Fly Free

Most major airlines offer free travel vouchers rebates or cash compensation. The secret to receiving your free airfare, rebates or cash compensation is to plan ahead for all of your flights. By allowing yourself flexibility in your flight schedule you can be one of the lucky people that receive the free Airfare rebates or cash compensation.

On 75% of US. Domestic flights and almost 100% of international flights, seats are continually overbooked. By planning ahead and allowing flexibility with your destination arrival times, you will be rewarded with free travel vouchers, rebates or cash compensation to any destination that an airline has service to.

They will go out of their way to make you happy, which could include putting you

on the next outgoing flight for FREE, a certificate for anywhere from $250-$600 that can be used on your next flight, or even CASH. Even if they don't bump you, they may upgrade you to FIRST CLASS for your flight. Or even a combination of several of those options. Any way you go, you can't lose.

Airlines give away free flights and upgrades and cash all the time to make up for their errors in projecting the number of people that will not show up for their flight. Every flight you take more than likely left behind a few people that couldn't make it on time and that is what the airline is counting on.

They will always sell a few more tickets than the plane has seats in order to fill all the seats with the assumption that people won't show up. But when everyone does show up, and there are no more seats left on that flight, the airline has to "Bump" people with valid tickets to the next flight.

Since they have made an error and you no longer have a seat, the airline has an obligation to satisfy you with some compensation for your inconvenience in order to get your loyalty back on their side so you will want to fly with them the next time you travel.

So consider this. For a couple hours of your time, you will have earned free air travel for your next vacation. The value of the free travel vouchers, rebates or cash compensation can be from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars depending on your destination. Not a bad return for a couple hours of your time. And you can repeatedly duplicate your results of free travel vouchers for the rest of your life.

When you book your flight, be sure the flight is close to, if not sold out already. But make sure you get a guaranteed ticket, not just a stand-by ticket. Make plans for a good day of travel. Be sure that you don't have someone waiting for you at your final destination.

Get to the airport early for your flight and check in as soon as you can at the gate. When you check in, ask if the flight is full and if they need any volunteers to be "bumped" from your flight. If they tell you they do need some volunteers, give them your name and wait for the flight time.

When they start loading, listen for your name to be called. Be sure to only have your carry-on bags with you not any check-through luggage, since 9/11 the laws have changed. When you are bumped, your bags must go with your flight or this will not work.

Generally the carrier knows before most of the plane has boarded if they will need someone to be "bumped." When they call your name and tell you that you have been "bumped" to the next flight 2 hours later, they will offer you compensation for giving up your "guaranteed" seat. Remember that they are at your mercy in order to make you happy, so don't be modest.

The Department of Transportation requires each airline to give all passengers who are bumped involuntarily a written statement describing their rights and explaining how the carrier decides who gets on an oversold flight and who doesn't. Travelers who don't get to fly are frequently entitled to an on-the-spot payment of denied boarding compensation.

When you are bumped involuntarily and the airline arranges substitute transportation that is scheduled to get you to your final destination (including later connections) within one hour of your original scheduled arrival time, there is no compensation.

If the airline arranges substitute transportation that is scheduled to arrive at your destination between one and two hours after your original arrival time (between one and four hours on international flights), the airline must pay you an amount equal to your one-way fare to your final destination, with a $200 maximum.

If the substitute transportation is scheduled to get you to your destination more than two hours later (four hours internationally), or if the airline does not make any substitute travel arrangements for you, the compensation doubles.

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Use Alternative Airports and Save 40% To 70%.

Using alternative airports can save you as much as 70% and you can have a private Limo drive you to the alternate airport and still save. When you call the airlines and ask the lowest fare from Los Angeles to Chicago, that’s what you will be quoted, even if the fare from Ontario California is 40% less - only 45 minutes away.

If you need a one-way ticket to Chicago and call any major airline, they are not going to tell you about a low-cost carrier flying into Midway Airport just 15 Minutes South of Chicago for $99.00 dollars each way from Los Angeles.

