5 Tips for Better Air Travel (including how to Upgrade to First Class for as Little as $50)
Ummm..., I don't know if they included this tip for upgrading to First Class, but I believe it works...
Get five Muslim-looking men to come on board, yelling in Arabic and bowing down in the aisles, casting furtive glances at each other....
Wait for a few minutes for First Class to clear out... and then upgrade to your new First Class seats... LOL...
Is there any way the admins could get this moved into breaking news?
Is there any way the admins could get this moved into breaking news?
I often can get a free upgrade to business class (if it is available) for free just for asking. If there is an available seat, AA often will give them to the frequent fliers first come first serve at no additional charge. It never hurts to ask.
One thing to note, know the type of aircraft before requesting an exit row. Some (like older regional SAABs) don’t have a seat in front of you to put your bag so you are forced to put it in an overhead bin.
I always fly out of a small regional airport instead of a major hub. I find that it costs the same to fly out of a regional and connect from a major hub versus driving to the hub. Security is faster, there is less problems with lost luggage and you can save a drive.
When you are at an airport or terminal that you don’t have ‘Admirals club’ membership for, and you don’t want to pay for WiFi, just sit close to the entrance to the club, often the WiFi network is open just enough to connect. In some airport restaurants, they include free WiFi.
The ‘multiple airline’ sites DO NOT necessarily offer the lowest fare despite their claims. I will be taking a long haul flight in April and I have been monitoring every website that has been created since the savings can be in the $ hundreds. Lowest airfare - the airline’s own site consistantly for two months now.
Also I have noticed a trick that is used of quoting a low, low airfare but adding unitemized ‘fees and taxes’ that bring it back up to the level of all the other sites. Maybe there are intermediate layovers/stopovers that attract extra taxes but it seems fishy to me.
Caveat emptor!
save for later...
later look.
I took a two-hop flight on Delta (Northwest) back home after Christmas.
The ticketing kiosk offered me an $85 upgrade to first class. It was for the initial, 150-mile leg, and not for the second, 1500-mile leg.
I passed on that one.
Using these a combination of these ‘’secrets of air travel’ will certainly provide a better travel experience and will actually make trips to the airport pleasant again.
LOL,
Dear article author, let me introduce you to the TSA.
Their whole existence is aimed at ensuring that all your trips to the airport are really, really pleasant.