UAORDFLYER asks how do you print boarding passes while on the road? Some creative ways have been posted.

If you are a single person who is constantly on the run and is searching for quick and easy meals to prepare, the Solo Dinners thread is for you, especially if you wish to prepare solo dinners that are not — well — so low.

Ideas range from preparing meals during the weekend that are easy to freeze for quick access during the week to purchasing meals at a local market that are already prepared and ready to eat. There are even some recipes for meals that are quick and easy to prepare on a moment’s notice.

Are you hungry yet?

It may not intially sound like much of a promotion, but some FlyerTalk members are reporting respectable to substantial savings with the Hilton Visa Reservations 25% discount.

In fact, in some cases, the room rates as a result of the Hilton Visa Summer Offer match or are less than the non-refundable advance purchase room rates at some Hilton HHonors properties. Reservations booked using this promotion can be cancelled up to three days in advance of the stay without penalty. However, this offer only applies to Hilton-branded properties.

Not related to this promotion, Hampton Has an Exclusive Offer for AAA Members where one can receive the following:

• Special AAA discount rate
• US$9 Amazon.com® Gift Card
• A chance to win a cozy Hampton bedding package

With both offers, rules and restrictions apply.

Imagine spending the night in Amsterdam for free!

To find out all of the details about this offer, as well as which hotels participate in it, please see the 1001 free nights in Amsterdam thread.

Hurry, though — this offer is good only until June 30, 2009 for bookings from now through July 31, 2009.

This could be better than dealing with a hostel environment regarding where to sleep in Amsterdam…

Imagine you have just purchased an airfare on Ryanair.

Now you have the choice to pay a £5 or €5 online check-in fee per person, per flight for new airline reservations, or a €40 or £40 “boarding card re-issue fee”, which will be introduced to encourage all passengers to arrive at the airport with their pre-printed web check-in boarding card.

By the way, it will cost you an extra £5 or €5 to have read this news here at The Gate, and it will cost an additional £5 or €5 to read the Ryanair moves to Web Check-In Only thread. Cash will be the only acceptable form of payment. Thank you.

Imagine having a hotel room within walking distance of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur for 10 Malaysian Ringgit, or approximately US$4.oo, per night, including tax.

This room rate can be yours at several different hotel properties in Malaysia: Tune Hotels sale >MR10++ [book by 22 May 09], but be aware that this room rate is only available when the reservation is booked by 22 May 2009 for stays between 1 February 2010 through 30 April 2010.

Also, one may be charged an extra fee for items normally included in room rates, such as towel rental, parking, wireless Internet service, and air conditioning.

Until I read the thread short notice redemptions, I had glossed over the fact that bmi Diamond Club requires 3 days notice for booking awards. How do you get around the rule if you have an emergency? Are there other frequent flyer programs that also restrict emergency redemptions?

Married FlyerTalk member LawFlyer uses a technique he calls the upgrade-flirt. He flirts with various key female airline employees in order to attempt to secure an upgrade on a flight. Does it really work? If someone uses The “upgrade-flirt”: Is it wrong?

You know, you do realize that by you reading The Gate, the color of your eyes becomes that much more vibrant and attractive to the opposite sex…

While the pilots of a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Tokyo were allegedly wondering and investigating how 6,000 pounds of fuel per hour — an excessive amount by any standard for a commercial aircraft — were being consumed, the acute observation skills of an alert United States Air Force staff sergeant caught a fuel leak which he videotaped and then showed it to a flight attendant, insisting that she inform the captain of the flight before venturing out over the Pacific Ocean.

His actions may have saved the lives of greater than 300 people.

Read about the details of — and reactions to — this amazing story of how an Airman spots a fuel leak at 35,000 feet.

So many miles to earn, so little time. What will happen if you get someone else to fly your mileage runs?