes In Excess Of 1,000 Miles
• Traveling Outside The Box
• Last Flight In/First Flight Out Equals Big Savings For You
• Feature Story: Hotel "Bonuses" You May Be Missing
• Feature Story: New Orleans: The Living History
• Planning On Flight For Your Pet? Please Reconsider

• How To Fly Cheap
• Romantic Getaways
• JUMBO JET SURVIVES PLUNGE AS MADMAN ATTACKS PILOT
• Effects of AF flight attendants' strike uncertain (via PS  Inform)</A>
• Changes in US passport renewal (via PS Inform)</A>

• A New Year and New Laws

• Using Your Noggin More Ways to Save on Air Travel
• Cashing In on Airport Delays Airport Retailers Pay Dividends  on Stranded Flyers
• Icy Christmas Freezing Rain, Sleet Cause Blackouts, Accidents

• London's Dome the Millennium party that went flat
• Air tour operators hope Bush frees the skies over Grand Canyon
• Record number of visitors come to Paris in 2000
• Airlines vary in cockpit door safety policy
• Tokyo study says flight-related blood clots a significant problem
• Overcrowded Disneyland suspends ticket sales twice
• Yellowstone in winter

• European vacations for peanuts
• Legend to restart operations
• Millennium redux: 10 over-the-top trips
• Indonesia: Travel warning announced
• Dead week: When prices plummet
• Cruise ship voyages on $75 a day
• Disneyland halts ticket sales again
• Pigs fly: A year of travel weirdness
• Travel bargains: Grenada on sale

• Adrenaline Travelers
• Elite Hotel Service Is Only A Floor Away
• Smarter Skiers Ski The Web

• U.S. & Canadian Airlines
• U.S. & International Hotels
• Car Rentals

GOOD TO KNOW!
Airline Changes in 2001
The cost of airline tickets may be rising but, in many cases, the airlines are also upgrading the options and amenites available to travelers. Here are some changes in store for 2001:
--British Airways' three-class cabin will become the world's only four-class cabin as it phases in an intermediate class called World Traveler Plus.
--Scandinavian Airlines System will enhance its business class next year when it adds a class between business and coach on its long-distance flights. The third class will be an upgraded economy class. - June Sandercock
 
 
 

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