I’ve helped friends plan airfare-free trips to Costa Rica, Panama, Hawaii, Peru, and\u00a0Belize.\u00a0 Other trips to great stateside destinations like Los\u00a0Angeles, Las Vegas and Nashville\u00a0have also been\u00a0worked up.\u00a0 Two weeks from now, on my birthday, my brother sets out on a trip to Alpine Europe, on which he figures to save about $4000.<\/a><\/p>\n Ok, I’m boring you.\u00a0You came here because I said something about 11 RT flights from Boise to Seattle. I know it sounds too good to be true, but it isn’t.\u00a0Chase is doing a limited time offer of a total of 100,000 British Airways “miles” when you sign up for the British Airways Credit Card and spend 20k on it in the first year.\u00a0 (50k for signing up, 25k for spending the first $10k and 25k for the second $10k).\u00a0This card does have a $95 annual fee that is not waived for the first year, so unless you’re great at sweet-talking customer service reps, I suppose these miles will cost you $95. Technically, if you do spend the 20k\u00a0you’d also accumulate another 20k miles, so maybe I should have named this post “Thirteen Roundtrip Flights for $95…”<\/p>\n Before you start daydreaming that those miles could take you across the pond to England (as the name seems to connotate), push that thought from your mind.\u00a0 BA charges insane fuel surcharges on mile purchases that make that option impractical. Really your best bet is to use them on short, direct flights on American Airlines, like the BOI to SEA route.\u00a0 Checking the Avios (that’s the name for BA frequent flyer miles) Calculator<\/a>, you’ll see that it will cost you 4500 Avios each way or 9000 RT. If you get tired of Seattle, you could always opt for Portland. Ok, yes, Seattle and Portland are basically the same thing… pony up a few more of your free\u00a0points and fly from Seattle to Sacramento or from Portland to San Francisco.<\/p>\n I’m thinking this would be a perfect way to plan a family cruise to Alaska.\u00a0If you’re looking for deals on cruises, always check the www.Vacationstogo.com<\/a> 90 day ticker.\u00a0 If you call, sometimes they can even get you a better price than what is posted.<\/p>\n So if the idea of having more than\u00a0ten free short, direct flights in your pocket really appeals to you (and I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t), take a closer look at the BA credit card.<\/p>\n In the interest of full disclosure, we do\u00a0receive a commission when you apply for cards from our site – its like frosting on the delicious cake of seeing other people jump on the free travel bandwagon.\u00a0As always, if you have any questions, please just post a comment and we’ll be happy to help you wanderlust with us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For almost two years now, I’ve been attacking credit card travel offers with the same careless zeal\u00a0with which\u00a0I’ve been devouring sugar since I put the low-carb diet on hold. And let me tell you, it’s been every bit as satisfying! … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Colombia-420-300x224.jpg\" "\\"Colombia")
<\/a>Looking at it as saving money is satisfying enough, but really it’s more than that.\u00a0 I’m making opportunities to do things that I didn’t think I’d be able to do until I got insanely rich (which, unfortunately, I’m still far from).\u00a0My four kids under\u00a0 7 years old have memories of paragliding in Colombia. I’ve been scuba diving\u00a0with sharks<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u00a0climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BOI-to-SEA-on-Avios.png\" "\\"BOI")
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