For long-haul flights like this, be sure to check out the business class prices below. (They’re not always as discounted…
LGA > Tunis, Tunisia: Econ from $754. – Nov-Jan [SOLD OUT]
For long-haul flights like this, be sure to check out the business class prices below. (They’re not always as discounted…
JFK > Abuja, Nigeria: Biz from $3160. Econ from $881. – Nov-Jan [SOLD OUT]
Have lots of frequent flyer points? Don’t waste them on a flight to New Zealand. A round-trip flight to New…
JFK > Liberia, Costa Rica: Biz from $940 Econ from $362. – Apr-Jun [SOLD OUT]
When I went to Costa Rica, I flew into Liberia. Nothing special there, but you’re only about a half-hour from…
JFK > Sao Paulo, Brazil: Econ from $668. – May-Jul (Including Summer Break) [SOLD OUT]
Quick tip: Whenever possible, book directly with the airlines for long-haul flights. Sometimes, you can request an upgrade to business…
LGA > Tunis, Tunisia: Econ from $680. – Feb-Apr (Including Spring Break) [SOLD OUT]
Quick tip: Whenever possible, book directly with the airlines for long-haul flights. Sometimes, you can request an upgrade to business…
LGA > Cartagena, Colombia: Econ from $298. – Sep-Nov [SOLD OUT]
Quick tip: If you don’t like the dates in the sample search below, you can almost always adjust the dates.…
$90 purchase that can earn points worth $100 to $2000
Remember the guy who earned over a million miles by buying 12 thousand pudding cups? This hack might not get you 1.2 million miles, but it will get you nearly 10,000, and it’s a LOT easier. And before you turn your nose up at 10,000 points that m…
$90 purchase that can earn points worth $100 to $2000
Remember the guy who earned over a million miles by buying 12 thousand pudding cups? This hack might not get you 1.2 million miles, but it will get you nearly 10,000, and it’s a LOT easier. And before you turn your nose up at 10,000 points that m…
JFK > Sao Paulo, Brazil: Biz from $1,656 Econ from $579. – Oct-Dec [SOLD OUT]
For long-haul flights like this, be sure to check out the business class prices below. (They’re not always as discounted…
JFK > Sao Paulo, Brazil: Biz from $1,738 Econ from $445. – Mar-May [SOLD OUT]
Have lots of frequent flyer points? Don’t waste them on a flight to New Zealand. A round-trip flight to New…
LGA > Orlando, Florida: Econ from $134. – Dec-Feb [SOLD OUT]
Don’t forget – in addition to basic economy fares, we also look up Business fare prices, flight plus hotel prices,…
Webinar recording: How to turn Chase Sapphire Preferred’s Signup bonus into $1000 to $15,000 in travel benefits
Ever feel like the airlines have a gun to your head when you NEED to fly somewhere? Here’s a guaranteed method to turn the tables on them. Don’t want to watch the whole 60 minutes? Click on any link below for highlights: 1:10 – If not…
Positioning flights (Advanced travel-hacking strategy)
A positioning flight is a flight someone takes out of a different airport than their own when they can fly for cheaper from that airport. It’s a bit of an advanced strategy experienced travelers use to get cheaper international flights. The advan…
LGA > Washington, DC: From $97 round-trip – Sep-Nov [SOLD OUT]
Don’t forget – in addition to basic economy fares, we also look up Business fare prices, flight plus hotel prices,…
JFK > Baltimore, Maryland: From $93 round-trip – Aug-Oct [SOLD OUT]
Have friends or family in Baltimore? Grab this cheap flight and visit them, or check out the reverse search link…
JFK > Baltimore, Maryland: From $117 round-trip – Jun-Aug (Including Summer Break)
Have friends or family in Baltimore? Grab this cheap flight and visit them, or check out the reverse search link…
EWR > Cancun, Mexico: From $174 round-trip – May-Jul (Including Summer Break) [SOLD OUT]
Premium subscriber benefit: Log in and click below to download a 6-night luxury vacation voucher for Mayan Palace in Mazatlan,…
LGA > Rostov on Don, Russia: $667 round-trip – Jan-Mar [SOLD OUT]
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
EWR > Saint Petersburg, Russia: $544 round-trip – Dec-Feb [SOLD OUT]
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
JFK > Moscow, Russia: $528 round-trip – Nov-Jan [SOLD OUT]
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
JFK > Sao Paulo, Brazil: $596 round-trip- Feb-Apr (Including Spring Break) [SOLD OUT]
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
JFK > Florianopolis, Brazil: $828 round-trip- Sep-Nov [SOLD OUT]
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
EWR > Kazan, Russia: $553 round-trip- Aug-Oct [SOLD OUT]
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
The best way to save big on lodging (that is overlooked 90% of the time.)
