Sick of Baggage Fees?

Sick of airlines dropping travel prices only to be side-swiped by high costs for any of your baggage?  Me too.  Luckily, there's a company called Orion Travel Technology that is planning something special for the start of 2016: new luggage and fee-free-baggage (for up to 6 trips...not sure if this is one way or roundtrip?)!  If you're one of the first users, you'll be part of their lifetime membership which gives you unlimited fee-free-flights.

The catch?  It appears there will be a yearly fee for the service and the new luggage will turn you into a walking advertisement for whatever company logo Orion sends you to stick on the bag.

Still, you get to customize one side of the bag, pay $20 total for your 6 trips worth of baggage?  Just one bag can be $50, then additional baggage fees rack up quickly.  Are you really that attached to your designer luggage?  I, for one, am not.  So bring on the reduced airfare costs (you know...back to how it was when you thought the airfare included your luggage) and send me some new bags and fun stickers...I'll be your travel-model.  Watch me work that runway!

Supply and demand, my friends.  Advertising: running the world, and saving us from bag fees.

Thanks to AirFareWatchdog for the info!

NYC to Nairobi Deal!!!

NYC to Nairobi, Kenya in November: $392

See the details at Chris Myden's Site by clicking here.

Bringing Your Pet?

Next year, JFK is opening "The Ark," an airport terminal dedicated solely to the safe and happy travels of pets and their people.  A private company has planned to rent the terminal for years to come and, as they say, money talks (about as much as parrots).  So hold onto your tails, and get ready for a new high-flying experience if all goes to plan...let the countdown continue!

daVinci's Flight Lust...

Southwest Airlines Adds a New International Destination

HIP HIP HOORAYYYYY!!  

Southwest Airlines is now planning on...well?  

Heading Southwest!

Costa Rica is the newest destination for the airline, determined based on surveys of their customers and their desired destinations.  Beginning March 7, direct flights from Baltimore Washington International (BWI) will be available daily to Juan Santamaria International (SJO) which is located just outside of the Costa Rican capitol, San Jose.

Still a good deal going international?  You bet!  Flights are going to be priced around $130 each way...and the airline hopes to keep its tickets 30-40% lower than its competitors as they do on domestic flights.

Need more variety?  Texas can look forward to direct flights starting out of Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) sometime this coming fall.

If Costa Rica isn't quite your deal, maybe you'll find Southwest's existing international Carribbean destinations of interest (Aruba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Mexico) and if those aren't enough with the addition of Costa Rica, Belize is next on the list.

Happy travels to the Southwest!
See original article here.

Think you know the in flight safety speech by heart?

...Think again!

The newest way to make passengers listen to the safety guidelines...so that they are unforgettable.

Lower Airfare based on "Supposed" Sale Location

Airfares are weird.  

We know that from the general lack of information that we have on pricing and sales.  We have trend data that can give us the best days of the week to fly for better prices, and even sometimes the best days of the week to BUY our tickets, but did you know that WHERE you SAY you're buying your tickets can actually affect the price you pay?  

I KNOW.  MIND BLOWING but true!

If you buy domestic flights occurring in a different country (read: the flights will occur in a different country than the one you are currently in while searching) it is often WAY cheaper if you can convince the airline or website that you are in the "different" country buying your ticket.

Example:  If I'm in the US but I want to buy a ticket from Lima to Cusco (this actually happened).  I search when I'm in the US, the prices come back around $250-$300 each and I say "no way" and I decide not to buy tickets ahead of time.  When I GET to Peru, my friend tells me the direct website of LCPeru (a Peruvian airline that flies between Lima and Cusco), and since I'm IN Peru, it recognizes Peru as the point of transaction and my plane tickets are miraculously over $100 cheaper for each one.

Now, take my personal experience and add this newfound info: you can get the SAME miraculous price drop that I got when I was in Peru by telling the website you are searching while in the US that you are in Peru already, even if you're not.  Do the search in Peruvian currency (soles, in case you're interested) and voilá  miracle price-drop without ever having reached Peru (If only I'd known BEFORE actually getting there).

It can save you a boatload just to change the point of transaction, maybe pay in a foreign currency on your credit card (bonus if it doesn't charge foreign transaction fees) and do a little extra searching.

This works for international flights, too, but it's a bit more tricky because you'll have to seek out one of many countries in the world that you could have as your transaction point to get the best price (hint to save you a search: it's probably NOT going to be the US...unless a US city is the destination or departure point).

You can see more examples and get more info. by clicking here.

Happy travels!