Kwa mabanja omwe amathawira kumalo awo othawa, chinthu chimodzi ndi chotsimikizika: Sizitsika mtengo.
Mfulu kapena pafupifupi mpweya waufulu ndi Graya Woyera waulendo, ndipo Lyn Mettler watulukira mmene angachitire banja lake la anayi.
Mwachikhalidwe pogwiritsa ntchito Southwest Airlines 'Rapid Mphoto mfundo dongosolo, wodzipereka okha wolemba wolemba ndi Blogger anatha kuyenda ndi banja lake kuchokera kunyumba kwawo ku Indiana zosiyanasiyana malo, kuphatikizapo Denver, Fort Myers, ndi San Diego, chaka chimodzi.
Anagwiritsa ntchito makilomita 175,000 ndipo analipira ndalama zosachepera $ 100 kuti banja lake liwuluke ulendo uliwonse waulendo.
Lyn anakwaniritsa izi mwa kulembera makadi a ngongole omwe amapereka ma bonasi ku Southwest Airlines. Kenako adagula zinthu monga momwe amachitira. Chinthu chimodzi chomwe chinamuthandiza kuti apambane, chinali kubweza ngongole yake pamwezi pamwezi kuti athe kukweza mfundo popanda kudula ngongole.
Pano pali Q & A pa momwe adachitira:
Zolemba za About.com Zoti Banja Likambirane: Tiyeni tiyambe ndi momwe pulogalamu ya maulendo a kumadzulo omwe amawombera kumadzulo akugwira ntchito ndi zomwe zimasiyanitsa ndi mapulogalamu ena.
Lyn Mettler: Kumadzulo kwakumadzulo kuli pulogalamu yapamwamba yomwe imatchulidwa pamwamba pa ndege ku Freddie Awards. Ndimakonda chifukwa palibe nthawi yamdima, yomwe imapangitsa kuti kusungirako kukhale kosavuta. Mukhoza kusintha kapena kuchotsa ndege popanda kulipira komanso mfundo zanu sizidzatha. Mukhoza kupeza mapepala pouluka, kulembera makadi a kumadzulo makhadi, kugula pamasitomala awo pa intaneti, kudya paresitora pulogalamu yawo yodyeramo, ndi kukwera galimoto.
Ndinapeza ndalama zokwana 1,000 pokhapokha kuti ndikulembereni pa Wall Street Journal kwa $ 3.
About.com Maphwando a Banja: Munakweza bwanji mfundo zambiri?
Lyn Mettler: Ndinapeza mfundo izi polembera makhadi atatu a ngongole: makhadi awiri akumadzulo akumadzulo ndi Chase Sapphire Preferred, zonse zomwe zinapereka bonasi ya mfundo 50,000 mutagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zosachepera $ 2,000 mpaka $ 4,000 pa khadi.
Pamene ndapeza mfundo zikwi 110,000 mwa kulembetsa mpata wokhala ndi mphotho yachitsulo ya makilomita kumadzulo ndi kumadzulo, ndikusunga ndalama zochepa ndikugwiritsa ntchito makhadi tsiku ndi tsiku (ndikulipira iwo mwezi uliwonse), ndapeza malo a Companion Pass. Izi zikutanthauza kuti munthu mmodzi akhoza kuthawa ndi ine kwa zaka ziwiri, kaya tipange ndege ndi mfundo kapena ndalama. Izi zinathandiza kuti Zopindulitsa Zanga Zowonjezera zikhale zowonjezereka, monga momwe ndimayenera kugwiritsa ntchito mfundo zokhazikitsira matikiti atatu m'malo anayi a banja langa. Chikhalidwe cha Pass Companion ndi chabwino kuyambira nthawi yomwe mumalipeza kufikira kumapeto kwa chaka chotsatira.
Ndimasowa kuti ndiyambe kukwera ndege paulendo wa kumadzulo kwa Southwest, monga momwe chiwerengero chazomwe mungapangire ndege yowonjezera ikugwiridwa ndi mtengo wa tikiti, choncho pamene mitengo ikupita kotero chiwerengero cha zofunikira ziyenera kuwerengedwa. Ndapitiliza kupeza mapepala poyamba kugula zinthu zonse pa intaneti ku Southwest Rapid Rewards portal ndikugwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu yawo Yopereka Mphoto Yowonjezera, yomwe imakupatsani mfundo pamene mukudyera kumalo odyera.
Zolemba za About.com Banja la Banja: Kodi pali nthawi zina za chaka zomwe zili bwino kuposa zina kuti zipezepo mfundo? Kodi pali nthawi ya chaka chomwe chili bwino kuyenda?
Lyn Mettler: Ngati mukufuna kupeza malo a Companion Pass, ndibwino kuyamba kumayambiriro kwa chaka. Kupitako kuli bwino kuyambira nthawi yomwe mumapeza ndalama mpaka kumapeto kwa chaka chotsatira, kotero kuti poyamba mumapeza ndalamazo, mutatha kuzigwiritsa ntchito nthawi yaitali. Zomwe ndinakumana nazo, kutha kwa chaka (chaka chatha chaka chatha) zinali ndi mitengo yabwino paulendo. Chilimwe ndi maholide ndi nyengo zowatanganidwa ndi mabanja ambirimbiri oyendayenda ndi maulendo si abwino. Nthawi yozizira ndi kugwa mwinamwake nthawi zabwino kwambiri zoyendayenda kuti mupindule kwambiri ndi mfundo Zopindulitsa za Rapid.
