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Last activity: 26.11.2013
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At BoardingArea we're compiling the best business travel blogs on the Internet, all in one place.
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United States, Maryland, Silver Spring

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Jun 26, 2013Bitcoin: The next rewards-based economy?Cryptocurrency advocates are cheering on the adoption of bitcoin by merchants. You can now buy everything from online dating accounts to a pint and a pie using the system. But could bitcoin also be the next basis for company rewards program...
Sep 15, 2012Delta Sends C&Ds To Startups Tracking Airline Rewards; MileWise, AwardWallet & Others AffectedDelta is joining American Airlines and Southwest Airlines as the third major brand to deny travel startups access to users’ frequent flyer accounts for the purpose of tracking airlines’ miles and rewards. Startups affected include TripIt (r...
Aug 13, 2012TSA Racial Profiling May Hide Larger Constitutional ProblemThe NY Times had an article recently about accusations of racial profiling by the TSA at Boston’s Logan airport. There’s apparently a pilot program going on at the airport to do more “behavior detection” with the TSA. This is the security m...
Mar 6, 2012American Airlines Making Life Worse For Most Loyal Customers By Killing Useful Mile-Tracking Browser PluginIt’s still really amazing to me how often we hear about companies making their own customers’ lives worse off in an obsessive need for excess control. The latest such example comes via Rob Hyndman, who points us to the news that American Ai...
Nov 23, 2010New TSA security: necessary or ludicrous?A poll finds that most travelers are in support of advanced airport screening, but only for others There are a few words of wisdom that I try to live by: Treat others the way you would want to be treated, respect your elders, always say “pl...
Nov 19, 2010Lone TSA Twitter Account Fights Entire InternetIn case you’re confused by @tsagov, @tsabloggerbob, @tsaagent, @TSAsupervisor, @tsablog and countless other parody accounts, the real Transportation Safety Administration is actually on Twitter at @TSABlogTeam and wow, talk about the worst ...
Nov 19, 2010TSA Agents Absolutely Hate New Pat Downs, Find Them Disgusting And Morale BreakingOne of the common themes that people keep mentioning in talking about the new TSA pat down procedures is that those involved must “enjoy” the groping they’re giving people. But, of course, most TSA agents are normal every day people who don...
Dec 31, 2009Blogger who posted the new flight regulations threatened by DHSTwo travel bloggers, Steven Frischling and Chris Elliott received friendly visits from the Department of Homeland Security this week. Why? Because both published SD-1544-09-06, the document that showed us what to expect when we flew in scar...
Dec 30, 2009Post TSA's New Security Rules And Get A Visit And Subpoena From Homeland SecurityWith the failed attempted terrorist attack last week, there has been a tremendous amount of confusion and changing stories concerning airline security. What was especially odd was that there were so many conflicting reports about what the T...
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What has the press written about BoardingArea?

Parsers VC has collected 12 articles mentioning BoardingArea, among them “Bitcoin: The next rewards-based economy?” (Jun 26, 2013) and “Delta Sends C&Ds To Startups Tracking Airline Rewards; MileWise, AwardWallet & Others Affected” (Sep 15, 2012).

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Yes, BoardingArea is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 26, 2013.