What your travel agent won’t tell you is that travel agents are leery of creative ticketing. The airline contracts with travel agents mandate that they cannot offer creative ticketing methods to their customers, even if it saves hundreds on a single ticket. Agencies can’t afford to lose their contract to write tickets so they hesitate to offer you creative ticketing options. Using alternate airports is a form of creative ticketing no airline objects to but you have to be creative and check out your options. Here are alternate airports around the U.S. for your city. So, now the secret is out, cash in on your next trip and good luck.

Primary Airports	Alternate Cities with Mileage
Akron	Cleveland 36 \| Pittsburgh 70 \| Columbus 99 \| Detroit 162
Atlanta	Chattanooga 106 \| Birmingham 134 \| Knoxville 152
Atlantic City	Philadelphia 55 \| Newark 93 \| Baltimore 142
Austin	San Antonio 70 \| Houston 143 \| Dallas \| Fort Worth 183
Baltimore	WA National 30\| WA. Dulles 43 \| Harrisburg 70 \| Philadelphia 90 \| Richmond 120
Bangor	Portland 111 \| Manchester, HN 189 \| Boston 210
Baton Rouge	New Orleans 65 \| Pensacola 236
Boston	Manchester NH 45 \| Providence 49 \| Hartford 91
Boise	Salt Lake City 291
Buffalo	Rochester 55 \| Toronto 68 \| Pittsburgh 186 \| Cleveland 192
Burbank	Los Angeles 18 \| Ontario 44 \| Orange County 82 \| San Diego 193
Burlington VT	Montreal 75 \| Manchester NH 137 \| Hartford 177
Charleston SC	Columbia 95 \| Charlotte 168 \| Atlanta 259
Charleston WV	Columbus 13` \| Pittsburgh 165 \| Cincinnati 173 \| Louisville 226
Chattanooga	Knoxville 87 \| Atlanta 106 \| Nashville 113
Chicago	Milwaukee 75 \| South Bend Indiana 75 \| Midway South Chicago 55
Cincinnati	Dayton 64 \| Louisville 83 \| Indianapolis 98 \| Columbus 116
Cleveland	Akron 36 \| Toledo 102 \| Columbus 112 \| Pittsburgh 124
Colorado Springs	Denver 67
Columbus OH	Daytona 72 \| Akron 99 \| Cleveland 112 \| Cincinnati 116
Corpus Christi	Harlingen 110 \| San Antonio 135 \| Houston Hobby 187
Dallas/Fort Worth	Oklahoma City 175 \| Austin 183
Dayton	Cincinnati 64 \| Columbus 72 \| Indianapolis 110
Daytona Beach	Orlando 50 \| Jacksonville 97
Denver	Colorado Springs 67
Des Moines	Omaha 117 \| Kansas City 165
Detroit	Toledo 49 \| Flint 54 \| Lansing \| Grand Rapids 120
Eugene	Portland 106
Evansville IN	Louisville 98 \| Nashville 141 \| St. Louis 161
Flint	Lansing 45 \| Detroit 54
Fort Lauderdale	Miami 21 \|West Palm Beach 42
Fort Myers	Sarasota 71 \| Tampa 104 \| Fort Lauderdale 112
Fresno	Oakland 152 \| San Francisco 159 \| Sacramento 167
Green Bay	Milwaukee 107 \| Chicago 181
Greensboro	Raleigh 67 \| Charlotte 82
Harlingen	Corpus Christi 107 \| San Antonio 235
Harrisburg	Baltimore 70\| Washington National 81\| Philadelphia 83 \| Washington Dulles 94
Hartford	Providence 66 \| Boston 91 \| New York 108
Hilton Head	Savannah 31 \|Charleston 62 \| Jacksonville 133
Houston	Austin 143 \| San Antonio 191
Huntsville AL	Birmingham 74 \| Nashville 97 \| Atlanta 151
Indianapolis	Cincinnati 98 \| Dayton 110 \| Louisville 111
Jacksonville FL	Daytona Beach 93 \| Savannah 117 \| Orlando 143
