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In this issue. How to travel in 2010. Plus, what trade groups want from travel and another fake review from TripAdvisor.
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• The unofficial guide to traveling in 2010 (MSNBC)
• Trade groups want their piece of pie in the sky (The Washington Post)
• Did yet another fake review slip past TripAdvisor?
• Oops! Unredacted TSA manual released; “full review” underway by agency
• A truly macabre reason to join Delta’s frequent flier program
• Space agent Upchurch: Virgin Galactic flights will be “life changing”
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What’s this? Front page article in the Wall Street Journal 12/7/09: U.S. Mint offers free shipping on bulk purchases of special issue coins. Frequent Flyers buy with FFB mile-credit cards, one guy buys enough to get Platinum for life free upgrades on an airline. Buyers then take crates of coin to their local bank and pay their credit card bill.
They beat me to the draw, but who am I?