4 Expert Tips to Pay 40% Less during Your Next Holiday

Ways to save money that I learned during my career with global airlines

Levi Borba
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The airline industry is by far the sector with the most refined mechanisms for pricing and customer segmentation.

Companies in this market use advanced statistical tools to determine the willingness to pay from the passengers and which extras (also called ancillaries) have the best return.

Therefore, the fact that on some flights you need to pay for a glass of water and in others you have wine for “free” is probably a result of mathematical models — the precision of these models is open for debate.

Some of the greatest airlines on the planet (including the one that I worked for) sponsor a research consortium in the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). There, they develop the advanced science behind their practices. Everything aimed to help airlines survive in a hyper-competitive market while remaining profitable.

But if you — the passenger — understand their methods, you can pay less for your next flight.

Much less.

Or at least have some nice perks.

4 of these hacks are below, and many others you can find in my book Budget Travelers, Digital Nomads &

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