Ukuze imindeni ibalekele ezindaweni zayo zokuvakasha, into eyodwa iqinisekile: Akushibhile.
Ezamahhala noma ezinqamule ukuhamba ngezindiza yi-Grail Engcwele yokuhamba, kanti uLyn Mettler uye wathola ukuthi angayithola kanjani umndeni wakhe wezine.
Ngokusebenzisa ngokuyisisekelo uhlelo lwe-Southwest Airlines 'Rapid Rewards amaphuzu, umlobi wezokuvakasha ozimele kanye nombhali wezimoto wayekwazi ukuhamba nomndeni wakhe kusukela ekhaya labo e-Indiana kuya ezindaweni eziyisithupha ezihlukene, kuhlanganise neDenver, i-Fort Myers neSan Diego, ngonyaka owodwa.
Basebenzisa cishe amakhilomitha angu-175 000 futhi bakhokhela ngaphansi kwama-dollar angu-100 ukuze umndeni wakhe uhambe ngendiza ngayinye yokuhamba.
ULyn wafeza lokhu ngokubhalisela amakhadi esikweletu anikezela amabhonasi e-Southwest Airlines. Wabe esethenga njengoba ayevame ukukwenza. Esinye sezihluthulelo zempumelelo yakhe kwakukhokhwa njalo ngenyanga izikweletu zekhadi lesikweletu ukuze akwazi ukukhipha amaphuzu ngaphandle kokukhipha isikweletu.
Nakhu i-Q & A ngokuqondile ukuthi yenzeni:
Ukuvakasha komndeni nge-About.com: Ake siqale ngokuthi uhlelo lwe-flyer frequent frequency lusebenza kanjani nokuthi yini eyenza luhluke kwezinye izinhlelo.
I-Lyn Mettler: Iningizimu-ntshonalanga inesimiso esivame ukuhamba ngezindiza esiye sabizwa ngokuthi yi-top airline Uhlelo ku-Freddie Awards. Ngiyayithanda ngoba ayikho amadethi amnyama, okwenza ukubhuka kube lula. Ungashintsha noma ukhansele indiza ngaphandle kokukhokha imali futhi amaphuzu akho awapheli yisikhathi. Ungathola amaphuzu ngokushayela, ubhalisele amakhadikhredithi e-Southwest, uthengise nge-portal yabo ye-intanethi, udla ezindaweni zokudlela ohlelweni lwawo lokudlela, kanye nokuqashiswa kwemoto.
Ngaze ngazuza amaphuzu angu-1 000 nje kuphela ukuze ngisayine izinyanga ezintathu ze-Wall Street Journal nge $ 3.
Ukuvakasha komndeni mayelana ne-About.com: Wakha kanjani amaphuzu amaningi kangaka?
ULyn Mettler: Ngaqoqa la maphuzu ngokubhalisela amakhadi amathathu esikweletu: amakhadi amabili aseNingizimu-ntshonalanga ne-Chase Sapphire Ekhethiwe, konke okunikeze ibhonasi ye-50,000 ngemuva kokuchitha okungenani u-$ 2,000 kuya ku-$ 4,000 ngekhadi ngalinye.
Ngesikhathi ngithole amaphuzu angu-110,000 ngokubhalisela i-Chase Southwest Rapid Imiklomelo yomuntu siqu nekhadi lebhizinisi, ukuhlangabezana nokusetshenziswa okuncane nokusebenzisa amakhadi kwansuku zonke izindleko (futhi ngizikhokhela njalo ngenyanga), ngifinyelele isimo se-Companion Pass. Lokhu kusho ukuthi umuntu oyedwa angahamba mahhala nami iminyaka emibili, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sibhala izindiza ngamaphuzu noma ukheshi. Lokhu kwavumela ukuthi Imivuzo yami Yesikhashana ikhomba kabanzi, njengoba nje ngidinga ukusebenzisa amaphuzu ukuze ngibhale amathikithi amathathu esikhundleni somndeni wami. Isimo se-Companion Pass sihle kusukela ngesikhathi osihola kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka olandelayo.
Ngiyaqaphela nje ukubhuka izindiza ngesikhathi sokuthengiswa kweSouthwest ukuthengiswa, njengoba inani lamaphoyinti okubhuka indiza enikeziwe liboshwe ngentengo yetikithi, ngakho-ke uma amanani ehla kanjalo nenani lamaphuzu adingekayo ukubhuka. Ngiye ngaqhubeka nokuthola amaphoyinti ngokuqala konke ukuthengwa kwe-Intanethi kwi-portal yase-Southwest Rapid Imali futhi ngisebenzisa uhlelo lwazo lwe-Rapid Rewards Dining, oluthola amaphuzu uma udla ekudlaleni okubambe iqhaza.
Ukuvakasha komndeni nge-About.com: Zikhona izikhathi ezithile zonyaka ezingcono kunezinye zokuqoqa amaphuzu? Ingabe kukhona isikhathi sonyaka okungcono ukuhamba?
ULyn Mettler: Uma ufuna ukuthola isimo se-Companion Pass, kungcono ukuqala ekuqaleni konyaka. Ukudlula kulungile kusukela lapho uthola khona kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka olandelayo, ngakho-ke ekuqaleni uyayithola, uma ungayisebenzisa isikhathi eside. Ekuhlangenwe nakho kwami, ukuphela konyaka (okungenani ngonyaka odlule) kunamanani angcono kakhulu ezindizeni. Ihlobo namaholidi yiminyaka ematasa nemishado eminingi ehambahambayo kanye neyehambayo ayifanele. Ubusika obudlulayo nokuwa cishe yizikhathi ezihamba phambili zokuhamba ukuze uthole okuningi amaphuzu wakho wezinzuzo eziphuthumayo.
