No nāʻohana e lele nei i ko lākou mau wahi hoʻomaha, hoʻokahi mea maopopo:ʻAʻole hiki ke kūʻai.
Loaʻa a kaʻawale paha ka holoʻana i ka'aleʻaleʻa o ka Hōʻoniʻoni Hemolele, a uaʻikeʻo Lyn Mettler i ka loaʻaʻana i konaʻohana iʻehā.
Ma o ka hoʻohana ponoʻana i nā pūnaewele hōʻailona o Southwest Airlines 'Rapid Rewards, hiki i ka mea kākau a me ka mea kākau puke kaʻawale ke hele pū me konaʻohana mai ko lākou home i Indiana i nā hanana'ē aʻeʻeono, me Denver, Fort Myers, a me San Diego, i hoʻokahi makahiki.
Ua hoʻohana lākou ma kahi o 175,000 mau mile a ua uku lākou ma lalo o $ 100 no konaʻohana e lele i kēlā me kēia holo kaʻahele.
Ua hoʻokōʻo Lyn i kēia mea ma ke kau inoaʻana no nā kāleka kāleka i hāʻawi ai i nā bonus ma Southwest Airlines. A laila, kūʻaiʻo ia i nā mea e like me kāna e hana ai. ʻO kekahi o nā kī i ka holomuaʻana, e uku anaʻo ia i kāna mau kāleka kāleka kālā i kēlā me kēia mahina i hiki iā ia ke pale i nā kumukūʻai me ka ukuʻoleʻana i ka hōʻai'ē.
Eia kahi Q & A ma keʻano pehea i hana aiʻo ia:
About.com Nā Hina Aloha: E hoʻomaka kākou i ka hanaʻana o ka papahana papahana o ka Southwest frequent flyer a he aha ka mea eʻokoʻa ai i nā polokalamu'ē aʻe.
Lyn Mettler: He polokalamu lele nui nā papahana o ka'Ekaukai i kapaʻiaʻo ka papahanaʻoihana kiʻekiʻe ma Freddie Awards. ʻO wau ke aloha ia ia no ka meaʻaʻohe lā pōuliuli, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻonohonohoʻano maʻalahi. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻololi a hōʻole paha i ka mahuka me ka ukuʻoleʻana i ke kālā aʻaʻole loa i pau nā pane. Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa nā helu ma ka leleʻana, e kākau inoaʻana no nā kāleka kāleka hema o Southwest, ke kūʻai aku ma o kā lākou kelepona pūnaewele, eʻai ana i nā haleʻaina i kā lākou papaʻaina, a me nā kaʻa kaʻa.
Ua loaʻa iaʻu he 1000 mau helu i hoʻokahi wale nō no ka hōʻailona noʻekolu mahina o ka Wall Street Journal no $ 3.
About.com Nā Hale Hōʻike: Peheaʻoe i hoʻopaʻa ai i nā helu he nui?
Lyn Mettler: Ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia mau helu ma ke kākauʻana iʻekolu kāleka kālekaʻelua:ʻelua kāleka Pākīpika a me Chase Sapphire Preferred, a ua hāʻawi lākou i nā bonus he 50,000 ma hope o ka hoʻohanaʻana i kahi liʻiliʻi o $ 2,000 a $ 4,000 ma kēlā me kēia kāleka.
I ka manawa i loaʻa ai iaʻu he 110,000 mau helu ma ke kākauʻana i kahi kāleka maʻamau a me ka kālepa Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards, e hālāwai ana i ka palena haʻawina a me ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā kāleka no nā kālā o kēlā me kēia manawa (a me ka ukuʻana i kēlā me kēlā me kēia mahina), ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi kūlana Pilo. ʻO keʻano o kēia mea hiki i kahi kanaka ke lele wale me aʻu noʻelua mau makahiki, inā e kākau mākou i nā flights me nā helu a me nā kālā. ʻO kēia ka mea i hāʻawiʻia i koʻu mau hopena hōʻailona e hoʻolālā nui aku, no ka mea, he mea pono iaʻu e hoʻohana i nā helu i kākauʻiaʻekolu mau tikika ma kahi oʻehā no koʻuʻohana. He maikaʻi ka nohoʻana o ka hoa Paʻa mai ka manawa āu e loaʻa ai a hiki i ka hopena o ka makahiki aʻe.
