Comments on: Ask A Frequent Flyer Hacker: How To Get Free Tickets To Fly Just About Anywhere https://foxnomad.com/2013/10/03/ask-frequent-flyer-hacker-get-free-tickets-fly-just-anywhere/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Travis https://foxnomad.com/2013/10/03/ask-frequent-flyer-hacker-get-free-tickets-fly-just-anywhere/#comment-479305 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:17:47 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=26351#comment-479305 In reply to Kari C.

Kari-

Awesome…really appreciate it, and glad I could help. Getting you to your dream destination is why I do what I do!

Your trip is 100% doable. Even though March is coming up, it’s not peak season to go to Europe so you might be able to find availability.

If you go to my Award Booking Page and fill it in with the info you just told me plus your flexibility on dates and where you are flying from, I’d love to try to see what I can get for you!

Here’s the award booking page:

http://www.extrapackofpeanuts.com/award-booking-service/

]]> By: Travis https://foxnomad.com/2013/10/03/ask-frequent-flyer-hacker-get-free-tickets-fly-just-anywhere/#comment-479302 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:11:38 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=26351#comment-479302 In reply to Anil Polat.

Anil-

Yeah, I just started Frequent Flyer Bootcamp a few months ago and it’s been SO MUCH FUN!

Basically, it’s a month long course that you go through in a co-hort, where I send you video tutorials once a week, you watch them, and then we have a 1 hour live Q&A about it each week.

We also have a private Facebook group that is super lively and you can ask questions at any time in.

I take people who are just beginners or intermediates and turn them in to experts…and we actually book people their crazy dream trips during the Bootcamp.

We even booked one girl a round the world, 13 stop trip last Bootcamp. It was amazing.

This session is full, but if anyone is interested in knowing more or joining next time, they can check it out here:

http://www.extrapackofpeanuts.com/frequentflyerbootcamp

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2013/10/03/ask-frequent-flyer-hacker-get-free-tickets-fly-just-anywhere/#comment-479300 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:08:28 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=26351#comment-479300 Hi everyone, it’s tough to end a great chat such as this one, but thank you everyone for your wonderful questions and comments. Also, thank you very much Trav for spending your valuable time with us today and sharing your insights into frequent flyer miles, programs, and more. I certainly learned *a lot* – and thought I knew more than I did!

To learn more about flying for free and making the most out of airline programs, you can find Trav on his website, Extra Pack Of Peanuts and check out his ebook The Ultimate Guide To Frequent Flyer Miles.

Trav also runs a Frequent Flyer Bootcamp where he mentors others on becoming experts on the topic.

Finally, you can follow Trav on Twitter and Facebook for more insights.

Thank you again everyone. My next live chat will be during the first week of November, here’s more information.. happy travels!

]]> By: Kari C https://foxnomad.com/2013/10/03/ask-frequent-flyer-hacker-get-free-tickets-fly-just-anywhere/#comment-479298 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:08:18 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=26351#comment-479298 First of all, thank you for all or your miles/points accumulation tips. You’re the reason why I have what I have, and I’ve only been doing this a few months! My question is…..between my daughter and I, we have a total of 360k US Air miles (me 210k, her 150k), plus I have 34k Starwood and 41k Chase UR if needed to transfer. I would lovelovelove to work some reward redemption magic, and turn them in to 3 super sonic awesome biz class tickets (three generations of women having a girls trip!!!) to London with a 5 day-ish stopover in Paris during March 2013 (to take advantage of US Air’s promotion where I’ll get 25% of my redeemed miles back) Doable? Or just wishful thinking?

]]> By: Travis https://foxnomad.com/2013/10/03/ask-frequent-flyer-hacker-get-free-tickets-fly-just-anywhere/#comment-479296 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:06:45 +0000 http://foxnomad.com/?p=26351#comment-479296 In reply to LisaJ.

LisaJ-

Great question.

You can usually only apply for the same exact credit card 1 time. However, there are usually multiple variations of a card that give you the same miles.

For example, the Chase Sapphire, Chase Ink Bold, Chase Ink Plus, and Chase Freedom all give you Chase points. You can get 1 of each, but they are all the same type of points.

There are a few cards you can “churn” (get the same exact card more than once), but this is getting harder and harder. In order to do this, you’ll have to close the card and wait until at least 18 months after you first opened it to go for it again.

And this never works with Chase cards, just occasionally with Citi.

With Amex, you have to wait a year from when you CLOSED the card to try for it again.

And with all of them, there is no guarantee you’ll get approved.

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