September, 2016

• 22 September

  How UK Airport Stores Profited by Scanning Your Boarding Passes (and keeping your VAT refund)

  

  Duty Free shops require you to show your boarding pass to ensure you are taking an international flight.  But other shops in the UK were asking people to show their boarding passes. Why? It turns out that some of the non-duty free shops were profiting off non-EU citizen’s purchases. According …

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• 22 September

  This Resort Lets You Snorkel for Booze

  

  I might just take up snorkeling–I’ve finally found a cause. Bolongo Bay Beach Resort hides bottles of Cruzan Rum in the water so that while you are snorkeling, you have a chance of discovering a bottle of rum. From news.com.au: At Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on the idyllic island of St Thomas, a …

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• 22 September

  Get $5 Off Lyft Line and Why Some People Hate It (along with UberPool)

  

  SlickDeals has an offer right now that can get you $5 off Lyft Line–Lyft’s version of the UberPool.  Please note, this discount only applies to the ridesharing version of this ride sharing service–in that you are agreeing to share your vehicle with another person in need of a ride. These …

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• 21 September

  This Vodka is Distilled from Cow’s Milk

  

  Vodka is made from many things–grain (including corn), potatoes, and even grapes. There have been efforts to get the EU to define what vodka is, but none have passed so far.  Some believe this is to keep newer competitors out of the market (especially grape vodkas, which allow competitors from a …

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• 21 September

  Travel Enthusiast Meetup on October 25th with Le Chic Geek and Pizza in Motion

  

  It’s that time again!  #GeekyPizza is doing another travel meetup, this time at the very-popular-restaurant-among-some-travelers-in-our-network, Dino’s Grotto in DC. Click here to register for the event! Come join Ed from Pizza in Motion and myself for some good times, good libations, and good conversation along with other travel enthusiasts on October …

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• 21 September

  This Will Be the World’s Shortest International Flight

  

  I’ve written about the world’s shortest flight before.  The world’s shortest commercial flight is 47 seconds.  I’m guessing the chances of getting an inflight beverage on that route are low. But that flight is from a location in Scotland to another location in Scotland. What about the world’s shortest international flight? It was …

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• 20 September

  Man Receives Email that Flight Time Changed, But Flight Departed at Original Time

  

  A man received an email from Silver Airways changing his flight time, but was surprised to learn his flight took off at the original time. From NBC 6 South Florida: …when he showed up at the airport in Pensacola to check in for his flight later that day, he got …

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• 20 September

  Almost Every Episode of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast is Free

  

  One of my favorite TV shows when I was yonger was Space Ghost: Coast to Coast.  It was on really late at night on Fridays, so I had to rely on taping it with a VCR (kids, do you know what that is?) to see episodes. That, luckily, resulted in …

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• 19 September

  This Machine is Basically a Keurig for Cocktails

  

  I’ve seen a lot of products promise to be the “Keurig for cocktails,” but the actual product hasn’t lived up.  I finally found one that I think does.  Unfortunately, this also means there’s a huge wait list for the product. Some very Keurig-like version have involved a pod, and the …

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• 19 September

  Couple Misses Flight, Rushes Runway, and Squats Under Plane to Prevent Departure

  

  A couple missed their flight when they attempted to board the plane too late. The aircraft door had been closed, but the plane didn’t depart yet.  The flight was an Air China flight from Beijing to Shanghai So the couple knocked staff out of the way, rushed the gate, and ran …

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