How To Fly For Free: Practical Tips The Airlines Don't Want You To Know

by Scott Keyes

How To Fly For Free gives you hyper-practical tips on how to travel anywhere in the world without breaking the bank. You’ll learn how to quickly rack up hundreds of thousands of frequent flyer miles. (These tips helped me earn over 1.4 million points since 2010.) You’ll also learn how Earn elite status in just one flight- Bring along a companion anywhere you fly — free — for two years- Add extra cities to your trip- Get bumped- And morePlenty of books promise to teach you how to get the cheapest airfare possible with 350 pages worth of useless tips like “book your flights on Tuesdays at 1pm” or “try to fly the same carrier each time.” This isn’t that book. How To Fly For Free is a practical, step-by-step guide that will let you avoid paying thousands for 13,132 56-----------------------Table of ContentsIntroductionSection 1: How to Get Free Flights1) The Fastest Way To Get Free Flights2) How Your Credit Score Works3) Step-By-Step Guides For Three Types Of Travelers4) How To Get Bumped5) Earning Elite Status In One Roundtrip Flight6) Complaints = Miles7) Bring A Companion For FreeSection 2: How to Use Your Miles8) Spending Points Wisely9) How To Fly To Additional Cities For Free10) Using Partner Airlines To Fly Anywhere In The WorldSection 3: Planning a Trip From Start to Finish11) How To Plan A Trip, Step-By-Step12) Finding Cheap Flights-----------------------About the Scott Keyes is a travel expert who has earned 1.4 million points in the past two years. He personally travels around 100,000 miles per year. Though once skeptical about the usefulness of frequent flyer miles, free trips to places like Norway, Dominican Republic, and the Galapagos Islands put his fears to rest.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

68 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 14, 2012

Reviews

[Kati Giblin]

I bought this book because I love Scott's cheap flights newsletter. There is a lot of thought and detail that went into this short book. It's most useful as a step-by-step guide to planning an international trip, and I definitely plan to use it for that.

[Praveena D.M.]

Book is useful for only US Citizens.

[Shailesh]

No spoilers, the book at the time of writing provided the way to get idea for free, how to exploit the card system. you know how to get the points and get a away travelers . Some of the idea are also equivalent now .

[Michael]

Great information..

Great place to start if tou are interested in saving money and traveling... come on, who isn't interested in that....

[Nicole]

Succinct and to the point! Definitely helpful.

[Philip G Bowers]

Life hacks

Good tips on taking advantage of rewards and points. Be leery of the idea of taking on too many credit cards.

[Brett]

Easy quick read of travel hacks for getting better deals on air travel.

[Lisa Mc lain-sharp]

Some of these strategies are pretty audacious. But they do provide food for thought.

[Melissa]

A quick easy read with some good ideas. But it’s dated. By the time I came across this book (free with Prime) two airlines and one points group have been absorbed into others.

[George]

Good, but dated info

Though I am a reasonably seasoned traveler, I found this to be enlightening reading. My only complaint is that not a little of the information is really dated.

[Carla]

VERY out of date information. No longer useful.

[Budd Margolis]

Outdated but useful

[Gouri Sharma]

Good book

To the point and actionable book. And it's cheap as well. Good work. Will recommend to friends. Will try it soon

[Margy Daly]

Lots of great advice for a beginner. Can't wait to practice.


Step by step instruction very helpful. I already applied for and was approved for my first card with 50k miles.

[Ginny Baum]

Wow! Like coupon clipping using credit card benefits.

For the spend thrift who has a lot of time to spare. Interesting concept but likely to be irrelevant due to how fast the competitive benefits system changes these days. Use it fast....