Ryanair is a discount airline in Europe that offers some of the cheapest seats you can find for flights between major European cities. It’s often quite a bit less than taking a train, especially between destinations that are further apart. We flew Ryanair once on our trip to Europe, flying from Paris to Bologna. While… Continue reading

While my hands-down favorite travel credit card is Chase Sapphire Preferred, a flexible travel card with an annual fee that’s waived for the first year (and low at $95 in subsequent years), it also has a sister card that’s worth a look. Here my Chase Sapphire Reserve review, so you can decide which of these… Continue reading

[This deal has expired.] Thanks to reader Nancy J. for this tip that was on View from the Wing! Those of you who have signed up for my free Fly Free to Hawaii email course (sign up below) know that the method we use to fly free is to collect Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles that we… Continue reading

This is about as cheap as it gets (other than flying free on points :)) to fly to Iceland and major European cities! WOW Air is a discount airline that regularly has amazing deals to Europe — and this time they are going as low as $69 one-way to Iceland and $89 one-way to major European cities…. Continue reading

In the summer of 2017, my family flew to Europe on Aer Lingus for 26,000 miles per person round-trip plus fuel surcharges and taxes. We got the 26,000-mile deal by flying Aer Lingus’ “off-peak” dates, which run two-thirds of the year and by signing up for the Chase Sapphire Reserve when it was offering a… Continue reading