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“For a limited time only,” which could end up stretching throughout the summer, you’ll be able to get $5 meals at both Philadelphia International Airport and New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Between the two airports, there are 50 restaurants and food vendors participating in the WOW! $5 CHOW! promotion, which includes special offers for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If your summer travel plans include either airport, I’d suggest printing out the list and tucking it into your carry-on.

Here’s a link to the participating restaurants at LaGuardia Airport and here’s a link to the participating restaurants at Philadelphia International Airport.

Also, keep in mind, that T.G.I. Friday’s, which has more than 18 airport branches, is offering full size portions of 16 salads and sandwiches for $5 through the month of May.  If you sign up for their Give me more Stripes program, you’ll also get other free stuff throughout the year. (T.G. I. Airport branches include:  Detroit, DFW – 6 locations, San Francisco, San Antonio, MSP, ATL, Tampa, Newark, Indianapolis, Islip, Tulsa, and Pittsburgh.

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Can’t afford First or Business class, but don’t want to fly in the economy cabin on your next flight?  Soon you’ll have a new option on Air France:

The airline is carving out a new cabin section, Premium Voyageur, between the Business and Economy cabins and putting in these swanky new fixed-shell seats:

The new section will have extra legroom and many of the amenities of the Business Class cabin. The meal service will be the same as  in Economy, though: aperitifs, champagne,  a choice of two hot meals, liqueurs, wines and, on flights over 12 hours long, mini-sandwiches and Häagen Dazs ice-cream.

The new cabin section comes with some Business Class perks at the airport as well: priority check-in desks, increased baggage weight allowance, and priority baggage delivery.

Can’t wait to try it out? The first available destinations will be New York-JFK, Tokyo and Osaka. For more details, see the Air France Website.

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An airline mileage sale convinced me that now was a good time to visit London.  But I’ve been spinning my wheels trying to find a hotel I can afford.

Then, moments after I fork over my credit card number for a non-refundable rate that still feels a bit high, I get this email from the folks at Yapta.com about the launch of a new feature:

We’re launching the first hotel price tracking service that will enable travelers to monitor prices on more than 110,000 hotels around the world.  Unlike the “opaque” accommodation booking services (i.e. Hotwire.com) which do not allow travelers to see the specific hotel property they’re bidding on, Yapta enables travelers to designate the hotel they’re most interested in and then sign up to be automatically alerted when the rate drops.

Thanks, guys! One day too late for me to test it in real time for my trip, but a good thing for everyone to know about now that hotels in many cities are fighting to get our business.

Yatpa’s hotel tracking service isn’t the only fresh tool on the market. Tripadvisor recently launched a new flight search tool and Travelzoo just launched Fly.com.

Let’s go!

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Not sure how long this will last, but United is having a little sale on one-day passes to the Red Carpet Club.  If you buy your pass on-line, you’ll pay $39 instead of $50.

For travelers like me, who had to let their annual club membership lapse, it’s a good deal.  Especially now that Wi-Fi is complimentary in the club rooms.  Here’s the link.

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If you’re at Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport (DFW) this week, don’t be too alarmed if an airport employee comes up to you and shakes your hand.

It’s all part of customer appreciation week at the airport and to celebrate they’ll be handing out discounted coupons for parking (the valet parking coupon also offers food and retail discounts inside the terminals), and talking up some new food outlets, including:

In Terminal C: a new Urban Taco restaurant, a Blimpie sandwich shop,  and the Cereality Cereal Bar and Café with, yes, a wide variety of cereals and other foods you can eat for breakfast – or all day.

In Terminal B (Gate 8), there’s also a new U Food Grill, a popular healthy food option with globally-influenced menu items.

Yum!

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