Ke nānā nei au i ka puke wale nō i nā moku i ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i kaʻaoʻao hema o Southwest, e like me ka heluʻana o nā helu i ka puke i hāʻawiʻia ka mahuka i ke kumukūʻai o ka bila, no laila, ke ho'ēmi nā kumukūʻai pēlā e helu i nā helu i makemakeʻia e kākau. Ua hoʻomau au i ka loaʻaʻana o nā helu ma ka hoʻomakaʻana i nā kūʻai kūʻai pūnaewele ma kaʻaoʻao portal Southwest Rapid Rewards a me ka hoʻohanaʻana i kā lākou papahana Dining Rapid Rewards, ka mea i loaʻa iāʻoe nā pane keʻaiʻoe i nā haleʻaina e komo ana.
About.com Nā Hina Hale: Aia kekahi mau makahiki o ka makahiki iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe no nā loaʻaʻana? Aia kahi manawa o ka makahiki eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka heleʻana?
Lyn Mettler: Inā makemakeʻoe e loaʻa kahi kūlana Companion Pass, maikaʻi e hoʻomaka i ka makahiki. Maikaʻi ka hele mai ka manawa āu e loaʻa ai a hiki i ka hopena o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, no laila i loaʻa iāʻoe i ka mea mua,ʻo ka lōʻihi paha e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hoʻohana. Ma koʻuʻikeʻana,ʻo ka hopena o ka makahiki (i ka makahiki hope loa paha) loaʻa ka uku maikaʻi loa ma nā huakaʻi. ʻO ke kauwela a me nā lā hoʻomaha e pili ana i nā kau a me nāʻohana e hele ana a me nā ukanaʻaʻole maikaʻi. ʻO ka hopena o ka hoʻoilo a me ka hāʻule paha,ʻo ia ka manawa kūpono loa e hele ai e loaʻa nā mea nui loa mai loko mai o kāu mau helu Rapid Rewards.
About.com Nā Hina Aloha: He aha kekahi o kāu mau kānana no ka hoʻonuiʻana i nā helu / kumukūʻai me ka papahana hema?
Lyn Mettler: Ke nānā pono nei wau i ke kumukūʻai o nā uku-ma nā kālā a me nā kumukūʻai-no ko mākou mau wahi punahele. ʻO ia ala hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i ka mea-a me ka meaʻole-maikaʻi.
A laila, ho'āʻo au a kali a hiki i ka wā e luʻi ai ka hopena o ka palapala i ko mākou mau moku.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, no ka meaʻaʻole mau hoʻolālā hoʻokuʻu me kaʻaoʻao hema, hiki iāʻoe ke kākau i kahi mahuka a laila hoʻololi a hoʻololi paha inā hoʻololi kāu mau hoʻololi a iʻoleʻoe eʻike i kahi kumu kūʻai. ʻO ka kūʻaiʻana i nā kūʻai kūʻai he mea nui, a he nui nā kūʻai kūʻaiʻana ma ke Komohana. Uaʻike wau i ka kūʻai maikaʻi loaʻana i nā mea āu e hoʻolaha nei ma ka telepiō.
He mea nui nō hoʻi e loaʻa kāu Pass Pass Companion iʻole e loaʻa ana iāʻoe nā kumukūʻai no kekahi kanaka'ē aʻe. No kekahi mau hoa, hiki i ka hoa Pass keʻoki i nā kumukūʻai e pono aiʻoe no ka holoʻana i ka hapalua. No koʻuʻohana, pono wale mākou e kūʻai i nā kumukūʻai no nā meaʻekolu o mākou ma kahi oʻehā.
