For the past couple days, and until Sunday, I’m in New York City for the New York Times Travel Show. Hundreds of travel companies, tourism boards, airlines, and other travel-related folk come to NYC to pitch their offerings. Further, there are excellent training resources for bloggers. I’m here to network and learn, but most importantly, Etihad had a showing of ‘The Residence,’ which I have to say, is absolutely stunning.
On a recent Aeroplan pricing error, I booked two passengers between Toronto to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines business for a total of 100,000 points. Since the pricing error was short lived, I didn’t do any research or make any plans prior to booking. Now that my trip is a month out, my travel companion and I sat down last night to figure out a plan.
This deal has been going on for awhile, but as the January 31st deadline is fast approaching, and Air Canada status is expiring, it makes sense to apply for the WestJet status match program.
Hey, you! Yeah, you! You’re wonderful. Did you know that? Of course you did. But *why*? Well, so many things: you’re smart (because you’re reading this), you’re awesome (because you’re reading this), and you are, or will become, an expert in free travel (because you’re reading this)!
2014 was a great year for discount travel. There were many amazing fare sales and mistakes, and all in all, despite a number of program devaluations, this has been a great year.
I started DCTA this past summer, while undertaking full time law school. It has gone through a number of layouts and content themes. I started from nothing, and am now a fairly popular Canadian website. I put a lot of work into this website, and I constantly get messages from readers who thank me for helping them take their long-overdo honeymoon, their first family vacation, or to experience products they could never otherwise afford. I get a lot of joy helping others experience the freedom of travel that I am so lucky to have, and this website is a great tool for me to develop my communication skills.
