Comments on: The Wanderland Guide to Travel Planning: Booking Flights

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:31:23 +0000

In reply to Ali Butt. Hi Ali! You can find my Tomorrowland ticket-getting tips here. Hope that helps!

By: Ali Butt

Ali Butt — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:01:09 +0000

In reply to Alex. Can u tell me please how can I get the Tomorrowland ticket and all procedure?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:13:43 +0000

In reply to Bruno @ Geeky Explorer. Hey Bruno! I actually think frequent flyer programs across the board are getting more and more useless, sadly. As more airlines switch to dollar-based accrual rather than mile-based, they will slowly become obsolete to all but first class flyers. Bummer! These days I focus more heavily on building credit card points!

By: Bruno @ Geeky Explorer

Bruno @ Geeky Explorer — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:11:13 +0000

Great tips here! I didn’t know GateGuru and I always forget to check Seat Guru, such great tips there.

I just get frustrated with airline miles. I wish the miles programmes in Europe were as advanced as in the US. Do you have any recommendation?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 18 May 2016 16:31:22 +0000

In reply to Natasha. Indeed! If you forget to put it in while booking you definitely still have a window to get those miles after!

By: Natasha

Natasha — Mon, 09 May 2016 18:51:32 +0000

Great advice, Alex! I saw a couple of comments about “wishing I had known that sooner”…Like you, I sign up for every frequent flier program and try to stay within a n alliance if I can. I dont have credit cards but I do have my debit cars linked to United mileage Plus, so if I happen to dine out and use my card I often get points for that. But I would suggest to people who are signing up for flier programs -READ THE FAQS & program terms. Sometimes flier programs will award miles if you have flown with them previously within that year but werent a member yet. As long as you have your boarding pass/confirmation info, usually there is a form on the website where you can submit the information and request mileage credit.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:38:01 +0000

In reply to Kristina. Yup, that is a great one! I have found some bizarre little airlines that way! You can also just google "Direct flights from [insert airport code here]" and get so much info.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:02:35 +0000

I meant to share this tip a while ago, and totally forgot. Another way that I find low-cost carriers or more obscure domestic airlines is to go to the Wikipedia page for the airport(s) you’re considering. The Wiki site almost always lists all the airlines that fly in/out of that airport. Another alternative is to go to the airport’s actual website, although I find that the user-friendliness of these sites varies dramatically.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 07:02:31 +0000

In reply to Claire. Indeed, Claire! I visited both Singapore and Bahrain on 24 hour layovers. They were amazing experiences and I'm so grateful my flight plans brought me there!

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:53:23 +0000

If a long layover is unavoidable, take advantage of it and get out of the airport! Not all airports are near enough to fun places to make it worth it, but I have had some great layovers! We couldn’t avoid the 10 hour layover in Fiji when we were on our way to Samoa, so we visited a beautiful Hindu Temple and rode the bus like locals. On the way home we had 9 hours in Honolulu, and we spent most of that time at Pearl Harbor! This spring I am heading to Paris and I am excited to be spending my 8 hour layover in Copenhagen by seeing a few sights and eating new and interesting foods.