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these are 10 cheap flight hacks to save
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you money in 2022 hack number one know
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the sweet spot when it comes to booking
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your flight in advance to lock in that
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lowest airfare if you're traveling
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during the winter you'll want to book
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your flight 110 days in advance to
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secure the lowest rate especially if the
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month encompasses christmas or new
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year's for spring travel 76 days in
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advance is the best time to book
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according to cheapair.com and be
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cognizant of any month that includes
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spring break travel dates specifically
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florida as a destination you'll want to
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book as far in advance as possible for
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the summer it's 42 days in advance which
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gives you a little bit more flexibility
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and for the fall 77 days in advance is
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the most ideal time to save with many of
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us having annual thanksgiving travel
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destinations in mind and if you are
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returning to see family just simply set
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calendar reminders so you don't need to
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go back and watch this video multiple
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times for international travel eight to
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ten months in advance is the sweet spot
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and a little tip that i found worked
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well when booking in advance use the
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google flight tool to check multiple
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departure points for the same
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destination let's use new york as an
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example of a city where there are
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multiple airports and london england
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where my sister currently resides
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another city with multiple airports
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google flights will search all of those
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airports removing a lot of that legwork
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for you having to figure out which
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airport would be cheapest to fly to
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before i get to this next point i need
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to mention the following important
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disclaimers this trick only works if you
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plan on just bringing a carry-on you
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cannot check bags under the plane with
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this trick this can only work for
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one-way flights as the airlines will
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cancel any remaining flights in your
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itinerary and please do this next hack
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at your own risk i am not personally
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recommending anyone do this trick as
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airlines don't like it and may even
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potentially ban you from the airline but
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since it is a potential money saving tip
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i wanted to at least let you know that
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it exists hack number two use the
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stopover trick did you know it's
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sometimes cheaper to book a flight that
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connects at your final destination and
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just get off the airplane rather than
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booking a flight directly i'm going to
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show you a couple of dramatic examples
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to save you a lot of money i know this
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sounds crazy but bear with me for a
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moment for example let's say you live in
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austin texas and you want to visit
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family in chicago a direct flight from
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austin to chicago with american airlines
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on tuesday june 21st at 5 37 pm is 216
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dollars it's a direct flight austin to
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chicago what most people don't know is
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that if you search alternative
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destinations for a flight that stops in
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chicago and just get off the airplane
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you can save a lot of money let's use
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the same dates the same times and the
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same airline for a flight departing from
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austin texas to kansas city that has a
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layover in chicago you'll notice this
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flight departing from austin at 5 37
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with american airlines that has a
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stopover in chicago at 8 30. landing at
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the exact same time as the flight that i
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just showed you direct that would then
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otherwise continue on to kansas city is
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a perfect time for you to get off the
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airplane take your bags and lock in a
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lower price flight for 143 dollars to
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avoid aimlessly searching for hours to
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find these types of combinations there's
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a free website that will reveal all
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sorts of stop over connections to
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possibly save you even more cash and i'm
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going to show you this last minute
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flight booking as an example departing
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from los angeles and landing in honolulu
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skip lag quickly reveals a flight option
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for 278 dollars for june 15th that
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departs from los angeles and is intended
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to go all the way to maui but
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it has a stopover in honolulu which is
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where i wanted to go in the first place
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so i could book that right now for 278
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dollars as an alternative if i didn't
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know about this website and i was
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planning to travel or complete the same
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last minute booking for wednesday june
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15th from lax to honolulu the only
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option with which i'm presented right
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now is a united flight for 2600
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that's twenty six hundred dollars
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compared to 278. hack number three make
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sure you are not following archaic data
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and know the new best days to book your
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travel a great free app to help you
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further zero in on the cheapest days of
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the week to book with a color-coded
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calendar is an app called hopper it will
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help pinpoint the optimal time frame and
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which day of the week you should book
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specifically a lot of people think the
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first flight of the day is going to be
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the most expensive it's not the first
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flight of the day one that generally
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leaves at six 6 30 or 7 is the most
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likely to have an on-time departure
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since it's the first flight of the day
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and the most expensive flights of the
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day are the ones between 8 and 10 am and
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5 and 7 pm pertaining primarily to
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business travel back and forth hack
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number four use an incognito browser or
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a vpn so you can be presented with the
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best deals and promotions that still
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rings true for many airlines let's use
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united as an example where i'm logged in
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it has already identified me as someone
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that travels from time to time with them
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the options it presents me as some of
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their top deals include in new york to
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santiago flight which is decently priced
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but then some options from san francisco
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to singapore which is not that
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competitive compared to some of what i
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might see from other travel websites
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using an incognito browser or a vpn
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which i'll explain in a moment does take
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me to a different side of the united
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deals page where i am presented with
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lower priced airfare if you are using a
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vpn sometimes making it appear as though
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you are from europe will sometimes
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result in you being presented with
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additional offers and promotions where
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sometimes airlines are trying to entice
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international travels to complete a
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booking on their website one other
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important tip is if you are using a
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search engine to reveal the lowest price
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airfare you generally want to scroll to
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the bottom just to see if southwest is
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included as a destination southwest
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airlines often tries to hide its flight
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data from third-party sites so they can
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get the benefit of you booking directly
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so the southwest website is
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unfortunately an additional resource
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that you might want to check as they
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don't always come up in standard search
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results hack number five mix and match
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your airlines it might sometimes be
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cheaper to take one leg of your journey
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with united and your return flight with
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delta and if you're relying solely upon
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an airline's website you won't always
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see those facts and figures kiwi.com is
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another resource i love i should mention
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none of these companies are sponsoring
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this video these are just tools that i
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live and breathe by when it comes to
