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this video has been highly highly highly requested I'm
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these are my top 20 travel hacks when it comes to
booking, planning, and preparing for your flights
now first things first when it comes to researching your flight
you need to do it on incognito mode in your browser and clear your cookies
websites use your browsing history and cookies just to track you and track
what you're interested in so if they see that you're looking up a flight to Korea repeatedly
they're gonna keep raising the price for that like because obviously
if you're researching it enough you probably want to buy it eventually
I've heard that six weeks before - that's like
the standard number that people,
youtubers, advice people, will just say when it comes to when you should what's the
most affordable time to book your flight
I wouldn't necessarily say six weeks before I would say anywhere within that two-month
period before
usually if you look months and months and months in
advance it's gonna show you the same price for like every day
that's how you know that that's probably not going to
be the best price ever
because every day is never gonna be the same price
next up you want to sign up for promotional emails with your favorite airline
I receive these emails all the time typically from Spirit or Frontier
I don't want to hear it about Spirit
we'll get into that in a second
basically this way you'll be alerted a lot of those times
it's like a "Today Only" flights are $20
flights are $25 "Get it Today" type of thing
so when you have those promo emails you can be on it and not miss that deal
when it comes to research a lot of people will recommend Expedia, Priceline
and those work just as well, but I've found that the website that has kept me the most
up-to-date
kept me the most informed about my best options it's Google flights
by a longshot
like I don't even check Priceline, Expedia, kayak all those
I just use Google flights, however, it has a lot of cool features on it that
I feel like you have to be informed and know how to use in order to work it
properly so let's get at that
one cool thing that Google flights does is that it shows you the most affordable dates
for the flight that you're planning so
you just want to be open-minded when it comes to the exact date that you leave
and this is one way we're just gonna talk one-way flights at this exact moment
so for the sake of this video I'm gonna use the example of the flight that I
just booked last week
Long story short,we're going on a cruise.
the cruise leaves on Thursday
however if we were gonna be a stickler about it and try to leave
Thursday morning flight prices were like $300
if we were gonna try to leave Wednesday which is the day before- it's still safe
but flights were still $200 per person and obviously I did not want to spend $200 per
person
on a one-way flight.
that's totally against everything that I believe
so Tuesday's flight, there was one flight in
particular that was $50 per person on Google flights.
That's what it showed- $50.00 per person
obviously that's gonna be the one I'm going for
yes, we're going two days earlier so our cruise leaves on Thursday
but we're not leaving Wednesday the day before we're leaving Tuesday
By us being open-minded with which dates we're leaving therefore we saved
like I said originally it was 300 let's just say to
be safe we'll go with the $200 one on Wednesday
instead of paying $200 for that Wednesday flight that would have been a little bit more
convenient
instead we paid $50 so we're getting there day early
now, thing two right now we're in the Detroit area and our
cruise leaves out of the Orlando area
that being said if we were to be sticklers about exactly which airport we were leaving
out of we would have paid a ton of more money
so another hack is to be open-minded when it comes to exactly what airport you're flying
out of and what airport you're arriving at
let me give an example so with this flight in
particular the $50 one that I was talking about
obviously we want to fly from Detroit to Orlando because that's where our cruise is leaving
out of
well, the Orlando flight was a hundred and fifty dollars
I'm pretty sure I didn't really want to pay 150 dollars either
the one to Jacksonville is the one that ended up being the one that was fifty dollars
Jacksonville is two hours away from Orlando so let's do the math
just this way you guys can actually physically see the savings
could have paid $150 per person that would have been $300 total that I would have paid
just to go from Detroit to Orlando on Tuesday
instead I paid $50 per person which equals into a total $100 our rental car is $100 for
the day that equals two hundred dollars in total
just to get to that same destination on the same day
and if you guys don't want to get a rental car or too young to get a rental car you can
always like get a family member to pick you up
assuming that that's who you're going to visit
reimburse them for gas 20 or 40 bucks it's only two hours on the highway it's not
that far.
But you can always reimburse them.
explain the situation that there was just a ways cheaper
flight.
While are you doing that, you're saving yourself so much money
and like I said at the end of the day you can always just pick up a rental car real
quick it's not that hard nowadays
typically bigger airports are more inexpensive for instance I used to live
in the Tampa Bay area however the Tampa Airport is not nearly as big as the Orlando
Airport
so when I used to come up here to visit Michael all the time I would typically leave out of
the Orlando Airport
if I wanted the cheaper airfare.
however, it would be an hour and a half ride to get to the Orlando versus the 30-minute
ride to get to Tampa
so like I said by being flexible with it that might be a huge difference in what saves
you a ton of money
another cool feature that Google finds has is it allows you to track your flight
now I get these emails all the time basically they alert you to when the flight
prices are about to go up or down
it'll say within the next 24 hours this flight is probably gonna be this price here
so you might want to get it now
when it comes to flights inconvenience saves so
much money
for that reason early morning flights are typically way
cheaper those are like typically the cheapest flight
so when I fly I do fly at either 5 6 or 7 in the morning
I think it's convenient for me that way I can have a whole day at my destination instead
of arriving late
but a lot of people don't like to get up that early so usually those red-eye flights- I
guess that's what they call them-
they are the cheapest now.
