10 Rules of Proper Airplane Etiquette – CheapOair

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Do you travel often?  Are you a relative newcomer to the friendly skies? Either way, Andrew Hickey’s top 10 list of airplane etiquette will be useful to all types of travellers from the seasoned to the novices.  I especially loved tips number three and seven.  I cannot stand those seat grabbers and armrest-lers at all and it seems like there’s at least one or the other on every single flight I’ve taken in the past decade. What about you?  What’s your flying pet peeve?

The World’s Most Impressive Airport Lounges – DepartureSpa

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For those of us lucky enough to fly in first or business class, or those with Elite status on legacy airlines, the airport lounge can be a veritable oasis in the sea of airport chaos that seems to get crazier and crazier by the day.  In airport lounges throughout the world, you can escape behind exclusive doors and enjoy the calm, free food and drinks and helpful staff that seem to be ubiquitous in lounges.  However, for the very fortunate, some airlines have really gone over the top in the design or services offered in their lounges. Check out DepartureSpa’s list of the best lounges in the world and start daydreaming now!  A dip in a jacuzzi and massage on my way out of Doha, Qatar?  Yes please!

Czech Out the Prices in Brno – Guardian Travel

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For a look outside of the airport and airplanes, why not try a destination off the beaten path in the Czech Republic?  Though it’s the second-largest city in the country, Brno gets way less press than Prague.  Read Guardian writer Tim Bryan’s account of his recent trip to Brno and see why this city is worth your attention.

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Though we didn’t end up taking home the trophy, the evening in itself was a prize.  With the ceremony bringing us lots of fun and new friends from Crashpadder.com we emerged victorious and happy….and looking onward to next year!  Thanks to all of our fans and supporters.  Keep searching, comparing and booking on Travelfusion.co.uk and we’ll hope to report a victory in 2011!

Recent Searches

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Right at the top of our home page, we’ve added a new “recent searches” feature.  Saving your five most recent searches, this tool is handy if you are searching several different date options or looking for different holiday destinations.  Your recent searches list will allow you to quickly refer back to see your previous searches and compare fares and dates easily.

Share on Facebook/Follow us on Twitter

We’re excited to now support a “share on Facebook” function that allows you to quickly and easily publish search results to your Facebook page.  Looking to take a trip with some of your friends or are you heading home for the summer?  This is an easy way to let your friends know when you’re travelling or give them ideas for an upcoming trip you’re planning together.

We also have integrated our city-specific Twitter accounts into our search results page. With our top 40 origin cities all owners of their own city-specific accounts, we Tweet the best daily deals from these cities on weekdays to help you gain inspiration for where to travel next.  Click here to see if your hometown is supported by this city-specific feature and be sure to follow us for the best deals.

Share by Email

Another new feature on our results page is the “share by email” function that you’ll notice to the right of each search result.  Simply click on the small envelope icon next to the fare you want to share, and fill in the pop-up with the email address of the friend to whom you’d like to send the fare.

Once you send your email, along with a personal message, your friend will receive an email like the one above with the flight details and information neatly presented in the message.  By clicking on the link to the fare, they will be taken directly to the search results that you shared, with the selected fare highlighted and also listed at the top of the page.

The “age” of the fare will also be listed at the bottom of the page, to show how long ago the fare was found.  This feature makes it so easy to share fares with friends and plan trips together, even remotely.

Fresh Fares

On our Travel Guide pages, we now display the lowest cached fares to specific destination cities. Here you’ll be able to see the cheapest fares that have been found recently on Travelfusion.com, along with a bright “fresh” button that alerts you to fares that are less than one hour old.  The more recently fares have been found, the more likely it is that they will still be available.

In addition to these new features, our development team was also hard at work fixing bugs and improving the look and feel of the site.  Hope you enjoy the new functionality and that you keep finding cheap fares on Travelfusion.  Happy travels!