How do airlines decide who gets those coveted upgrades?

Each Friday on msnbc.com’s Overhead Bin blog I have the pleasure of tracking down an answer to a reader’s questions. This week the topic was: how do airlines decide who gets those much-coveted seat upgrades on the airplanes? With full airplanes these days, many frequent fliers seeking upgrades find themselves unable to get a spot […]

Help needed: building libraries in Zambia

Feeling elfish? I am.   And this year I’m participating, once again, in a project called Passports with Purpose:  an ever-expanding group of travel bloggers who band together to raise funds for a great cause. In 2010 the group raised more than $64,000 to build a village in India to improve lives of the Dalit […]