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Southwest Booking now open through Jan 8, 2010

June 24, 2009

It’s time to plan your Thanksgiving and Christmas travel.  Southwest has now opened their booking through till January 8th, 2010.
This is great news for travelers because Southwest is a great airline.  Here is why I love Southwest.
Happy Booking!

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How Do Airline Mileage Programs Work?

May 19, 2009

Frequent Flyer miles, like all points related programs, are typically referred to as ‘incentives’ or rewards for ‘loyalty’.  In a fairytale world of Princes and Princesses this would accurately describe points programs.  But the current status of most mileage programs will not result in a happily ever after.
Wikipedia reports that in 1981 American Airlines was [...]

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Fifteen Ways to Save Money When you Fly on your Family Vacation this Summer

May 18, 2009

A couple of days ago I posted the article: Ten Ways to Save Money on Your Family Road Trip This Summer.  In case you plan to fly on your family vacation here are some suggestions and tips for you.
I am assuming you are planning on taking a family vacation this summer.  I hope your planning [...]

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Flights, Hotels, Last Minute Travel For An Adoption

May 11, 2009

A reader wrote:
We had already been researching the separate tickets for each leg of the flight.  Definitely cheaper.  Our hard thing is that we won’t know when we’re traveling until last minute.  Feel free to throw out any tips you have.  Do you recommend doing the hotel thing or just doing a crazy long flight [...]

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Step By Step Guide to Buying Cheap Airline Tickets Online

May 10, 2009

I have introduced you to the four common ways to buy tickets online.  If you missed those introductions make sure you are familiar with them:

The Travel Search Engine
The Online Travel Agent
The Opaque Travel Site
Directly from the Airline

Photo Airport by glenmcbethlaw
Here is how I would organize my search for air travel tickets.

I would use www.sidestep.com to [...]

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Which are better, hotel points or flight points?

May 8, 2009

In my experience Hotel Points (with the right program) are a much better idea than (almost any) Flight Points program.
People love to talk about free flights, but free hotels are MUCH more rewarding.

Never pay anything – free is free. If you manage to snag a free flight in North America you still pay $30-50 in [...]

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Why I LUV Southwest Airlines

May 5, 2009

Technorati Tags: airlines,southwest,cheap,travel,fly
The first thing you need to know about Southwest is that they differ from the majority of airlines in several ways.

As I have previously mentioned, they do not have many (if any) online booking sites or travel search engines that search their flights. Therefore, they can be easy to miss if you do [...]

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Introduction to Brand Specific Websites

May 4, 2009

So far I have introduced you to three of the four main ways to book travel online. 

The Travel Search Engine.  Read that introduction here.
The Online Travel Agent.  Read that introduction here.
The Opaque Booking Site.  Read that introduction here.

The fourth way, of course, is to book your travel from a specific brand.  [...]

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How to get the best price when buying travel online

May 1, 2009

Photo Money Shirt by Rob Lee

Start planning early – the more time you have the more likely you are to find a great deal. If you are not a plan early kind of person, you might be best off waiting till a few days before. But be forewarned – if no one has a [...]

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An Introduction to Opaque Booking Sites

May 1, 2009

Want to get the cheapest deal with the least amount of effort? You’ll love the opaque websites.

What is an Opaque Website? An opaque website is a site where the customer is required to do a portion of the booking without knowing the complete details. Doesn’t sound very [...]

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