One of the biggest ways to save on air travel is by cashing in your air miles
. One way you can get air miles is by just getting the airlines air miles account that is always free or by getting a credit card where each dollar you spend adds up to a certain amount of miles. One thing I love about using credit cards as a way to get air miles is I have 3 different credit cards one which I get air miles, one I get hotel discounts, and another one I get cash back. For everything I buy I use the cash back card and then to pay that one off I use the hotel card and then to pay that one off I use the mileage card. This way I get to maximize the one dollar I spent 3 times. This method works really well and I get at least one free trip each year with many discounted trips just for using this method.
I hope you can see how important getting air miles can be to your wallet. For a trip from the East Coast to the West Coast you need around 6000 miles which if you had an average credit card that gave miles you would need to spend $6,000 in order to get a one way ticket for free. That is a lot of money but considering that you probably spend that much in less than 3 months on rent, groceries, gas, bills, and anything else you can pay for a round trip ticket for you and a spouse each year. And remember you also get air miles on the flight that you take even when using air miles as a form of payment.
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