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Carrying Your Valuables: Money Belts vs. Neck Wallets vs. Alternatives?

Carrying Your Valuables: Money Belts vs. Neck Wallets vs. Alternatives?

Are you about to go on a trip and are you still not sure about how to make sure that your passport, cash, and credit cards stay safe? Two of the most common things that can be used to protect your valuables on the road are a money belt (such as the Boxiki Travel Money Belt) …

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Happy 50th Birthday, Queen of the Skies! Celebrating with My Favorite 747 Photos

Happy 50th Birthday, Queen of the Skies! Celebrating with My Favorite 747 Photos

Boeing 747 rolled out for the first time on September 30, 1968. Since then, its unmistakeable shape has turned it into one of the most recognized aircraft types and the favorite aircraft type of many aviation enthusiasts. With the above in mind, yesterday, September 30, 2018, (in the US, still today) marked a very special …

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Flight Review: Qantas 737-800 Economy Class from Sydney to Christchurch

Flight Review: Qantas 737-800 Economy Class from Sydney to Christchurch

Flight Information Date: June 24, 2018 Flight No.: QF129 Route: Sydney Kingsford Smith to Christchurch International Airline: Qantas Type: Boeing 737-800 Registration: VH-XZG With more than 70 of the type, the Boeing 737-800 makes up more than half of the Qantas fleet and its the sole narrow body aircraft operated by the airline. As such, it’s …

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Battle of Euro-LCCs: Ryanair vs. easyJet vs. Norwegian vs. Wizz Air

Battle of Euro-LCCs: Ryanair vs. easyJet vs. Norwegian vs. Wizz Air

If you’ve traveled around Europe, then you will be familiar with the continent’s largest low-cost airlines: Ryanair, easyJet, Norwegian, and Wizz Air. You’ve either flown them, or they at least showed up in search results when you were looking for various flights (mostly) within Europe. In this article, I’ll take a closer look at each …

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Lounge Review: Qantas Business Class Lounge at Sydney Kingsford Smith

Review: Qantas Business Class Lounge at Sydney Kingsford Smith

Qantas runs two business class lounges at its main base, Sydney airport. One of them can be found in terminal 3 and is accessible to domestic passengers, and the other one – for international passengers – is located in terminal 1. Between my flights from Tokyo and to Christchurch, I had a chance to – …

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Flight Review: Qantas 747-400 Economy Class from Tokyo Haneda to Sydney

Flight Review: Qantas 747-400 Economy Class from Tokyo Haneda to Sydney

Flight Information Date: June 23, 2018 Flight No.: QF26 Route: Tokyo Haneda to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airline: Qantas Type: Boeing 747-400 Registration: VH-OJU Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia and the third oldest airline in the world, operates a fleet of ten Boeing 747-400 (including 747-400ERs of which it is the sole operator) aircraft on some …

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Lounge Review: JAL Sakura Lounge (International Terminal) at Tokyo Haneda

Review: JAL Sakura Lounge (International Terminal) at Tokyo Haneda

There are three Japan Airlines business class lounges – JAL Sakura Lounges – at Haneda airport. Two of them are in Terminal 1, the terminal used for JAL’s domestic flights, and one can be found in the international terminal. While I reviewed one of the domestic lounges as well as the international lounge at Narita …

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Flying with Power Tools, Hand Tools and Hardware: What Are the Rules?

Flying with Power Tools, Hand Tools and Hardware: What Are the Rules?

Having traveled with thirty or so cordless drills and tens of other tools recently, I decided to look a bit closer into what the rules are when it comes to flying with power tools, hand tools, bolts, nuts, and other hardware. If you are looking for a quick answer, here you go: in vast majority …

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