Flyers earn and use a lot of award miles. How many? American Airlines President Robert Isom revealed a stunning statistic: over 1,500,000,000 award miles are redeemed per day or over 500 billion miles earned or redeemed per year. That's just on American Airlines! The Traveling Professor has researched ways to make the most of your frequent flyer awards program. Here are just 3 useful tips on earning and using award miles. Happy Travels!
Air travel is a big hassle. Airline customer service is horrible at best, airlines treat their customers like cattle with long waits, no personal service, and charge ridiculous fees. However, some travelers are treated like VIPs with large seats, preferred boarding, lounge access, reduced or eliminated baggage fees. Find out how to fly like a VIP without spending a lot of money. Read all about it in today's The Traveling Professor blog post
I am constantly on the lookout to get a good air itinerary. Getting a good air itinerary doesn't always mean getting the best price, it means getting a flight that gets you there without cumbersome layovers and most comfortably. I'll be flying to Europe from the United States quite a bit in 2018 (I've already done 5 trips already this year) and I have some strategies for getting good flights at good prices. Read my blog post and learn how to fly inexpensively and in style!
The Traveling Professor just got back from doing 3 small group tours to Iceland and the Northern Lights. On one of our trips, flights going out of Reykjavik were cancelled. On another one of our tours, flights were delayed out of Boston for a day and flights were cancelled out of JFK New York. All of our travelers were well-prepared to handle the delays. In this blog post, I will give valuable tips on what to do in case of flight cancellations or extensive delays.
For me, the worst part of traveling is flying. Travelers are always looking for ways to make air travel more affordable and less unbearable. In today's blog post, The Traveling Professor has researched 9 websites to help the traveler understand what's going on in the airline industry, save money, make flying more comfortable, redeem and spend award miles and points. Check it out and have a great flight!
One of the worst experiences in travel is being on a long haul flight overseas being stuck in economy class in a packed 3 across seating configuration. The seats are small and uncomfortable. I think airlines do this on purpose in order to motivate flyers into buying expensive upgrades. But wait. There is another option to make an overseas flight much, much more comfortable GUARANTEED. Read The Traveling Professor's blog post to find out how.
Gone are the days of a good travel agent to help make airline ticket purchases easy. Travelers are on their own now and boy, do we see travelers make some bad mistakes when purchasing airline tickets. It can cause them to lose all their money and possibly have no recourse to get it back. It can cause major headaches when trying to make changes or get adjustments. The Traveling Professor will tell you what mistake to avoid and why.
The Traveling Professor has been consulting with travelers regarding airfare for a few small group tours coming up this fall and in 2018. It seems like anything to do with booking airfares can be somewhat of a hassle these days. However, The Traveling Professor tells you some quick and easy things to remember when booking airfare. See The Professor's easy airline booking tips in today's blog post.
With airlines devaluing their award miles programs lately, award miles are becoming less and less valuable. In most situations, travelers get a better value by using travel points instead of award miles. However, the savvy traveler can find ways to get the best value out of their award miles program by following the tips presented here by The Traveling Professor.
Airline award miles keep getting devalued. Less and less seats are available with award miles. The number of miles required to book a seat keep going up. Fees for booking with award miles seem to be on the rise too. However, there are situations where award miles can be used to the traveler's advantage. In this blog post, The Traveling Professor gives you his basic tips for booking international flight with award miles.