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This article is an example of how I went on a Canadian credit card application spree in December 2013. There…

In this article I talk about a few ways to access airport lounges through memberships and compare the different membership programs. In the next article I’ll talk about the best ways to get that membership paid for through having the correct credit cards.

There are a few ways to reduce your costs of flying. In this article, I walk through a few examples to show you how you can use the tools to save you some money.

There are a few ways to reduce your costs of flying. In this article, I show you which tools you can use to specifically find the flights you want to book and do the analysis as to which flights to take.

There are a few ways to reduce your costs of flying. Sometimes you just have to fly at a specific time, but sometimes you have some flexibility. In this article I talk about some of the strategies I use to help decide how and when to travel and reduce my costs.

As I have mentioned earlier, Hotwire is a great resource for booking hotels if you have some flexibility. In this article, I will show you some tips on ensuring you get the best value when booking a hotel through Hotwire.

Priceline is a great way to access unused rooms through Name Your Own Price and Express Deals
Name your own price lets YOU dictate a price
Express Deals offers you a price at which you can buy the hotel
You buy a hotel based solely on neighbourhood, star level and dates
You find out the actual hotel once the reservation is made
Rooms a non-refundable once a reservation is made
Savings can be higher than 50% off rack rates in some situations

In this series, I will talk about how to use Seattle as an alternate airport for those in the Vancouver…

Both Victoria and Vancouver are beautiful cities on Canada’s west coast. Vancouver’s airport serves certain markets very well but some markets are not served very well. For the times when flights are expensive or inconvenient out of YVR or YYJ, it is good to know that Seattle – Tacoma Airport (SEA) makes a good alternative.

The ability to use stopovers on award flights can save you significant amounts of money. There area few cases when the stopover feature can be used to your advantage:

Making a trip with the intention of visiting 2 places (natural stopover)
Reducing taxes and fees
Circumventing routing rules to open up award availability
Combining 2 disjointed trips with your home airport as a stopover (creative stopover)