Tag: Frontier

A New WDW Area Location Is Charging For Parking, The Travel Company That’s Pulling A Bait & Switch, & More

Woo hoo, it’s finally the WEEKEND! Here are the articles we wrote this week, in one convenient place.

Joe wrote about:

And Sharon wrote about:

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Booking A Flight On Frontier Is Different From What I Expected

Sharon and I were headed to Tennessee for a long weekend. The Knoxville/Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area is around a 10 hour drive and for us, that’s a long road trip but we wanted to do a test to see if “not far from home so maybe we could drive it” trips like this would work. We were making plans and it was getting close to the trip. Since I’m a travel geek and do things like this for fun, I made a final check of what it would cost us to fly instead of drive. Searching flights to our destination, it was pretty easy to find out what airlines we had to choose from. Here are the airlines that fly into Knoxville airport:

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Only two airlines that fly direct and one is Allegiant, which flies out of Orlando/Sanford (which is not actually in Orlando but 45 minutes away, in Sanford. There’s an ongoing controversy about that). Frontier flies between Orlando (MCO) and Knoxville, but only seasonally. Luckily, our travel times were in season and on the days they fly the route.

I went to check Frontier’s prices and the base fare was reasonable. Before looking any further, I went to check with Sharon. I was sure she would nix the idea because she’s not a fan of flying with ULCC’s (Ultra Low Cost Carrier).  Continue reading “Booking A Flight On Frontier Is Different From What I Expected”

Pay Taxes With Your Credit Card? Drive Or Fly To Your Vacation? & More!

It’s the weekend, y’all! HOORAY! Here’s a quick recap of the posts we wrote this week:

This week Joe wrote about:

And Sharon wrote about:

Like this post? Please share it! We have plenty more just like it and would love if you decided to hang around and clicked the button on the top (if you’re on your computer) or the bottom (if you’re on your phone/tablet) of this page to follow our blog and get emailed notifications of when we post (it’s usually just once or twice a day). Or maybe you’d like to join our Facebook group, where we talk and ask questions about travel (including Disney parks), creative ways to earn frequent flyer miles and hotel points, how to save money on or for your trips, get access to travel  articles you may not see otherwise, etc. Whether you’ve read our posts before or this is the first time you’re stopping by, we’re really glad you’re here and hope you come back to visit again!

How To Sign Up For Airline Frequent Flyer Programs

You should always sign up for an airline’s frequent flyer program. First of all, it’s free. In addition, having your information on file with the airline saves you some time when making a reservation. You can also put your Known Traveler Number (KTN) into your profile if you have enrolled for TSA Pre✓® or Global Entry, which you should do if you travel even somewhat regularly.

Here are the links to the programs from the major US Airlines along with how long the miles you earn are good for. Note that while many plans will claim your miles will “never expire,” they will deactivate your account, thereby cause you to lose any miles earned, if you don’t have a qualifying activity within a certain time frame.

Continue reading “How To Sign Up For Airline Frequent Flyer Programs”

Buyer Beware: Do your homework before booking a flight with a “basic” fare

I was doing some serious travel planning over the last two weeks. We are focusing on taking several shorter trips this year and that means I need to book more flights than usual for us. Since I’ve been booking our domestic flights with my Southwest miles or on JetBlue, I haven’t paid much attention to changes the major airlines like American, Delta
and United have been making. I did know they started to offer bare bone, or basic Continue reading “Buyer Beware: Do your homework before booking a flight with a “basic” fare”