another inconvenience when it comes to flights is
the days of the week.
most people like to travel on the weekend typically you guys will see that weekend flights
are extremely expensive
even some people what they'll do is to leave the day before Friday (Thursday) or
the day after their weekend is over (Monday)
so Thursdays and Monday's can be pretty expensive too sometimes
Tuesdays and Wednesdays are found to be the cheapest days typically to buy these flights
and like I said our flight on Thursday was way out of the question
Wednesday was better but Tuesday that Tuesday flight is what got us that $50 price
when you get those promo emails from Spirit and Frontier most of the time it's gonna be
for a Tuesday or Wednesday
another things are flight that Google flights showed us $50 -we booked with
Spirit
now already know I already know I hear it so much like
Spirit Airlines is trash
like I hear that so much and it drives me so crazy
I have flown with Spirit so many time at least two dozen times within the past three years
I've owned on Spirit
and I've never once had a bad experience
we're gonna address those concerns because like I said I already know that's a thing
here's another hack for you, though, Spirit Airlines and Frontier airlines are
literally the same thing
I feel like it's just a trend today to hate on
Spirit Airlines but at the end of the day it's literally the same thing as Frontier
Airlines
so we booked that flight with Spirit Airlines on their
website specifically because Spirit Airlines has a
nine dollar fare Club it"s amazing
now I'm going to have to do the math for this too because it's gonna sound weird if I just
say it without you guys actually physically seeing it
when we went to go book the ticket on Spirit Airlines website specifically
the $9 fare Club allowed for this flight that
was once $50 to now be $20 this is one way but still $20 per person one way they're
pretty much as good as they get
how do you get into the $9 Fare Club
it's the $60 membership
so you're gonna pay $60 that doesn't sound like saving money
so was $50 per person that's $100 in total now $20 per person that's $40
plus the $60 membership which is $100
the membership literally paid for itself
just like a whole year that I'm covered a whole year that I get discounted flights
now if you join the $9 fare Club not only do you save on your flights
you also save on your bags instead of paying $30 for each bag you're
paying 23
here's another complaint
spirit makes you pay for everything like you're bags
but let's do the math again
I love doing the math because this way I can actually
put these people on facts with numbers
not just with emotions.
I feel like y'all are just emotional like
it might hurt you a little bit to see the price -but you just
paid- okay anyway ...
my Spirit Airlines flight was $20 per person.
let's just say you're not a $9 Fare club member.
I would have paid $50 per person okay a hundred bucks total
for the same day the next cheapest flight was a hundred and fifty dollars
that would have been $300 for 2 people.
it was a Delta flight.
Being that it was a Delta flight, that means that you get one free checked bag
so now I'm paying $300 for two people we both get a free check bag
but with spirit I'm paying $100 in total $50 per person and I'm paying $30 per bag
so if each of us give one bag that's 60 bucks
so now I'm paying a hundred and sixty dollars for my spirit flight two people two
bags
when I would have been paying $300 with a free bag okay
so I'm saving a hundred and forty dollars that's the
base point
get this, your bags will always be cheapest when you're first buying your tickets
now I get it sometimes you don't have the money
sometimes you just want to get the ticket while it's a good price and that's fair
keep in mind though after you hit that checkout button the
price of your bags is automatically gonna go up
Not a whole lot- five to ten bucks, but it's gonna go up more on top of that if
you wait until check-in time
it's gonna go up even more ten to 20 bucks maybe even thirty depending on the airline
if you wait till you're at the gate it's gonna be ridiculous
I've seen like $100 checked bags
so they make you pay everything literally even
your snacks
I heard one person say
I can't even get a bottle of water for free
most other airlines don't even give you a bottle for free they might pour you up a small
little cup like this with water for free but they don't give you a full bottle
people get upset about this stuff like they're actually wasting a ton of money
spirit airline snacks are not that expensive last time I went with Spirit Airlines said
I had the A1 seat
it was literally a1 and I didn't pay a dime for
it
I was feeling bougie so yeah I got myself a drink like a drink drink
and I got I think two snacks with it yeah I got two snacks and a drink - $12
third complaint I hear about Spirit
the seats are so uncomfortable like there is
there is no space- like you can't even breathe
guys I'm so prepared to like dispute this because
all right so let's let's let's just understand something okay if you're booking
a flight then obviously the saying
it's not the destination it's the journey
obviously that saying doesn't apply to you because you're just trying to get where you're
going otherwise you would take a car
you just want to get there and not not waste time which makes sense to me okay
this is a two-hour flight let's just say for instance from here to Florida
so am I going to pay a hundred and fifty dollars more
which is the number that we did the math on earlier right?
