Safe And SimpleTravel Tips by Randy Petersen (NAPS)—Remembering eight simple travel tips can help make your next trip a fonder memory. 1. Always carry three cards. Travelling with a credit card, a calling card, and ID card will make your life much easier. According to somepolls, only 44 percent of American travelers use a credit card to help earn miles and use a calling card from the leading telecom company to earn miles for every dollar they spend. Companies like MCI offer 5 miles for every dollar spent on phone calls. 2. Accept Awards. American, Using a calling card from a leading telecom company can help you earn miles for every dollar you spend. Continental and TWA do a very good job of offering award seats at with an empty stomach can be a tive Web sites every Wednesday for special promotions (or save time by will thank you for travelling with a bottle of water, peanuts, raisins, the last minute. Check their respecvisiting webflyer.com/deals). 3. Check your ticket and check recipe for disaster. Your stomach an apple and a pack of gum. 6. Be a lover of literature. Skip it twice. Reconfirm your flight directly with the airline 24 to 48 the in-air entertainment and read the book that’s been gathering dust. world, plus, reconfirming will give Remember, long and thin bags are 4. Transportation tricks. De- 8. And finally, be courteous and smile. Both go a long way. hours before departure. Sometimes e-tickets get lost in the e- you one final opportunity to be assigned yourpreferredseat. part from the Arrivals area and return through the Departures area; that way your ride won’t haveto hassle with traffic. 5. Food. A delayed flight mixed 7. Carry-on and carry light. easier to store than short, flat ones. Havea greattrip. Randy Petersen is Editor and publisher of InsideFlyer and the Editor of The Official Frequent Flyer Guidebook.