Ukuvakasha komndeni nge-About.com: Yiziphi ezinye zezindlela zakho zokukhulisa amaphuzu / inani ngehlelo leSouthwest?
ULyn Mettler: Ngigcina iso lokubheka izindleko zezimoto-kokubili ngama-dollar namaphoyinti-ezindaweni esizithandayo. Ngaleyo ndlela ngiyakwazi ukuthi yini-futhi lokho akuyona-into enhle.
Ngabe ngizama futhi ngilinde kuze kufike amanani athola iphuzu eliphansi ukuze athole izindiza zethu.
Yiqiniso, ngoba ayikho imali yokukhansela ngeNingizimu-ntshonalanga, ungakwazi njalo ukubhuka indiza bese ushintsha noma ukhansele uma izinhlelo zakho zishintsha noma uthola intengo ephansi. Ukuthenga ngesikhathi sokuthengiswa kwemali kuyadingeka, futhi iNingizimu-ntshonalanga inokuthengisa okuningi. Ngithole ukuthi ukuthengiswa okungcono kakhulu yilokho obona okukhangiswa kuthelevishini.
Kubalulekile nokuba ne-Companion Pass yakho ngakho-ke akudingeki uhlenge amaphuzu womuntu oyedwa owengeziwe. Kwabambhangqwana, i-Companion Pass idonsa amaphuzu odinga ukuwasebenzisa ngendiza enqoleni. Ngomndeni wami, sidinga kuphela ukuhlenga amaphuzu amathathu kithi esikhundleni sezine.
Ukuvakasha komndeni nge-About.com: Ngisiphi iseluleko ongayinikeza umuntu osanda kuqalisa ngohlelo?
I-Lyn Mettler: Iningizimu-ntshonalanga uhlelo oluhle kunoma ubani ofuna ukuqala ukusebenzisa indlela yokusebenzisa amamayela nokukhomba ukuthi ahambe mahhala noma aphansi kakhulu. Kulula ukulandela futhi ngokushesha uthole amaphuzu. Ngezinye izindiza eziningana, izihlalo ezithile kuphela ezindizeni ezithile zitholakala ukubhuka ngamamayela, kuyilapho iNingizimu-ntshonalanga ikuvumela ukubhuka noma yikuphi ukuhlala kunoma iyiphi indiza.
Into yokuqala umuntu okufanele ayenze ubhalisela i-Akhawunti Yemivuzo Esheshayo bese usebenzisa inombolo yakho yelungu uma ehamba ngezindiza. Indlela elula yokuqala ukuzuza amaphoyinti ukuqala ukuthengwa kwe-intanethi engozini yabo yezitolo nokubhalisa ohlelweni lwabo lokudlela.
Ku-blog yami, Hamba Ukuhambela Gal, mina ngithumela nsuku zonke ngezindlela zokuthola amaphuzu we-Southwest Rapid Imivuzo namathiphu wokufinyelela isimo se-Companion Pass. Ngiphinde ngiqaphele abafundi lapho iNingizimu-ntshonalanga isithengiswa nokuthi ngabe iyinto enhle noma cha. Kungumqondo omuhle ukuhlola i-Southwest.com njalo ukubona izindawo zokushintsha zezindawo ohlela ukuzovakashela.
Ukuvakasha komndeni nge-About.com: Okwamanje uhlela olunye uhambo usebenzisa amaphuzu asentshonalanga? Iyini isu lakho?
ULyn Mettler: Ngihlale ngihlela uhambo lwethu olulandelayo ngokusebenzisa amamayela namaphoyinti. Umyeni wami uthi, "Uyazi, ngolunye usuku kuzodingeka sikhokhele ngempela indiza." Ngithi, "Ayikho indlela!"
Sesivele sibhalele ukuvakasha eNew York City naseDenver kule hlobo ehlobo futhi kuzobe ukubhuka izindiza e-Orlando maduzane ngenxa yekhefu lokuwa. Khona-ke kuya e-Keystone Resort e-Colorado phezu kwamaholidi. Nginayo ngisho nokuhleleka kwami 2017.
Ekugcineni sizophuma ezinhlakeni ezinkulu zamaphuzu engiwaqongelele, nakuba ngingakwazi ukuthola amaphuzu ngokusebenzisa imali yansuku zonke, ukuyothenga nokudlela. Ngaleso sikhathi umyeni wami uzoqala inqubo yokubhalisela amakhadi.
Ngoba umuntu angathola kuphela amabhonasi ekhadi lesikweletu samaphoyinti angu-50,000 njalo ezinyangeni ezingu-24, kuzomele ngilinde kuze kube ngu-2017/2018 ukuze ngikwenze futhi. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, umyeni wami uzobhalisela amakhadi esikweletu esikhishwa eNingizimu-ntshonalanga, athole isimo se-Companion Pass futhi aqoqe amaphuzu angu-150 000 kuya ku-200,000 esingayisebenzisa ngo-2018. Khona-ke kuyoba yithuba lami ukuqala inqubo ngokuphindaphindiwe.
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nokuthi ungahamba kanjani mahhala eNingizimu-ntshonalanga, hlola i-e-ncwadi ka-Lyn, "Umhlahlandlela Wokuthatha Izinyathelo Wokuthola I-Southwest Companion Pass neFlying Free Around the US," etholakala njengamahhala.