Travel makes one modest; you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." - Gustav Flaubert
Air travel can be a blend of excitement and trepidation. From the moment you start planning your journey to the instant you touch down at your destination, Hack Your Flights is your comprehensive guide. It offers practical, up-to-date and hands-on advice to enhance your entire flying experience—whatever your previous experience.
The book’s approach is grounded in the fusion of first-hand knowledge and deep research. Air travel is a web of complex decisions and unforeseen obstacles, but with the right information and strategies, it can also be a smooth and exhilarating ride.
The content is easy on the eye and flows naturally, addressing everything from planning, to boarding and landing, finding affordable tickets, to scoring special deals, even checking on the safety record of your chosen airline, and much more.
Hack Your Flights is designed to be both informative and enjoyable, providing you with all the tools, tips, and tricks you need while delivering a little cheeky but useful charm along the way.
The role of loyalty and reward programs is acknowledged in the planning and preparation of savvy travellers. Detailed information is provided on evaluating the best versions of these programs, how to maximise returns, and channelling the benefits to the most appropriate platforms.
Considerable space is dedicated to the quest for affordable tickets, how to trigger price alerts, and the best time to buy a ticket. Budget-friendly options and the secrets of finding those cheaper tickets are revealed and why a credit card is your best friend when it comes to financing your journey, saving you money on overseas trips. Not all cards are the same, which explains the emphasis on cards that are better suited to the needs of travellers—including the perks and rewards they can unlock.
The in-flight part of your trip is the mainstay of the flying experience. To make it less of an endurance test and more of a relaxing sojourn, you will see detailed advice on picking the best seat for your personal needs, sleeping, meals, snacks, passenger etiquette, and ways to minimise jet-lag.
Hack Your Flights draws heavily on the experience of travellers and their insights for up-to-date information. It also doesn’t shy away from controversy and talks openly about skiplagging, also called ‘hidden city ticketing’ and their risks. There are other airline booking ploys that business travellers use and it gets quite complicated. For a detailed, rather long breakdown of them all, search for ‘skiplagging’ in Wikipedia.
For those who may need it, you’ll be guided through the intricacies of check-in, security, customs, and baggage claim. The book offers insights and advice for the special needs of disabled travellers to make their journeys more comfortable and stress-free. Also, the unique challenges of travelling with children are comprehensively addressed—while passengers who feel challenged by babies and children near them, on a flight, are offered solutions.
Not all carriers are created equal, which is why there is included a unique guide to airlines to love, airlines to avoid, and those that fall in between. Flying often means navigating long layovers as well as long hours on the plane. If you're adventurous enough to take on the challenge of sleeping at airports for free, or maybe hiring a sleep pod, we've got you covered with tips and advice.
We'll introduce you to the mobile apps that will make your journey smoother and more enjoyable, from airport layout guides, real-time flight tracking, language translation and local restaurant recommendations etc, these apps are your go-to travel companions.
A compendium1 rather than a novel, this format allows for quick-find details, info, hacks, tips, tricks and solutions about everything air travel—all at your fingertips.
1 a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject
Hack Your Flights draws heavily on the experience of travellers and their insights for up-to-date information. It also doesn’t shy away from controversy and talks openly about skiplagging, also called ‘hidden city ticketing’ and their risks. There are other airline booking ploys that business travellers use and it gets quite complicated. For a detailed, rather long breakdown of them all, search for ‘skiplagging’ in Wikipedia.
For those who may need it, you’ll be guided through the intricacies of check-in, security, customs, and baggage claim. The book offers insights and advice for the special needs of disabled travellers to make their journeys more comfortable and stress-free. Also, the unique challenges of travelling with children are comprehensively addressed—while passengers who feel challenged by babies and children near them, on a flight, are offered solutions.
Not all carriers are created equal, which is why there is included a unique guide to airlines to love, airlines to avoid, and those that fall in between. Flying often means navigating long layovers as well as long hours on the plane. If you're adventurous enough to take on the challenge of sleeping at airports for free, or maybe hiring a sleep pod, we've got you covered with tips and advice.
We'll introduce you to the mobile apps that will make your journey smoother and more enjoyable, from airport layout guides, real-time flight tracking, language translation and local restaurant recommendations etc, these apps are your go-to travel companions.
A compendium1 rather than a novel, this format allows for quick-find details, info, hacks, tips, tricks and solutions about everything air travel—all at your fingertips.
1 a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject
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