Kune mhuri dzinofamba kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo dzekuenda kune imwe nzvimbo, chimwe chinhu chinonyatsoziva: Hachisi chakanaka.
Rusununguko kana rwunenge rwunenge rwusina rusununguko rwemhepo ndiyo Girasi Tsvene yekufamba, uye Lyn Mettler akawana nzira yekuwana nayo mhuri yake yevana.
Nekushandisa zvakananga Southwest Airlines 'Rapid Rewards points system, mutungamiri wekufambisa mutambi uye blogger akakwanisa kufamba nemhuri yake kubva kumba kwavo muIndiana kusvika kumatanhatu matanhatu akasiyana, kusanganisira Denver, Fort Myers, uye San Diego, mugore rimwechete.
Vakashandisa makiromita mazana maviri nemaviri uye vakabhadhara mari shoma kudarika madhora zana kuti mhuri yavo iende kune imwe neimwe-kuruka rwendo rwendo.
Lyn akazadzisa izvi kuburikidza nechinyoresa kumakadhi emakwereti akapa mabhonasi emahofisi eSouthwest Airlines. Akabva atenga zvinhu sezvaaida. Imwe yeiyi dzekubudirira kwake kwaive kubhadhara mabhiriro ake kare kare kadhi rechikwereti kuitira kuti akwanise kukanda mapepa asina kukwezva chikwereti.
Heino Q & A pamusoro pokuti wakazviita sei:
About.com Mhuri Zororo: Ngatitangei nekuita kuti hurongwa hwekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero hunoshanda uye chii chinoita kuti chive chakasiyana nedzimwe zvirongwa.
Lyn Mettler: kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kune purogiramu yakakurumbira yokufambisa yakave yakanzi chirongwa chepamusoro chemhepo muFreddie Awards. Ndinochida nokuti hapana misi yakasviba, iyo inoita kuti bhuku rive nyore. Iwe unogona kuchinja kana kubvisa ndege kunze kwekubhadhara mari uye pfungwa dzako hadzina kupera. Iwe unogona kuwana purogiramu nekubhururuka, kuchinyorera kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero makadhi, kutengesa kuburikidza nevanowanikwa paIndaneti, kudya paresitorendi mune purogiramu yavo yekudya, uye nekutora motokari.
Ndakatotora pfumbamwe pfungwa imwe chete kuti ndingoisayina kwemwedzi mitatu yeWall Street Journal ye $ 3.
About.com Family Vacations: Wakagunun'una sei pfungwa dzakawanda?
Lyn Mettler: Ndakaunganidza zvikwereti izvi nekunyora mabhadhi matatu emakadhi: makadhi maviri eSouthwest uye Chase Sapphire Preferred, zvose izvo zvakapa bhizimusi yepamusoro 50 000 mushure mekushandisa mari shoma ye $ 2,000 kusvika $ 4,000 pamakadhi.
Pane imwe nguva ndakawana 110 000 purogiramu nekusayina kweChese Southwest Rapid Rewards yebhizimisi uye bhizinesi rekadhi, kusangana nekudhura kushandiswa nekushandisa makadhi kwezuva nezuva mari (nekubhadhara avo pamwedzi), ndakagamuchira Companion Pass status. Izvi zvinoreva kuti munhu mumwe chete anogona kubhururuka pasina neni kwemakore maviri, zvisinei kuti tinoverenga mabhadhaza nemapu kana mari. Izvi zvakabvumira mari yangu yeRwidd inotarisa kuwedzera zvakanyanya, sezvo ini chete ndaifanira kushandisa mapepa ekutora matikiti matatu pane vana vemhuri yangu. Nhamba yePasson status yakanaka kubva panguva yaunowana nayo kusvikira pakupera kwegore rinotevera.
Ndiri kungwarirawo kuti ndinyore ndege dzekuSouthwest's sales sale, sezvo nhamba yezvikamu zvekupa ndege yakapiwa inosungirwa pamutengo wetikiti, naizvozvo kana mitengo ichikwira saizvozvo nhamba yezvakanyorwa zvinoda kuverenga. Ndakapfuurirawo kuwana mapepa kuburikidza nekutanga mabhizimusi ose muSouthwest Rapid Rewards portal uye kushandisa hurongwa hwavo hweRupards Rewards Dining, iyo inokutora iwe inoratidza kana iwe uchidya pane zvekudya zvekutora.
About.com Family Vacations: Kune dzimwe nguva dzenguva dzakanaka kudarika dzimwe dzekuunganidza zvikamu here? Pane nguva yegore iyo iri nani yekufamba?
Lyn Mettler: Kana iwe uchida kuwana Companion Pass status, zvakanakisa kutanga mangwanani. Kupfuura kwakanaka kubva panguva yaunowana nayo kusvikira pakupera kwegore rinotevera, saka iwe wakatanga kuwana iyo, iwe unogona kushandisa nguva yakareba. Muzvakaitika zvangu, kuguma kwegore (kunyanya gore rapera) kwaive nemitengo yakanakisisa pazvikepe. Zhizha uye mazororo nguva dzakabatikana uye mhuri dzakawanda dzinofamba uye dzinotengeswa hazvina kunaka. Kwapera nguva yechando uye kuwa ingangodaro nguva dzakanakisisa dzekufamba kuitira kuti uwane zvakanakisisa kubva kune yako Rapid Mhombho pfungwa.
