12 most popular: Hotel rate fiasco + Delta bags it + Priority + Pay to play? + New LAX alternative + more

TravelSkills’ 12 most popular posts over the last week (descending order)… plus a few newsy nuggets we missed.

1. The big Super Bowl skew: Most expensive city for hotels in the world? UPDATED

2. Would you let someone else stow your bag? Delta: Our new valet service is working

3. Look! You are special: Are you a passenger with priority? See this

4. Would you pay to play? Will airlines charge to join frequent flyer programs?

5. We get the story right, but ship as sailed San Francisco hotels NOT most expensive after all

6. Burbank-SFO nonstops: New intra-California options + more route news

7. Would you move? 10 best places to live in USA?

8. We like it wide: Delta adds more transcon widebodies

9. More sleep-inducing than Ambien: Trip Report: A heaping helping of SWISS inflight food

10. Must see photo of La Guardia future: Airports: Rooftop lounge at JFK, LaGuardia’s new look, easy parking at DFW

11. This, too, shall pass? DOJ airline probe: A paper tiger?

12. Take heed if driving: Illegal to wear headsets when driving

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A few helpful nuggets of news from other sources that we missed on TravelSkills this week:

>Airline price fixing fiasco: Lawyers got $14 million. Travelers got worthless “Airscrip?” Remember?

>How to “undo send” Gmail email

>Possible Tube strike in London this week

>Get a stuffed goat or a free trip with Loungebuddy & Cathay Pacific contest

>Why that plane hit the bridge and crashed in Taiwan

>Lufthansa adds humidifier to first class (only)

>Which airline has the best wifi? 

>TSA to answer questions via social media- like airlines

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