Conclusion
You may be wondering why we haven’t mentioned airline miles as a money-saving strategy. That’s because while airline miles can be helpful, they are also not reliable. For one thing, blackout dates, expiration dates, and other restrictions make it quite difficult to actually apply your miles to the flights you want.
The airlines are also at liberty to devalue your miles at any time. So you can be saving diligently toward a trip, only to find when it comes time to book that your original target number of miles will no longer get you there. If you get your miles through a credit card partner, you may find you need to spend way more money to earn the miles than the miles are actually worth.
As long as you are flying anyway or would make a purchase regardless of the miles, there is no harm in saving up miles. Just don’t rely on them to actually make your airfare cheaper.
Now that you’ve honed your strategy for purchasing airline tickets, it’s time to learn how to pack as efficiently as possible so as to avoid hefty baggage fees! Once that’s handled, you can take pride in a job well done and just enjoy your trip.