Hi friends!

In less than three weeks, we’re heading to Greece for Group Trip #3 with 20 amazing subscribers!

But first, I want to share how we’re getting to Athens—because if you love to travel and have some flexibility, this could save you a lot of money.

A few months ago, Thrifty Traveler alerted me to business-class award seats to Athens for just 70,000 points plus $146 CAD per person (just over $100 USD).

We’ve had Aeroplan points just sitting around...between a credit card sign-up bonus and our regular spending, we’d accumulated well over 150,000 points during the past 18 months.

We need to be in Athens by September 10, and the deal was available for September 7.

That means we’ll arrive a few days early—which is actually perfect for getting over the jet lag before our group trip begins.

So, the two of us are flying to Greece in business class for just $292 CAD out of pocket!

So...is Thrifty Traveler right for you? Let's talk about it 👇

​Thrifty Traveler Premium is a flight-deal alert service that searches for deeply discounted cash fares and points or miles deals, then emails you when it finds something worth booking.

Each alert includes the exact available dates, routes and instructions for finding and booking the deal.

But can’t you just use Google Flights for free?

Google Flights is a fantastic tool - and Thrifty Traveler actually links you directly to Google Flights for many of its cash deals.

The difference is that Google Flights is most useful when you already know where you want to go, approximately when you want to travel and which routes or airports you want to track.

When Google Flights still works best

I still use its free price tracking when I have specific travel plans.

For example, I have a conference next February, so I’ve set an alert for the exact dates and route I need.

But the best flight deals don’t always appear on the route or dates you thought to search.

Fares and award availability can also change throughout the day, so finding them yourself usually means repeatedly checking different dates, airports and destinations—without knowing when, or if, a great deal will appear.

Let the deals come to you

That’s where Thrifty Traveler comes in. It does all that ongoing searching for you behind the scenes, and sends the best deals straight to your inbox.

It constantly searches for deals, so you don’t have to spend your time running the same searches every day. When a genuinely good fare or a block of hard-to-find award seats appears, you receive an alert with the details you need to book it.

If you’re flexible with your dates or willing to take a short positioning flight to another airport, Thrifty can also uncover deals and routes you may never have thought to search for yourself.

Has it been worth it for us?

This is now my second year paying for Thrifty Traveler.

In that time, we’ve scored business-class seats to Europe last summer for our trip through Hungary, Austria and Czechia; flights to Japan this past spring; and now, business class to Greece!

Considering the thousands of dollars we’ve saved on great flights, the annual fee of less than $100 has been well worth it for us.

And if Hawaii is on your list, I’ve seen some fantastic fares recently—including this deal for around $400 that arrived last Friday.

And the big reason I'm telling you this is because until August 20th it's 30% off your first year, which is a price I've never seen before

(I paid more than that when I signed up lol 😅)

​Get the Thrifty Travel Premium deal here

(and make sure the code 'alysmalls' is applied to get 30% off)

Thank you!

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✈️ Talk soon,
Aly

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