There is little rhyme or reason on why airlines price airfares the way they do. I'm not sure if anyone can figure it out. However, there are some things that can be counted on. In this blog post, The Traveling Professor goes over some very basic pointers to take into consideration when purchasing international airfares. These tips will help the traveler save time, save money and relieve some of the confusing issues surrounding the purchase of international airfares.
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!
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!
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.
The Traveling Professor has earned over 1,600,000 award miles on American Airlines and OneWorld airlines. I have used over 1,300,000 and in the process, have learned the right and the wrong way of using those miles. Take advantage of my experience and read what I have to say about getting airline tickets using award miles.
A big complaint The Traveling Professor always hears is that it can be very difficult to redeem accrued award miles for flights. I agree that airlines do conspire for us to redeem those awards. For instance, when traveling from North America to Europe, American Airlines seems to want to route you through London as much as they can. I feel the reason for this is because taxes and fees going through London are so high, it discourages people from redeeming miles when a purchased ticket does not cost a significant amount more. And of course, the big problem is that flights are simply not available. However, I have discovered a tool on American Airline's site that makes it easier (not necessarily easy) to find award flights.