The Secret of the fresh air company

I received a strange mission: part "Of Brewster million" and "Amazing Race" of the part: fly from Miami to New York City - and spend as much as possible on air transport costs.

First step: buy a ticket for $360. If do you by phone and want to speak of a man, it goes you additional cost of $25.

Second step: walking in the airport, where the money seems to be spent for you without you even try. I was walking at a booth, where, after having waited a few minutes, I was introduced to Candy, kiosk Manager. I indulged quickly extra legs, even if only there was one seat left and I was paying additional $ 50 for a seat on the environment.

In the past months, airlines tried desperately to increase prices to reflect soaring fuel costs. They had a moderate success. But they have made progress with the cost of air transport: approximately 7% of their turnover, and most of their profits now come from them.

I decided to return to the booth, of making investment $33 buy additional miles. Then I saw the dream of a loyalty and before that I knew, I bought triple miles.

It is the time to check my luggage. Needless to say that Candy was not pleased that one of my bags weighed 55 pounds. I paid the $160 for two bags. As if he could not get any worse, my luggage was oversized and I was forced to dissect one hundred an other bucks.

And then there was the pet. Candy I was asked if I had a puppy, and although Nemo I deals with love, it is clearly a stuffed animal. Nevertheless, I paid $125 to be on a leash.

At the time that I got on the plane, I have already swiped my credit card several times that I could rely, for tickets, miles, space for legs, bags and obviously Nemo.

Even after boarding the aircraft, it was impossible to put the credit card. I couldn't help but pay $6 for television (but there are hundreds of channels!) and grimaced that I paid $24 a "savory snack box" from the menu in flight. If they had blankets, I would have bought one of those too.

While the ticket to run only $400, I have accumulated over $ 540 in additional costs.

But it could have been worse. I had stolen from Frontier Airlines after moose hunting, I could have verified the Moose, but would have been charged a fee of $100 to make the wood on board!

I finally did in New York, where I met our engineering of the fare, Genevieve Shaw Brown, a travel blogger, and an expert. It offers a way to save: packages.

She said, "" you just grouping these things together saves money, and here's why: hotels and airlines are most comfortable price in a package as opposed to the price of standalone. ""

Before you go on your next trip, plan ahead and look for a package of agreements. I hope that you will be able to avoid my mistakes and keep your credit card, sweeping Bay.