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✈️ Airline Prices Are Down… But Still Feels Expensive

❤️ Southwest Airlines Limited Time Companion Pass

🛥️ My Upcoming Plans - A Yacht in the South of France

Airline Prices Are Down

… But Still Feels Expensive

A recent article by NerdWallet states that airline prices are down this year to the level of pre-pandemic.

But it still feels so expensive to travel 🥴 

Why?

They equate it to 3 Main Factors:

1. Fees with airlines have gone up! Want a window seat? Want priority boarding? Want to bring a checked bag? All of these have gone up compared to prior years

2. Later Booking. People have been historically booking closer to their departure date than prior meaning the prices have increased accordingly.

3. Travel to Europe has increased. With more demand to have bigger “bucket list” trips to Europe the prices of economy is averaging $1,200 per ticket.

What I think:

• Although these are all good reasons I also think that airlines have been doing some “surge pricing” based on demand. There have been numerous times that if I search for a flight within the airline app then close out of the search for whatever reason (maybe I needed to find travel credit number or needed to confirm dates) and go back into the same flight the price has already increased.

• There also seems to be fewer flight options in my opinion in order to “fill the bus” leading to increased pricing. Several flights for work travel has made me book Business Select tickets on Southwest weeks in advance due to no longer having any wanna-get-aways.

🤔 What are your thoughts? Do you feel that prices are expensive despite reports saying they have gone down?

If You Are:

✅ Feeling overwhelmed by travel prices

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✅ Tired of feeling like you aren’t experiencing travel and destinations like you deserve

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Southwest Airline

Limited Time Companion Pass

I’m currently sitting on a southwest flight as I write this.

And we are (as my mother would say) “stuffed like a can of sardines”.

and someone just ripped one so I’m really not in the mood 💩

But I figured you might want to know about the limited time Companion Pass you can earn with Southwest.

Right now if you book a trip to Hawaii and fly between June 1 and July 31 you will earn a Companion Pass from Oct 5 to Nov 15.

But you have to book by 5/24/2024 (Today!)

And it has to be 2 one ways or a round trip ticket.

You can register here by going to Southwest and heading over to the Offers Section.

So why care about Companion pass?

Well basically what it means is you can choose a person to be your “companion” and they fly with you for nearly free.

You just need to pay taxes and fees which are $5.60 for domestic flights.

My Upcoming Plans

A Yacht in The South of France

If you follow my Instagram account you may have seen some of my plans for the upcoming month in my stories.

One which includes a yacht in the South of France.

Something I’ve been looking forward to for some time.

Ever since I went to Montenegro 2 years back and rented a yacht I’ve made it sort of a priority to try and spend a day on the water whenever in Europe.

There’s just something magical about being on a boat in some of the most beautiful places in the world.

Of course renting a yacht to sail from Cannes to Monaco for a day comes with a price.

A price we could only say yes to if we didn’t have other insane travel expenses (like hotels or flights).

You see… we booked all 3 rooms and all 6 plane tickets using points.

Which ended up saving us $34,811

This gives us the ability to spend a little more on our actual experiences while on vacation…

Like yachts and Michelin star restaurants 😉

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Or you can get 12 weeks of group coaching (normally 8 weeks) with me personally for just $497 when you sign up here

Dedicated to saving you money, 

Vanessa | Founder BestSelf Compass

P.S. Not all points are created equal

P.P.S If you are wanting to learn how to earn and redeem reward points for luxury trips, I have a FREE Masterclass you can watch right here