We get asked a lot about how to travel as a family…or how to make family travel better. In today’s episode of Frequent Miler on the Air, we’ll answer the call and share our (…ok Nick’s) tips for family travel.
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Main Event: Tips for Better Family Travel
Mailbag
(00:55) – Everyone wants more family travel tips!
See our Ask Us Anything episode 68, “How do you travel with young kids?” here.
Card Talk
(03:16) – Free Spirit Travel More Mastercard
Learn more about the Free Spirit Travel More Mastercard here.
Award Talk
(12:30) – Don’t forget that Qatar Avios can be used to book American Airlines flights, and can offer great prices for certain flights…
Read more about OneWorld First Class flights for surprisingly low prices here.
Main Event: Tips for Better Family Travel
(17:23) – See our “Points for family travel”, Ep174 here: https://frequentmiler.com/points-for-family-travel/
(18:04) – Plan one big activity per day
(20:30) – Find a playground
(23:26) – Get a suite
(29:41) – Lounge access is awesome
(31:32) – Get elite status with National Rental Car and/or Hertz to save
(34:01) – Easily collapsible stroller
(36:42) – Car seats: If you’re going to bring yours, get a bag for it
(38:30) – Know your lap infant ticket policies
(42:12) – Ask for a child meal
(43:05) – Consider taking a cruise
Read our post on how to get free cruises here.
(45:24) – Consider business class. More space = less disruption.
(49:35) – Travel internationally: Be prepared for the world to be more family-friendly than you expect
Question of the Week
(51:54) – How does the temporary Southwest credit card bonus impact the Southwest companion pass strategy for 2 companion passes?
Read our Southwest Airlines companion pass guide here.
Read more about the two person strategy for 2 Southwest Companion Passes here.
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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