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    Warm Winter Jacket advice

    Seconding Canada Goose - Just spent January in Europe (Scandinavia through to Hungary) where we often spent the day in -3 to -5C. Everyone was wearing Canada Goose. And I do mean everyone. The only thing that caught me out was pants - I had thermals and thick jeans, my wife was wearing two...
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    Ask The Pilot

    It's a small world. I was in row 23 on the same flight and had a very similar thought process as you JessicaTam. Having read jb's previous comments on CNS and generally experiencing very solid landings into CNS I thought it still felt out of the ordinary (read: worse).. the lady in the window...
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    How to get from Newark Airport to Brooklyn

    I agree.. not hard especially if you have been there before. Jet lagged and first time though it would have been a hard slog as you suggested. Caught an uber once and a Lyft once.. neither contacted me. Cost me a total of $0 with the free coupons. Nice introduction. As I live up in far north...
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    How to get from Newark Airport to Brooklyn

    Thanks everyone.. went for Uber. Cost $58. Completely free with Amex coupon. Uber let you specify the exact door you were standing at. Got picked up in 3 minutes!
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    How to get from Newark Airport to Brooklyn

    We're going CNS - BNE - YVR - EWR. Air Canada Y from BNE. Two factors.. we're catching Coldplay the day before we fly out from BNE... and AC was cheapest by hundreds. We're expecting AC Y to be horrible or Jetstar quality at best but we'll be too pumped to care. And we avoid LAX, which makes me...
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    How to get from Newark Airport to Brooklyn

    Hi AFF, My wife and I are off on our adventures next week.. 5 weeks.. 1 week in NYC, 4 weeks in Europe. We kick off the trip is when we come into EWR about 5pm local time on a Wednesday evening and have to make our way to Crown Heights in Brooklyn. (pretty much the most inconvenient airport...
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    Best check in options for JQ-EK flight CNS-MEL-DXB

    Yes for half the leg. Check in told me both legs were completely full.. Asked again at the lounge in DXB and they didn't even batter an eyelid. The things you learn..
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    Best check in options for JQ-EK flight CNS-MEL-DXB

    Hi everyone, Im flying with the missus on Thursday CNS-MEL-DXB-ATH. CNS-MEL leg is JQ, MEL-DXB-ATH QF codeshare on EK metal. I've already jumped on emirates.com and selected seats and got some reasonable looking seats in the very front Y cabin. But - we're both 6 foot somethings, and the...
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    Save up to 30% when you buy miles today. Exp 21 July 14

    Hi, just received this today. Save up to 30% when you buy miles today. Escape on a summer vacation to Chicago or any of the 1,250+ global destinations serviced by United® or Star Alliance™ member airlines with award miles. Save up to 30% when you buy miles today for the summer vacation of...
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    AA's Admirals Club 30-day Membership: QF lounge access?

    Re: Couple of AAdvantage questions from a newbie to it My wife and I are booked Y CNS-MEL-DXB-ATH-land travel-CDG-DXB-SYD-CNS and are NB and Im looking for ways to make the trip a bit more comfortable, considering its going to be something approaching a once in a lifetime. I've been looking...
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