Kalamazoo	Grand Rapids 47 \| Lansing 62 \| Detroit 113 \| Chicago 116
Kansas City MO	Omaha 152
Key West	Miami 126 \| Fort Lauderdale 144
Knoxville	Nashville 152 \| Atlanta 152 \| Greenville/ Spartanburg 261
Lansing	Flint 45 \| Grand Rapids 48 \| Detroit 74
Lexington	Louisville 63 \| Cincinnati 70
Madison WI	Milwaukee 74 \| Chicago 119
Manchester NH	Boston 45 \| Portland 73 \| Providence 84
Mc Allen	Harlingen 37 \| Corpus Christi 119 \| San Antonio 232
Medford	Portland 222
Memphis	Little Rock 130 \| Nashville 200
Miami	Fort Lauderdale 21 \| West Palm Beach 62
Milwaukee	Chicago 75
Mobile	Pensacola 64 \| Birmingham 216
Montreal	Burlington 82 \| Manchester NH 209 \| Boston 254
Naples FL	Fort Myers 26 \| Sarasota 98 \| Fort Lauderdale 101
Nashville	Memphis 200 \| Atlanta 214
New Orleans	Baton Rouge 65 \| Pensacola 186
New York	Newark 14 \| Philadelphia 93 \| Hartford 108 \| Baltimore 179
Newark	New York 14 \| Philadelphia 93 \| Hartford 108
Norfolk	Newport News 23 \| Richmond 75 Washington 142 \| Raleigh 160
Oakland	San Francisco 11 \| San Jose 30 \| Sacramento 75
Oklahoma City	Tulsa 111 \| Wichita 156 \| Dallas 175
Omaha	De Moines 117 \| Kansas City 152
Ontario	Orange County 30 \| Burbank 44 \| Los Angeles 47 \| Palm Springs 65
Orange County	Long Beach 19 \| Ontario 35 \| Los Angeles 46 \| San Diego 76
Orlando	Daytona Beach 50 \| Tampa 80 \| Gainesville 98 \| Jacksonville 143
Palm Springs	Ontario 65 \| San Diego 85 \| Orange County 86 \| Los Angeles 110
Pensacola	Mobile 64 \| New Orleans 186
Philadelphia	Newark 81\| Baltimore 90
Phoenix	Tucson 110
Pittsburgh	Akron 70 \| Cleveland 124 \| Columbus 144
Portland ME	Manchester NH 78 \| Boston 95
Portland OR	Seattle 129
Providence	Boston 49 \| Hartford 66 \| New York 146 \| Manchester NH 84
Reno	Sacramento 112 \| Oakland 180 \| San Francisco 192
Richmond	Newport News 52 \| Norfolk 75 \| Washington 192 \| Baltimore 120
Roanoke	Greensboro 85 \|Raleigh 120 \| Washington 192 \|
Rochester	Buffalo 55 \| Syracuse 79 \| Toronto 106
Sacramento	Oakland75 \| San Francisco 86 \| Reno 112
Saginaw	Flint 43 \| Lancing 58 \| Detroit 98
St. Louis	Indianapolis 229
San Antonio	Austin 70 \| Houston 191
San Diego	Orange County 76 \| Palm Springs 86 \| Long Beach 96 \| Los Angeles 109
San Francisco	Oakland 11 \| San Jose 30 \| Sacramento 86
San Jose	San Francisco 30 \| Oakland 30
Sarasota	Tampa 40 \| Fort Myers 71 \| Orlando 109
Seattle	Vancouver 127 \| Portland 129
Shreveport	Little Rock 182 \| Dallas/Fort Worth 190
South Bend	Chicago 75 \| Indianapolis 137 \| Detroit 157
Spokane	Seattle 224
Syracuse	Rochester 79 \| Buffalo 134 \| Toronto 175
Tampa	Sarasota 39 \| Orlando 80 \| Fort Myers 105
Toledo	Detroit 49 \| Flint 96 \| Cleveland 102 \| Columbus 121
Tucson	Phoenix 110
Tulsa	Oklahoma City 111
Vancouver	Seattle 127
Washington	Baltimore 30 \| Richmond 96
West Palm Beach	Fort Lauderdale 42 \| Miami 61 \| Orlando 142
Wichita	Oklahoma City 156
Worchester	Providence 44 \| Boston \| Hartford 47

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Dayton 64 | Louisville 83 | Indianapolis 98 | Columbus 116

Akron 36 | Toledo 102 | Columbus 112 | Pittsburgh 124