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finding bargains let's say i'm traveling
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between seattle and miami on sunday
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october 9th returning october 16th
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kiwi.com is a website that will present
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different airline options to me where i
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can book one leg of the journey with
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alaska airlines and the return being
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from american airlines locking in a much
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lower fare if i were to try the same
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journey completely with alaskan or
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solely with american airlines you can
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also search through and easily book
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multiple airlines through priceline or
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expedia and for both of these websites
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if you are considering a hotel or a car
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rental with your booking the amount of
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money you could save packaging it all
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together is astronomical as an example
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my wife is accompanying me on a business
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trip where we leave philadelphia on july
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17th we land in houston on july 18th we
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need both a rental car and i'm
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interested to see the hotel rates just
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as an example showing hotels with a
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minimum of a four-star rating my wife
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and i could fly at 340 per person
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including our entire return flight
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journey our hotel and the rental car and
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contrary to popular belief segments of
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this journey are fully refundable if you
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are booking through expedia including
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both the hotel and the car rental hack
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number six know how to unlock the same
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rates as a travel agent now of course
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for any type of international travel or
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a complicated journey i always rely upon
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both the rates and the expertise of a
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good travel agent but did you know
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kayak.com is one of the only websites
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that gives you access to travel agency
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rates unlocking additional promotional
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prices the average traveler will not see
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another fantastic resource is scott's
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cheapflights.com which strives at
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helping you find the best deals
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specifically from your local airport
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just put in your local airport and
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you'll get notifications as well as
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deals tailored specifically to where you
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live that you might not see elsewhere
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i'll have an eye-opening alert tied to
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gift cards in a moment but first for
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hack number seven don't forget about the
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price alert functionality tied to many
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websites instead of spending all of your
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free time waiting for prices to drop
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whether it's google flights or a website
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like sky scanner which will alert you
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via email when flight prices for your
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designated journey include a price drop
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or even airfare watchdog where you could
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sign up via email or even have the
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website showcase the best return flight
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deals from your specific airport every
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week non-stop at some incredibly low
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fares hack number eight don't forget
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about the warehouse clubs when it comes
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to airline discounted gift cards as well
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as some insider travel options which
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i'll reveal in a moment costco as an
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example is a warehouse club where you
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will frequently find gift cards for many
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of your favorite airlines reduced in the
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case of what's available today it's a
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southwest airlines gift card for 500
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dollars that you can score for 449.99
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you're saving 50 bucks many of these
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gift cards don't expire and you can use
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up to five at a time per member just
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this gift card taken advantage of by you
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or several people in your family five
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times is 250 dollars in savings with
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this gift card delivered to you same day
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via email if that's not enough the
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vacation packaged offers are all
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fulfilled through actual travel agencies
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if you are booking via costco travel for
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a theme park a cruise all sorts of
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complicated hotel packages you can find
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it all in addition to some of the least
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expensive most competitive rental car
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rates that i've seen anywhere hack
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number nine sign up for that airline
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credit card on the airplane how many
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times have you been sitting there where
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your flight attendants eagerly passed
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through a brochure encouraging you to
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sign up on the spot many of those credit
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card applications with which you may be
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presented are incentivized with all
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sorts of bonuses you'll have access to
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an exclusive bonus offered for that
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specific flight and those bonus points
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could be put to use in a beautiful way
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it's also worth noting that you can buy
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your status for many of your airlines
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giving you club access and tons of
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additional perks find the airline you're
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likely to travel with most and consider
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a credit card for united the chase
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united visa as an example signing up
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gives you enough miles for a round trip
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upon booking within the united states
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two united club passes annually a 100
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tsa pre-check fee credit free check bags
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and priority boarding if you're not
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interested in an airline credit card
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check out the portal of your current
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credit card company there are many no
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fee credit cards like the chase freedom
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or the amex everyday credit card that
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allow you to accumulate points but what
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many people don't know is that you can
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then transfer those points to your
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favorite airline in a moment i'm going
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to show you how to avoid inadvertently
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booking the worst seat on the entire
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airplane but first for my next hack use
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google flights to plan your next
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vacation and this is an untapped tab
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that a lot of people don't know to use
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on google flights let's say you're
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flying out of dc and you're considering
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some travel between now and july 4th
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just as an example click the explore tab
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and from dc i'm immediately presented
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with some impossibly low direct airfare
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options for as low as 74 bucks to
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orlando google also brings some great
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hotel deals into account if you so
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choose but you can really pinpoint if
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you are going weekday weekend how long
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you want to be there for and what you're
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often presented with are deals you might
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not see on any other search tool
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assuming you're flexible and now it's
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time for my bonus hack a way to maximize
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your space and ensure that your airline
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seat is not the worst part of your
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journey if you've never used seat guru
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which is another free website which i'll
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link to below it exposes some valuable
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information tied to your seat and its
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physical location on the airplane while
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booking through your airline gives you a
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seat map that indicates the basics this
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website reveals the differences between
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legroom bulkheads the best and worst
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seats to book and this free resource is
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heaven sent for long haul travel let's
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use a flight departing from detroit to
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london as an example with delta for this
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specific flight seat guru reveals
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information that no airline is going to
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give you for example if you are booking
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an economy seat and in this case all of
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the seats in this section are either
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free to book or they have the same price
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seat 30g is identified as a standard
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economy class seat that other flyers
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tend to bump into so this is a seat you
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want to avoid booking other parts of the
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seat map also reveal all sorts of other
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issues you might not want to encounter
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on a flight including limited recline
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which is the case of these seats color
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coded in red so there you have it thank
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you so much for watching i love you bye
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