About.com Family Vacations: Ndeapi mamwe maitiro ako ekuwedzera maonero / kukosha neSouthwest program?
Lyn Mettler: Ndinoramba ndichinyatsoona mari yekubhadhara-zvose mumadhora uye nheyo-nekuda kwatinoda. Nenzira iyo ndinogona kuziva chii-uye chisingaiti-chinhu chakanaka.
Zvadaro ndinoedza kumirira kusvikira mapepa akarova pasi pfupi kunyorera ndege dzedu.
Zvechokwadi, nokuti hapana mari yekuregeresa neSouthwest, iwe unogona nguva dzose kuverenga ndege uye kuchinja kana kubvisa kana zvirongwa zvako zvichichinja kana iwe uchitenga mutengo wakaderera. Kutenga panguva yekutengesa kutengesa kunokosha, uye kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kune zvakawanda zvokutengesa. Ndakaona kuti zvakanakisa kutengesa ndeavo vamunoona vachitengeswa paTV.
Zvakakoshawo kuva neS Companion Pass saka iwe haufaniri kudzikinura pfungwa kune mumwe munhu. Kune vakomana vaviri, Companion Pass inoderedza pfungwa dzaunoda kuti dzipedze kuitira kutiza ndege inenge hafu. Kune mhuri yangu, isu chete tinoda kubhadhara pfungwa dzevatatu vedu panzvimbo yevana.
About.com Family Vacations: Ndeapi mazano aungapa kune mumwe munhu achangotanga nehurongwa?
Lyn Mettler: Kumadokero ipurogiramu yakanaka kune ani zvake anoda kutanga kudzidzira kushandisa maira uye anotaura nezvekufambisa pasina kana kupfuura zvishoma. Zviri nyore kwazvo kutevera nekukurumidza kuwana mapepa. Neimwe ndege zhinji dzakawanda, zvigaro zvigaro pane dzimwe ndege zvinowanika kuverenga nemakiromita, asi South-southeast inokubvumira kuverenga chero chigaro pane chero ndege.
Chinhu chokutanga munhu wose anofanira kuita ndechokunyora kweAll Rapid Rewards account uye uchishandisa nhengo yako nhengo kana uchibhururuka. Nzira iri nyore yekutanga kuwana pfungwa ndeyokutanga kutenga paIndaneti pachitoro chavo chekutenga nekunyora purogiramu yavo yekudya.
Pamusoro peBlog yangu, Endai Kufambira Gara, ini ndinotumira zuva nezuva nezvenzira dzekuwana Southwest Rapid Mipiro pfungwa uye mazano ekutambira kuPasson Pass status. Iniwo ndinotarisa vaverengi kana South-southeast iri kutengeswa uye ingave yakanaka kana kwete. Izvo zvakare pfungwa yakanaka yekuongorora Southwest.com nguva dzose kuti uone kuchinja kwenhamba yezvaunenge uri kuronga kushanyira.
About.com Family Vacations: Iye zvino uri kuronga imwe rwendo uchishandisa Southwest points? Ndeipi nzira yako?
Lyn Mettler: Ndiri kugara ndichigadzirira marwendo edu anotevera tichishandisa maira uye mapepa. Murume wangu anoti, "Iwe unoziva, rimwe zuva tichafanira kubhadharira kubhururuka." Ini ndinoti, "Kwete!"
Takatotanga kufamba mauri kuenda kuNew York City neDenver muzhizha ino uye tichatsvaira ndege kuOrlando munguva pfupi nekuda kwekuputsika kwekupera. Zvadaro zviri kuChestone Resort muColorado pamusoro pezororo. Ini ndinotova neruzivo rwangu 2017 rwakarongedzwa.
Tichazopedzisira tabuda kunze kwemashoko makuru ehuwandu hwandakawana, kunyange zvakadaro ndinokwanisa kuwana mari kuburikidza nemari yezuva nezuva, kutenga uye kudya. Panguva iyoyo murume wangu achatanga nzira yekunyora makadhi.
Nemhaka yokuti munhu anogona kungowana mabhizimusi emakadhi engororo makumi mashanu nemakumi maviri nemakumi maviri, ndinofanira kumirira kusvika 2017/2018 kuti ndiite zvakare. Munguva iyi, murume wangu achanyoresa kumaodzanyemba kumaodzanyemba kumakadhi, kuwana mari yePasson Pass uye kuunganidza 150,000 kusvika 200,000 pfungwa kwatiri isu zvatingashandisa kuburikidza ne 2018. Zvadaro ichava nguva yangu yekutanga iyo nzira zvakare.
Kuti udzidze zvakawanda nezvekuti ungashambira sei kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero, tarisa Lyn's e-book, "The Step-by-Step Guide kuti Uwane Southwest Companion Pass uye Flying Free Around the US," iyo inowanikwa sekusunungura pasina.