Travel Hacking

Travel hacks? Not so much.

a close-up of peanuts

How far would you go to get free drinks, food, an upgraded hotel room, or a new seat assignment on a flight?  Pretty far if you are Justin Ross Lee, a supposed travel hacker.  I recently caught Justin’s story about his travel hacking on Nightline.  Anytime I hear about travel hacks I’m interested to see…

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Is hacking ticket prices cheating?

a blue globe with a wire

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about why “travel hacking” is wrong. Don’t worry, I’m not going to try to debate the morality of manufactured spending! I’m thinking about various ticketing schemes.  A couple of stories came out not too long ago about “cheating” the airlines’ ticketing systems that got me thinking. 

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