Rick Ingersoll knows how to play the system. For well over a decade he’s been milking frequent-flyer and hotel-loyalty schemes for all they’re worth.
Take for instance what he calls his “most adventurous trip”. Rick and his wife took a long-term trip from the US to Hawaii via South America, Europe, Cambodia, Thailand and Australia.
In total they paid only – emphasis on the only – $310 in taxes each for their tickets. Oh, and did we mention they flew Business Class on each leg of the journey!
That’s not all. On 58 of the 61 nights they spent in hotels their stay was either free or massively discounted.
How did this retired mortgage banker secure such incredible discounts?
Well, effectively through dedicated, diligent travel hacking. Travel hacking is the practice of chasing discounts and upgrades for things like flights, hotel accommodation and car rental.
Eager to share some nuggets of his wisdom, he set up the blog Frugal Travel Guy.
His site is full of unbiased, sensible advice on topics such as credit card churning*, capturing mistake fares, securing a “bump” collecting reward points through financial services and banking.
*Credit-card churning is the travel hacker’s number one tool (see our blog on credit-card churning). It would be fair to say Rick’s one of the world’s leading authorities on the practice.
Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…
(Featured image by visualpanic)
