Posts by Payton Turner

As it is the beginning of 2020 and the decade, what is better to do than find flights for next summer. It might sound counter intuitive; after all, most people are focused on their finished holiday travels. Look for some sales now in order to save for the summer. This is a travel success story of how I managed to find and book flights for five people back from Hawaii for less … [Read more...] about Booking Success Story: 5 for less then the price of 3

Throughout 2019 American Airlines had an increasing number of online ‘web specials' for booking award tickets. For those that do not know, American Airlines new award specials online are special routes that have discounted prices. In the beginning, American Airlines had a listed group of routes that were deemed award specials. Many of these routes included their major … [Read more...] about More Economy Web Specials Please

A couple of years ago, my mother and I went on a weekend ski trip to Colorado. We booked our flights into Denver International Airport and had a family friend pick us up and drive us into the mountains towards the slopes. Before the trip we decided to pack both my mother’s and my stuff into one extra large suitcase that we would check.Flying out, we checked the bag with … [Read more...] about Make Sure Its Your Bag

After getting home from spring break last year, I started thinking about my next opportunity to get back on a plane (as one does when they get home from vacation). We were just about a month and a half into our free nine months of Southwest Companion Pass which we got as a sign-up bonus for the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Card in addition to 30,000 Rapid Rewards … [Read more...] about How I got a free trip to California (without points)

Last year, travel was truly good to me. Of my 22 flights, only two were delayed with only one arriving after the set departure time. I had the privilege of flying a range of different products - from Qantas business class to Frontier’s economy and everything in between, which is a lot. Although this story is not nearly as significant as some other travel failure stories, … [Read more...] about Biggest Travel Blunder of the Year