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Jake Emen is a long-time freelance travel, food, and drinks journalist. His work has been published in AFAR, Barron's, Bloomberg, Conde Nast Traveler, Food & Wine, GQ, Men's Journal, Robb Report, Thrillist, Travel + Leisure, USA Today, Vice, the Washington Post, and a wide range of others.
In this month's hot take, we catch up with a travel expert about the recent unveiling of Amtrak's next-generation Acela service and how it proves just how far behind the times America's rail system remains.
Delta 360 is the airline's super-secret, invite-only status, but the only thing this special member's club has done is encourage me to fly the airline less.