Save money on your flight
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Hi, Kim Commando here. Well, first up, we have your digital life hack. And after that, I'm going to play a call for my weekend national radio show. While some people are paying top dollar for spring break flights, you could fly for half the price. I'm Kim Commando for Carbonite, my number one choice for cloud backup. Get 50% off at carbonite.com slash Kim. Live a better digital life with Carbonite. So you booked a flight, and then the next day you see the same seat for less.
How can you save money on spring break flights?
Annoying, but fixable. First move, cancel and rebook. Airlines are legally required to give you a full refund if you cancel within 24 hours of booking, as long as the flight is not within seven days. No fees, no drama. To catch price drops automatically, set up a Google Flights Alert. Head to google.com slash flights, search for your route, and toggle on track prices. Google will ping you when fares change, so you're not refreshing like a maniac. Second move, airlines price seats in tiers. Buy two tickets at once, and you might get stuck paying the higher fare for both. Book one at a time, though, and you could save hundreds. For more tips like this, sign up for my five-star rated newsletter. It's free at getkim.com.
Next up, a call from my weekend show, The Kim Commando Show. Enjoy!
What should you do if you find a cheaper flight after booking?
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Hello.
How can Google Flights Alerts help you catch price drops?
Glad to be here. I submitted a question like 36 hours ago, and here I am already. This is amazing. Big fan of yours. Thank you. Thank you.
So what can we help you with?
Well, my wife and I are thinking of... making a big trip. We have some cousins in Mexico, probably go to Europe. She has a cousin in Italy. We're thinking maybe of taking one of those river cruises.
What are the benefits of booking airline tickets individually?
It's very preliminary. We're talking a year and a half ahead of time. We just started thinking about it. And I'm in an intensive study program where I study an hour from a lecture through my phone, like an hour a day. And I'm wondering... how do I deal with, what's the best way to deal with an iPhone while in Europe? I know an international traveler, I asked him, he said, oh, it's easy, just do da-da-da-da-da-da-da. I was so confused.
And you were like, okay, what was da-da-da-da-da-da? Could you start back at the first da-da-da? And was that a capital T or a D? I'm not sure.
And actually it was worse because there was a guy right there. He goes, oh, I travel too. What I do is da-da-da. He gave me a whole different thing.
It's the battling da-da-das. Okay. Well, here's the deal. A couple of ways you can do this. is whatever carrier that you have, they all have international plans. And so you call them up and you say, I'm gonna be landing in London. And the moment I land in London, I want my phone turned on. And they will charge you anywhere between 10 and $12 for that, okay, for the day. And then there is some overage. So you want to make sure at that point you turn off all your background refreshes and any notifications. And so it's just bare bones, minimum data. The better way to do this, the da-da-da way, okay, is that if you have an iPhone, is that it has a built-in eSIM or electronic SIM.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:26
2
How can you save money on spring break flights?
0:26–1:13
3
What should you do if you find a cheaper flight after booking?
1:13–2:19
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How can Google Flights Alerts help you catch price drops?
2:19–2:47
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What are the benefits of booking airline tickets individually?
2:47–6:09