Zolemba za About.com Zoti Banja Lanu: Kodi ndi njira ziti zamakono anu kuti muwonjeze mfundo / phindu ndi dongosolo lakumadzulo?
Lyn Mettler: Ndikuyang'anitsitsa mtengo wa ndalama-zonse mu madola ndi mfundo-m'malo omwe timakonda kwambiri. Mwanjira imeneyo ndikutha kuzindikira zomwe ziri-ndi zomwe sizinali-zabwino.
Ndiye ndikuyesera kuyembekezera mpaka mapepala atsika kwambiri kuti apeze maulendo athu.
Inde, chifukwa palibe malipiro ochotserako ndi Kumwera chakumadzulo, mukhoza nthawi zonse kukonza ndege ndi kusintha kapena kusintha ngati mapulani anu akusintha kapena mutapeza mtengo wotsika. Kugula nthawi yogulitsa malonda n'kofunikira, ndipo kumadzulo kwakumadzulo kuli malonda ambiri. Ndapeza kuti malonda abwino kwambiri ndi omwe mumawawonetsa pa TV.
Ndikofunika kuti mukhale ndi Companion Pass yanu kotero kuti simukuyenera kuwombola mfundo za munthu mmodzi. Kwa Banjali, Pass Companion ikudula mfundo zomwe mukufunikira kuti muthawire ndege. Kwa banja langa, tikufunikira kuwombola mfundo zitatu kwa ife m'malo mwa zinayi.
Zolemba za About.com Zoti Banja Likambirane: Ndi malangizo ati omwe mungapatse munthu amene akungoyamba kumene pulogalamuyi?
Lyn Mettler: Kumadzulo kwakumadzulo ndi pulogalamu yabwino kwa aliyense amene akufuna kuyamba kuphunzira kugwiritsa ntchito maira ndikuwonetsa kuti aziuluka mosavuta kapena mopanda mtengo. Ndi zophweka kutsatira ndi mwamsanga kupeza mapu. Ndi ndege zina zambiri, mipando yokhayo pa ndege zina zimapezeka kuti zikhale ndi ma kilomita, koma kumwera kwakumadzulo kumakupatsani mwayi wokhala malo aliwonse paulendo uliwonse.
Chinthu choyamba chomwe aliyense ayenera kuchita ndi kulemba akaunti ya Rapid Rewards ndikugwiritsa ntchito membala wanu nambala pamene mukuuluka. Njira yosavuta yothetsera mfundo ndi kuyamba kugula pa Intaneti pachithunzi chawo ndikugula nawo pulogalamu yawo yodyera.
Pa blog yanga, Pitani Kukayenda Gal, ine ndikulemba tsiku ndi tsiku njira zopezera Kumadzulo Rapid Mphoto mfundo ndi ndemanga za kupita Companion Pass udindo. Ndimayang'aninso owerenga pamene Kumwera chakumadzulo kuli kugulitsa ndi kaya ndi zabwino kapena ayi. Komanso ndibwino kuyang'ana Southwest.com nthawi zonse kuti muone ndalama zosinthira zomwe mukukonzekera.
About.com Family Vacations: Kodi panopa mukukonzekera ulendo wina pogwiritsa ntchito malo akumadzulo? Kodi njira yanu ndi yotani?
Lyn Mettler: Nthawi zonse ndikukonzekera ulendo wathu wotsatira pogwiritsa ntchito mailosi ndi mfundo. Mwamuna wanga akuti, "Mukudziwa, tsiku lina tidzatha kulipira ndege." Ndimati, "Palibe njira!"
Tinalemba kale ulendo wopita ku New York City ndi Denver m'chilimwe muno ndikukwera ndege ku Orlando posachedwa kwa nthawi yopuma. Ndiye ndikupita ku Resort Keystone ku Colorado chifukwa cha maholide. Ndimakhala ndi malo anga okongola 2017.
Tidzatha kutaya mfundo zazikuluzikulu zomwe ndapeza, ngakhale ndikutha kupeza mapepala kudutsa tsiku ndi tsiku, kugula ndi kudya. Panthawi imeneyo mwamuna wanga ayamba kulemba makhadi.
Chifukwa munthu angapeze mabonasi a makadi a ngongole a 50,000 pamwezi uliwonse, ndikuyenera kuyembekezera mpaka 2017/2018 kuti ndichitenso. Pakadali pano, mwamuna wanga adzalembera kumadzulo makhadi a ngongole, kupeza malo a Companion Pass ndi kupeza 150,000 mpaka 200,000 mfundo zomwe tingagwiritse ntchito kupyolera mu 2018. Ndiye ndidzakhala nthawi yanga kuyambiranso ntchitoyi.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri za momwe mungathamangire mfulu kumwera kwakumadzulo, onani Lyn's e-book, "Njira Yoyendayenda ndi Kuyenda Flying Free Around the US," yomwe imapezeka ngati mfulu yomasuka.