Category Archives: COVID-19

Bermuda Travel Will Resume on July 1, 2020: Here Is What You Want to Know

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

Bermuda travel is supposed to resume on July 1. It’s not the only tropical paradise you can go to; Antigua and Barbuda is open right now, and other Caribbean destinations are supposed to open in July too. But Bermuda is incredibly beautiful, and, while it’s not an all-season destination, it’s going to be tropical… Continue Reading

Filed Under: COVID-19, Miles and Points, Misc, Travel News

Masks on a Plane: It’s Up to Airlines to #MASA — Make AirTravel Safe Again

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Andy Shuman • 8 Comments

UPDATE: Based on some responses I’ve received from researchers, I can’t consider this diagram accurate for the time being. I keep talking to people, so this might or might not change. Just to clarify: this revision doesn’t mean that my opinion about using masks for preventing the coronavirus spread has changed, but I won’t resort… Continue Reading

Filed Under: COVID-19, Miles and Points, Misc, Travel News

Finally! WHO Now Agrees That Face Masks Do Protect the WEARER!

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Andy Shuman • 7 Comments

UPDATE June 5: When this article was almost ready, WHO has finally — FINALLY — updated their guidelines on wearing face masks. After telling us for months that general public shouldn’t use face masks for coronavirus protection because they don’t protect the wearer, WHO is finally admitting that they kind of do. Here are… Continue Reading

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Missed Out on Air Canada Aeroplan Miles Sale at a Penny Each? Congrats, You’ve Dodged a Bullet!

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Andy Shuman • 5 Comments

The Air Canada Aeroplan miles sale offered Aeroplan miles for $0.01 each. It looks incredible for 2 reasons: Air Canada had never sold miles before, other than via targeted offers (to the best of my knowledge). Air Canada has never sold miles for so little. So what’s up with that? COVID-19, that’s what. Airlines… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Cheap Travel, COVID-19, Miles and Points

Best Free Online Courses: COVID-19 Hands You Lemons? Make Lemonade!

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

UPDATE 5/9/2020: Free Learn at Home projects with Scholastic: PreK through 9th grade. UPDATE 5/3/2020: You can get a FREE 5-Year Subscription to 200+ Microsoft Azure Courses: Pluralsight and Microsoft have partnered to help you become an expert in Azure. With skill assessments and over 200+ courses, 40+ Skill IQs and 8 Role IQs,… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Bargains, COVID-19

And You Thought Your Elbows Were Useless or Your 4th Line of Defense Against the Coronavirus

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Andy Shuman • 2 Comments

I’ll always remember how I was suspended once – after my elbow, as if acting on its own, hit the other kid right under the left eye, landing him on a school floor in the fetal position and me in the principal’s office in deep trouble. In my defense, I really, really didn’t want to… Continue Reading