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Social media helps find a seatmate in KLM test, more business passengers flying coach, federal hotel to open at the Presidio

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Hotwire sent me emails about “lower hotel rates” in Rosemont. So I found one I liked and booked it. When I received the hotel conformation it was in Elk Grove, Ill., not Rosemont. Now what? Can I get it changed?

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A room at La Maltese Estate Villa, a hotel that exudes the ambience of a privileged “members only” private club in Santorini, Greece was snagged for the rate of $110 per night. Too good to be true, right? Right.

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Ever told a little white lie to get a few bucks off a hotel room?

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When it comes to online hotel reviews, do you believe everything you read?

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Bed bug infestations of hotels are becoming an increasing concern, and are not confined to inexpensive hotels. Even the prestigious Waldorf Astoria isn’t immune to bed bugs. Ned Levi discusses how to detect bed bugs in your hotel and how to avoid them.

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Strategies for getting hotel upgrades, Airlines apply for antitrust immunity in Japan, Boeing 787 tests reach halfway point

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My fiance and I are going to Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate his six-month, “all clear” from cancer. I booked a four-star hotel on Priceline.com for our first two nights and when they revealed the hotel, it was actually a three-star on the hotel’s own Web site.

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I’m not sure how a fully inflated beach ball got in my hotel room.

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Debbie Burk books a four-star hotel in Chicago, hoping to avoid a particular property, which is rated a half star lower. But when she ends up with a room at that hotel anyway, she ends up in an argument with her online travel agent over its star ratings system. Is she stuck with that room?

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