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Booking Disney-Saving Money on Flights

April 13, 2015 By Callie Leave a Comment

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082As you saw earlier I booked our family trip to Walt Disney World WDW for October. I have been saving for this trip since September through garage sales, couponing, etc. First of all I can’t believe how much stuff I have in my house. It seems to have only gotten worse since we had Row. Through my organizing adventures I have purged and sold and saved.

Disney is not cheap….but it’s worth it. There are many ways you can save money when booking your WDW trip. Let’s start with airfare.

I first heard about this tactic from my cousin Mariah. I did a bit of research and the skeptic in me was on board.

Southwest Airlines goes to Orlando. They also have a credit card that earns you miles with purchases. Every now and again they run a special where if you sign up for the card and spend $3,000 in three months you will earn 50,000 points. Now I don’t get reimbursed or paid for this post-so you know I actually used it!

These points can be redeemed for flights. Like I said I’m a skeptic. There is a $100 annual fee. However, if the flights are covered it’s worth it. So we got a card and my mother got a card and we basically paid all of our bills using the card and racked up all the bonus points in a month.

Now we got these cards way before I could even book my flight for WDW so I held my breath.

You can generally book flights 6 months in advance. I logged into the site and easily got our two tickets. I paid the fees which were $11 a piece-wahoo-oh and they don’t charge baggage fees on Southwest-oh and you get two checked bags per person!

Then I jumped back on the computer and booked Grandma and Row’s tickets on our flight. Since Southwest does not have assigned seating it was awesome.

We all got our tickets for a whopping $44 total. One round trip flight was just under 25,ooo points.

Well that just saved us a bunch of money! I do recommend watching their site and when they run the 50,000 bonus points sign on promotion to sign up then. Each adult in your family can get a separate card if needed.

Stayed tuned for more booking Disney tips and tricks! I’m so excited!

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