The Guide to Free Surf Travel

Nice tips dude. I knew you werent all bad hahahaha. Enjoy tmrw afternoon swell it should be fun.

 

whatevs richy

 

I just booked a CR trip for 2016.

 

Fock looks like I won't be that productive today

 

Don't worry your little head about that. We already know you're not even close.

 

I'm into the same shez, and i can say to pull "free tickets" is not that easy.

It was when manufactured spending was easier, but it will take a great deal of time in research alone.

If you stay committed you can swindle some nice ones, however, this wont happen over night.

I really do not know how you can say you haven't paid for a flight in over 10 years, feel free to PM me with some secrets if you want

 

yankee, you should try to make some money off this if all true. Me being lazy I would pay for help in getting a trip greatly reduced in price.

 

This is different from any other day?

 

Good topic...for those who actually surf/travel. I have said here before, if you live on the EC and Surf, and have not traveled (atleast go to CR or Cali), then you are missing out.

Yank, I have oversimplified by gig. I use my credit card points as cash. Each year, I use my card for every large purchase possible (not advised for the irresponsible). I earmark those dollars for surf travel. Last year was around 1700.00 and I near $1000 for 15'. It did not pay for my HI trip last year but certainly helped. The prior trip to CR, I nearly paid for my whole trip. One more thing, I found that taking the cash and buying my own ticket worked better than using the "card rewards" for airfare.

If you can pull all of those trips with free airfare, I may have to delve into your scheme!

 

lover of the year type sh!t right here
gracias

 

damn i just wasted three hours at work. That being said, thanks for the link Yankee...I've been wondering about how feasible it would be to do this for an annual trip to costa, PR or Nica. Those links really helped!

 

I have some co-workers that do this. We got in a big discussion about it recently, and dont you have to pay taxes on it if you redeem your miles as cash? wouldn't this negate any benefit of buying your ticket that way? Or do you have to pay taxes either way you redeem them?

 

i just red about a guy that is gay that flys around ****ing other guys on airplanes and doesnt pay for flights......................wtf i dont get this ..this guy just has flyer miles..and it get the mass of miles he needs he needs to spend a lot of money so he is rich.

 

Lonesome, I did not receive a 1099. I would argue (to IRS not you) that any interest I pay is deductible if rewards are taxable. I try not to pay any interest...would defeat the purpose I guess. Any CPAs on here?

 

did u say u havnt bought an airline ticket in 10 yrs?

ok I didn't go to all the links u posted,i do not have that much time.i did read a thing in surfer mag a few yrs ago about the flyer points,where u take like 10 flights and the next 1 is free or something.and yea the last minute deals,i know about them but u get stuck in the tailend of the plane.

so what do u do for a living?are u ur own boss?not hating on u lol,taking 20 surf trips a year is one thing,but ur allowed to take multiple vacations a year(work).even vaca time and sick time don't add up for all those trips.i get 2 weeks for 2 yrs of work.been like that at every job I worked at.

for instance,even if I was rich,i wouldn't be able to just take days off work to go chase a swell,wish I could,but not in this lifetime.shyt I cant take a day off for a local swell,like say Friday is going to be pumping,which it aint,and I told my boss Monday I need to take off he would say no.i have to give atleast 3 weeks notice before taking a day off,and swell forecasts don't predict that far ahead.i work in construction and attendance is the most important thing in my line of work,u don't show up the job simply doesn't get done,so we close down highways for nothing because I want to go surf lol