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Have a nice August! We're on vacation! (Photo: Chris McGinnis)

Have a nice August! We’re on vacation ’til September! (Photo: Chris McGinnis)

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Dear Readers: The TravelSkills blog will be on vacation until September. We hope you have a nice summer! 

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TravelSkills’ 10 most popular posts during the week of July 24 (descending order):

1 Routes: United (Shanghai, Saigon), Singapore (to UK), Delta (Caribbean), American, more 

2 LAX-Paris for $446 + Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas, New YorkWeekend Edition

3 Test your planespotting skills with our new quiz! (over 2,000 have tried. Avg score is 76%)

4 Routes: United (Tampa, Miami), Virgin America (Newark), Spirit, Frontier

5 Airports update: Denver’s problem, More CLEAR, O’Hare expands, JetBlue innovates + more

6 Inside look at Virgin Australia’s refurbed B777 (Photos, 3D Streetview)

7  JetBlue lie-flat seats coming to an airport near you?

8 DEAL! $540 to Hong Kong from U.S. East/West coast, roundtrip (Now one stop) SFO-Beijing nonstop now $546

9 Surprisingly few Americans use Uber, Lyft

10 The Best Western surprise

 

Don’t miss your chance to get $150 in gift cards for trying the new Upside app! Here’s how

QANTAS LAX

Cool view of the other Australian carrier while at the Virgin Australia event at LAX (Photo: Chris McGinnis)

Links to stories from other sources that we thought you’d like to read:

Etihad opens a new premium lounge in LAX’s Bradley Terminal

Are these the world’s most high-tech hotels?

Business traveler spending on taxis drops 51 percent in two years

Starwood Preferred Guest partners with Wi-Fi hotspot provider

French carrier La Compagnie offers unlimited transatlantic travel for $35,000

Another Delta hub gets CLEAR lanes: Detroit 

Too bad: Fewer widebody aircraft on order

Uber says its drivers are ow cruising The Strip in Las Vegas. (Image: Jim Glab)

Allegiant adds new nonstops from Oakland to Las Vegas. But would you? (Image: Jim Glab)

Allegiant adds Oakland-Las Vegas nonstops for just $58 roundtrip, but…

Clever: Lufthansa sells seats on Airbnb

Actor Michael Caine changes his name for faster airport security

Chase 5/24 rule means your credit card application could be dead on arrival

Are you signed up for PreCheck but never seem to get it? TSA wants to hear from you:

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Dear Readers: The TravelSkills blog will be on vacation until September. We hope you have a nice summer! 

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