Sunday Travel Tips- Save real money

Whether you travel a lot of just occasionally there are some helpful travel tips that can both save you money and perhaps earn you some real value for later excursions like vacation. For example, when booking your travel, two weeks or more in advance of course, use a credit card, join the airlines frequency program and book online versus calling the airline.

1. USING a credit card that is associated with an airline e.g. AMEX/DELTA you earn miles that add up pretty quickly. Not only do you earn miles when you travel, but you earn miles when you use the card on ongoing transactions like groceries and gas. CAUTION: Pay your credit card off every month or you will nullify the benefits you are achieving using the card to SAVE MONEY by paying the interest and fees the credit card charges.
2. JOINING  the airlines frequency program allows you to start earning miles right away. No harm in joining multiple carrier's programs.
3. BOOKING online almost always yields a less expensive ticket. Be careful though, you will have to own any mistakes that are made. Look at the airport codes carefully. I once wanted to go to San Francisco and ended up booking online a ticket going to San Diego. I had to re ticket at my expense! Yikes.

One last tip. When you do earn that ticket, don't redeem on short excursions. Atlanta to Raleigh. Get the biggest bang for your efforts. Go somewhere that really makes the miles work harder for you e.g. bicoastal perhaps.

In any case, happy travels. See you at some airport perhaps!!

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