Today’s blog post was inspired by a question I get asked almost as often as “can you beat the price I found for flights to _______“? (And for the record; No – I don’t do price quotes – even if it’s for a $25,00…
LGA > Prague, Czech Republic: $700 round-trip- Nov-Jan [SOLD OUT]
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
The more often you look – The luckier you get
I’m flying my family of four across the country for only slightly more than what most people would pay for one passenger and just had to share… I was about to admit defeat and pay more than I’ve paid for a flight in over 2 years: $222…
The more often you look – The luckier you get
I’m flying my family of four across the country for only slightly more than what most people would pay for one passenger and just had to share… I was about to admit defeat and pay more than I’ve paid for a flight in over 2 years: $222…
JFK > Curitiba, Brazil: $764 round-trip- Aug-Oct [SOLD OUT]
* There only appear to be a few seats at this price and availability is spotty. It will take a…
Ummmmm… Hell no.
[TL;DR? Watch a video at the bottom of this post instead.] I bargained with my sophomore son and told him if he took a free ACT practice test on Friday, he could take a friend snowboarding today. I was going to go boarding today too, but it was NEGATIV…
“I wish I could travel like you”
Every time my wife & I get together with friends, they comment on our most recent Facebook travel pictures saying “I wish I could travel like you.” The funny thing is… if you want to travel like me, all you have to do is… Tr…
Traveling affordably (with no math involved)
In case you didn’t know it. I’m a numbers guy. My co-author and I wrote a book about cracking Google’s algorithm (with paid advertising (Google AdWords for Dummies), and after that, Google hired us to write two books for them to give …
Coming to you from the future
Hey. I know this is weird, but this is the future you, and I just got in a time-machine. I’m contacting you from 6 months in the future because I’m (we’re) in a bit of a bind… So our friends John & Sally are going to have to…
EWR > Kingston, Jamaica: Flight & 6 nights: $596 – Aug-Oct (Members only) [SOLD OUT]
* This is the only date I found, and there only appear to be a few seats at this price.…
50% to 90% off “Butt in seat fares”. Why they happen & how to find them.
Every airline in existence uses sophisticated computer algorithms that determine where people are traveling, when they’re traveling, and 99% of the time, they do a very good job at extracting every dollar possible out of every seat on their plane. However… Every one in 300 or 400 flights – they get it wrong, and that […]
Summer Break Trips: LGA > Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Flight & 15 nights: $703 [SOLD OUT]
* This is an airline sale that is time-sensitive. Plenty of alternate dates (even in other months), but you’ll need…
Summer Break Trip: BNA > Aberdeen, United Kingdom: $898 including flight & 6 nights lodging
* This is the only date I found, and there only appear to be a few seats at this price. I doubt it will last long, but it never hurts to check for other dates that might work for you. This is a rarely found “flight + hotel” mistake worth looking into. The flight price […]
Our experience at the Amex Centurion lounge.
A friend (and JGOOT subscriber in Indianapolis) sends me and several other friends around the country sent a text saying they booked a cheap flight to Turks and Caicos. They invited several of us (and our families) to join them. The bad news: I looked …