About.com Family Vacations: He aha ka'ōlelo aʻo e hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻawi i kahi mea e hoʻomaka wale ana me ka papahana?
Lyn Mettler: He polokalamu nuiʻo Southwest no nā mea e makemake ana e hoʻomaka e aʻo i ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā mile a me nā mea e lele lele aiʻoleʻole. He mea maʻalahi loa ke hahai a loaʻa koke nā helu. Me nāʻoihana'ē aʻe'ē aʻe, koe wale nō nā noho ma kekahi mau mokulele e hiki i ka puke a me nā mile, akāʻo ka Southwest eʻae iāʻoe e kākau i kahi noho ma kekahi holo.
ʻO ka mea mua e hanaʻia e kēlā me kēia kanaka, e kākau inoaʻoe no kahi helu Rapid Rewards a ma ka hoʻohanaʻana i kāu hualā i ka leleʻana. ʻO kahi ala maʻalahi e hoʻomaka ai i ka loaʻaʻana o nā helu, e hoʻomaka i ke kūʻai pūnaewele ma kā lākou wahi kūʻai kūʻai a me ke kākau inoaʻana i kā lākou papaʻaina.
Ma kaʻu moʻokāki, e hele e hele i Gal, i ka lepa i kēlā me kēia lā e pili ana i nā wahi e loaʻa ai nā helu a me nā'ōlelo kōkua o ka Southwest Rapid. Keʻike nei au i ka poʻe heluhelu i ka loaʻaʻana o ke kūʻaiʻana o kaʻaoʻao hema a me ka maikaʻi aʻaʻole paha. He mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi e nānā iā Southwest.com i nā manawa a pau no kaʻikeʻana i nā loli hou no nā kūlana āu e hoʻolālā nei e kipa aku.
About.com Nā Hina Aloha: Ke hoʻolālā neiʻoe i kekahi huakaʻi'ē aʻe e hoʻohana ana i nā wahi o kaʻaoʻao hema? He aha kāu papahana?
Lyn Mettler: Ke hoʻolālā nei au i kā mākou mau huakaʻi hou e hoʻohana ana i nā mile a me nā helu. 'Ōlelo mai kaʻu kāne, "Uaʻikeʻoe, i kekahi lā, e uku maoli mākou no ka holo." Ke'ōlelo nei au, "ʻAʻohe mea!"
Ua kākau mua mākou i nā huakaʻi hele i New York City a me Denver i kēia kauwela a e kakali ana i nā mokulele i Orlando no ka wā hāʻule. A laila, aia i Keystone Resort ma Colorado ma nā lā hoʻomaha. Loaʻa iaʻu koʻu 2017 hoʻolālā.
Ma hope o mākou e holo aku i waho o nā pahu nui o nā kumukūʻai aʻu i hōʻiliʻili ai, akā hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa mau i nā helu ma o ka hoʻonuiʻana i ke kālā, ke kūʻaiʻana a me kaʻai. I kēlā manawa, e hoʻomaka kaʻu kāne i ka hana no ke kāinaʻana no nā kāleka.
Ma muli o ka hiki i ke kanaka ke loaʻa i nā bonus kāleka 50,000-helu no nā mahina 24, e kali au a hiki i ka 2017/2018 e hana hou. I kēia wā, e hōʻailona kaʻu kāne no nā kāleka kāki'āina o Southwest, e loaʻa kahi kūkoa Companion Pass ae hōʻiliʻili i 150,000 a 200,000 mau helu no mākou e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i ka makahiki 2018. A lailaʻo ka manawa ia e hoʻomaka ai i ka hana.
No kaʻikeʻana e pili ana i ka leleʻana o nā mokupuni ma Southwest, e nānā i kā Lyn's e-book, "ʻO ka Guide Step-by-Step e Loaʻa i ka Passive Companion Pass a me ka Flying Free a puni ka US," i loaʻa ma keʻano he leka uila.