travel hacking
Free flight strategies
Travel hacking is the practice of strategically accumulating credit card points, airline miles, and hotel rewards to travel cheaply or free.
It involves signing up for cards with large bonus offers, timing spending to maximize points, and exploiting program loopholes: She travel hacked her way to a first-class flight to Tokyo.
The term implies clever manipulation of loyalty systems rather than anything illegal.
- pointsUnits of tally
- airline milesFlight loyalty credits
- milesLengths of 5,280 feet
- churningAgitated circular motion
- rewardsBenefits given for merit
credit cards · signup bonus · sign-up bonus · lounge access · free flights · upgrades · redemption · elite status · stopovers · hidden city · companion pass · first class · business class · economy class · hotel points · loyalty programs · credit score · annual fee
- budget travelbudget airlines, hostel, budget lodging, Airbnb, couch surfing
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, voyage