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Review and FAQ: Uber VIP – What It Is and How It Works
Uber VIP is a little-known elite status program offered by ride-hailing service Uber in a limited number of cities, but it has gotten more attention recently since American Express partnered with the company. As a result American Express offers $200 per year in Uber ride credits as well as Uber VIP status to Platinum card members.
Customers who have Uber VIP status have access to Uber’s top drivers and vehicles, according …
Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ at Lyceum Theater
Woe be to the reviewer of “The Play That Goes Wrong,” the smash hit that recently crossed the Atlantic from London’s West End. Apparently, when it comes to this production, just about everything can go wrong.
My 2015 review of the original production was almost published under the headline “Review: The Play That Went Wrong” and I didn’t make it to the opening in the United States thanks to a case …
Lobby Bar – April 7: Manual Elevators, French Ducklings, Being Trapped in a Conference Room, and Why Cars Love Phones
Lobby Bar – A Way to Escape from Reality at No Cost. Also, News.
Sit, Booboo, Sit. Join me for a complete guide of how to connect your iPhone to your car via CarPlay. Cars with the CarPlay feature like to play games with their owners including fetch. Simply throw the iPhone out the window while driving, and the car will drive onto the grassy shoulder and sniff around for it. Be …
World’s Largest Association of Corporate Travel Managers to Members: ‘Build a Wall’ and Lower the Cost of Meetings
SUCKERVILLE, Maine, April 1 — On the opening day of its annual meeting here, the American Service Society of Corporate Ambulatory Managers, or ASSCAM, announced findings of a research report that said, in order to make corporate travel great again, companies should build walls around off-site corporate meetings to ensure that employees participate fully and do not go off and do their own thing.
ASSCAM is the largest association of corporate …
Great Moments in Travel History – April 2017
James Smith McDonnell, founder of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, was born on April 9, 1899. The company later merged with the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas.
The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco was all set for opening day when, on April 18, 1906, the city suffered a devastating earthquake. Fires from the quake consumed much of the property and the hotel had to be largely rebuilt before opening …
Lobby Bar – March 31: Naked in the Sky, Thor’s Favorite Car, Expensive Stakes, and an FBT Editor’s Meltdown
Lobby Bar – A Sweetly Soporific Selection of FBT News and Views
Call us idols. We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled travel news and reviews to offer some flying fashion advice. In general, try to avoid clothing that is too long, too short, ripped, stained, see-through, brightly colored, or made of polyester. On second thought, why not just avoid the question entirely and book your next trip on our …
Treaty That Begat the European Union Celebrated by EU Leaders with ‘Rome Declaration’
Twenty-seven leaders of EU nations commemorated in Rome on Saturday the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, an event that set the course for today’s European Union, with the signing of a statement affirming its future.
“We, the Leaders of 27 Member States and of EU institutions, take pride in the achievements of the European Union: the construction of European unity is a bold, far-sighted endeavor,” they …
