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Monthly Archives for April 2012.

The Animal Lounge

Business week recently did an article about how transporting animals is a pretty lucrative freight business for some major airlines such as Lufthansa, Emirates, and Air France / KLM. Lufthansa alone transported over 110 million creatures last year though the number is a bit deceiving when you take into account the tons of worms and…

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The winner of the Airline World Cup is Cathay Pacific

The Airline World Cup started with 72 airlines. Through regional voting, this was whittled down to 32 airlines. Cathay Pacific set the tone early with their 103-17 throttling of Finnair. It was on to Air New Zealand where once again a 62-20 result was never in question. In the elite eight, Cathay demolished Emirates 82-24.…

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Airline World Cup Championship: Cathay Pacific vs Singapore Airlines

The championship game is here between the final two airlines in the single elimination Airline World Cup. Cathay Pacific vs Singapore Airlines! Please vote for your favorite airline between these two to determine the winner of the Airline World Cup. The poll will remain open for 72 hours. The downloadable bracket of all the match…

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Airline World Cup Final Four

I was surprised that Cathay Pacific crushed Emirates in the round of 8. It was also surprising that Singapore took down Swiss. We’re now down to four airlines left to battle for the champion of the Airline World Cup. The four remaining airlines are: Cathay Pacific             Lufthansa    …

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Airline World Cup: All Nippon Airways vs Korean Air

If this or any other voting ends in a tie, a random number generator will be used to determine the winner. Vote for your favorite airline between these two. The winner will advance to the next round of the final 4. The poll will remain open for 48 hours. The downloadable bracket of all the…

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Airline World Cup: Swiss vs Singapore Airlines

If this or any other voting ends in a tie, a random number generator will be used to determine the winner. Vote for your favorite airline between these two. The winner will advance to the next round of the final 4. The poll will remain open for 48 hours. The downloadable bracket of all the…

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Free 5,000 or 10,000 Membership Rewards points for “pay over time” enrollment

American Express charge cards offer no pre-spending limit and you must pay your full balance on each statement. American Express is now offering a pay over time option to allow you to pay these charges over time on eligible $100 or higher charges. They also want to incentivize you by offering you free Membership Rewards…

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