am I gonna pay a hundred and fifty dollars more
to have this much space instead of this much
Or am I just gonna deal with it because it's the cheaper flight.
this airline is doing you such a great service providing you with cheap flights
and you guys gave it all the hate the seats are typically smaller that way they
can fit more people on the plane
therefore making the plane write more inexpensive for you
on top of that if you really have a problem with it
you saved $140 bucks right on this on this plane
ticket
so why don't you use that to buy one of the seats in the front where they are bigger
Spirit Airlines does have some big seats
they have like I think four rows of a big seats.
why don't you just pay 30 bucks per person and sit up front where it is comfortable
this is a secret that you guys probably won't find anywhere else on YouTube I figured this
out all on my own because like I said
I have rode Spirit at least two dozen times
okay so I have figured this out how I get towards the front of the plane on
every single plane with Spirit specifically
I check and when I'm on my way to the airport Spirit is an airline specifically that assigns
the seats from
back to front if you check in right at the 24-hour mark you're gonna be right in the
back
don't quote me on Delta all those other flight lines but Spirit Airlines specifically you
will always not be in the back of the plane
I'm not gonna say you're gonna be in the front you can get
a closer seat and maybe sometimes
you can even get a very front seat
just general facts I feel I just need to be said with planes there's no need to arrive
to an airport
more than two hours before your actual boarding time
a lot of people don't know this there is a difference between your boarding time and
your departure plane
boarding starts boarding typically 30 minutes to
an hour before your actual takeoff time which is the time that you'll typically see when
you go to book the flight so if
I'm booking a flight for 5 p.m. which is the one that I did booked for Jacksonville I know
that my plane is probably gonna start boarding at 4:30 or 4
so I need to get to the airport around 3 2:30 or 3:00
thing number two you get off the plane you're headed to the bag pickup area I don't
know why cant recall what it's called right now
you're going to pick up your bag and you see this whole swarm of black bags coming
along the belt and they all look the same
I've seen so many people walk off with other people's luggage or I've actually personally
mistaken other
people's luggage as my luggage before because they
look so much alike
save yourself the headache- don't get a black bag
But, if you do get a black bag - just tie something around the handle put some washi
tape over it
you know like that decorative tape or stuff.
do something to make your bag stand out
that way you can see from a distance that would people know yeah that one's definitely
not mine
and that way you can know "yeah that one's definitely mine"
okay Spirit Airlines going back to this again
Spirit Airlines doesn't give you a check bag
doesn't give you a free carry-on bag but it does give you a free personal item
basically that just means something small that you can carry
typically, I have my backpack and it's not a hikers backpack but you know
it's a pretty decent sized bag but i'll fill that with stuff i'll also have
my big coat on I'll have my blanket in one arm
I'll have my computer in the other arm
so I am taking as much as I possibly can on the airplane without having to pay for it
just take advantage of what you can bring on the plane that way you save space when
you pack that way you save money because if you go over that limit
you will have to pay a pretty big fee and that's what all airlines
this kind of helps with the whole save money thing
but in general this is just money related and I feel like it needs to be said
you do need to put a travel notice on your card before you leave let them know what states
you'll be in even if you have a layover
you know me I'm going to Florida I don't have a layover in this specific instance
but say I did in Atlanta, I need to let my bank know
that I'm going to stop in Atlanta and that I'm going to Florida
because otherwise they'll be like "how'd she get there??"
"somebody probably stole her card" and they'll cut my card
Error Fares, last-minute flight deals, and any super low flight notifications
you want to have those all down
there's a website for that specifically I think
it's called like Secret Fares or something like that
It includes Error Fares.. which basically is like human made mistake
they're just ridiculous fares that happen very very rarely those are on there
also the super low flight deals like and I'm talking not just within the US
but even outside of the US
California to China for 200 bucks and those aren't always just last-minute flight
deals
they'll give you a list of dates and they'll say hey
you can get this for round-trip these days for only 250 bucks to China
like that's pretty great there's a ton of websites that do it but this is the one that
I recommend
I'll just link it up here because I don't really know what
it's called if you're just like an on-the-go person you're trying to make this a year travel
I definitely would recommend it
and of course my last and bonus tip if I did go over 20 is to
SUBSCRIBE because this isn't gonna be my only travel hacks video
there's an airport hacks, there's packing hacks, there's a cruise hack- because you
guys know that's where I'm going this week
and there is just a vacation hacks in general.
I can do one on booking hotels - rental cars stuff like that
if you want it make sure that you comment it below
if you have any other hacks also make sure to comment it I would love to see what other
things you guys do to save money
because you guys know I am #SaveDatMoney I'm all about it
hopefully you guys learned something from this I tried to keep it simple because
I know it can be confusing
especially when it comes to the math and stuff but like I said if you guys have any questions,
comments, tips..
please please please leave those below
anyway see you guys next time- peace
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