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STA Travel is a one-stop shop for every student’s travel needs. (these offers are for USA residents only)

• Student airfare: STA’s Student Exclusive Ticket provides students with competitive airfare pricing and unmatched flexibility and ease when booking their travel. It’s what sets us apart from the rest!
• Adventures:  We distribute more than 1,500 products for accommodation, tours, work, study and volunteer programs, making it clear and simple for students to plan their trip. It’s easy to organize your ideas and put them into motion.
• Discount cards: The International Student (ISIC), Teacher (ITIC) and Youth Travel (IYTC) ID Cards provide access to over 35,000 international and domestic discounts including airfare, accommodations, tours, shopping, dining and entertainment with partners such as Target.com, Apple Store, Virgin Megastore and The Body Shop.
• Travel insurance: Insurance coverage is offered for trip, baggage, medical and accident protection as well as providing 24-hour worldwide emergency assistance.
• Global cell phones: Provide students an easy and cost effective way of keeping in touch with friends and family while touring the world.
• Online visa application:

Changing planes in Atlanta was long because boarding passes had to be reissued even though at Kennedy we were told that wasn’t going to happen. On the flight to Cabo we again had crackers etc. You would think that we would of gotten some real food when our plane left Atlanta in the late afternoon due to the Delta Airlines caused delays. We arrived in Cabo – SIX hours late, missing an afternoon of our vacation. 

 What did Delta do to say we’re sorry?? NOTHING – no free ticket or $300 off your next flight. Where is the new attitude they talk about in their ads? 

Pointswizard.com Spin: Click here to see our post a few months ago about Delta problems. 

 President Bush Thursday will announce a sweeping government response to record flight delays, reports White House correspondent Peter Maer. A White House official tells CBS News the plan will confront next week’s holiday rush. It will also deal with longer-term issues.

The administration will call for new FAA air traffic control efforts to respond to non-weather-related delays. In a radio interview with CBS News, Air Traveler’s Association president David Stempler said the administration “will make some quick air traffic control improvements to try to get a lot more efficiency for the Thanksgiving and holiday period.” Stempler said future plans include new approaches and departure paths at New York’s JFK Airport and access to air space currently used by the military.

Many of the immediate fixes and long range proposals target what the administration describes as “the most overstressed” part of the system, the frequently-clogged Northeast Corridor. Many flight delay problems start in the New York City region. The administration says up to a third of the nation’s air traffic flies through the area and two-thirds of all flights nationwide can be affected by delays around New York City airports. The administration has considered fining airlines for operating chronically delayed flights. ” [Via cbsnews.com]

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The service is expected to begin early in 2008 and (at this point) mainly on coast to coast flights. We would have thought Jetblue would have been the first but congrads to American Airlines for having the b*lls to be the first.

AirCell, a provider of aviation communications systems, said Wednesday that it will team up with American to test its new system for providing on-board Internet access — AirCell’s first partner on the project. AirCell says its system, which is based on cellular technology, is less bulky and much cheaper than Boeing’s old satellite-based service.AirCell Chief Executive Jack Blumenstein told Reuters that the equipment costs about $100,000 per plane and that airlines can offer the service for about $10 per flight.

We think people would easily paid $3.95 an hour or $9.95 unlimited internet service.

Airline:
American Airlines / American Eagle® / AmericanConnection®

Award:
Reduced mileage for short-hop nonstop routes. View a list of eligible markets.

Dates:
Travel between September 1, 2007, through February 29, 2008.
Travel must be completed by February 29, 2008.

Offer:
For a limited time, you can claim a round-trip, Short-Hop MileSAAver Award for only:
15,000 AAdvantage miles in Economy Class (10,000-mile savings*)

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Sign up for our Gold Crown Club® International Ride RewardsTM frequent traveler program, stay at a Best Western hotel by June 28, 2007 and you can earn a 1,000 point bonus. Use points towards free room nights, airline miles, gift cards and much more.

And at Best Western, you’ll enjoy free high speed internet access, free local calls, a hot or continental breakfast**, and much more

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One Grand Prize winner and guest will have a chance to win a Vacation Royale. Vacation Royale, valued over $150,000, is a luxury-tailored experience at Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas. Stay in The Bridge Suite, with butlers, a personal concierge and a limo driver for 7 nights. Also enjoy a yacht for a day, spa treatments, gourmet dining, scuba lessons and more!

Ten (10) First Prize winners will receive the Casino Royale prize pack.

Mileage Plus members – earn 500 bonus miles by joining MyPoints today.

Then, check your inbox for the MyPoints Activation Email, and click the link to activate your account.
After 30 days of MyPoints membership, you’ll qualify for your 500 bonus miles!

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To qualify for the offer, members must enroll in MyPoints online by 3/27/07, and remain a MyPoints member for a minimum of 30 days. Bonus miles will post 6 – 8 weeks after 30 days of MyPoints membership.

Delta shortened the inactivity threshold of SkyMiles accounts to two years from three years, citing hopes to reduce administrative costs. As such, “Mileage balances of members who have had no SkyMiles activity within the last two calendar years (2005 and 2006) will expire on Dec. 31, 2006,” Delta said in a statement.” [Via btnonline.com ]

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