Awhile ago, I updated our sponsors on the sidebar to include a link to the Frequent Flyer Mastermind, a fantastic little book by my good friend Chris Guillebeau, whom was one of our previous interviewees. I’ve mentioned it in the monthly newsletter and in one of our deals and steals, but since several people had picked up a copy, I had only assumed I’d already written my review about it. But I haven’t – and I just saw Chris in Texas last month, and surprisingly he didn’t mention it either. (Perhaps he was worried I didn’t like it?) Well, I just thought I’d take a minute to talk about the guide and suggest if you think you’d be interested, to have a closer look.
Who This Guide is For
You might be wondering who the heck wants to be a frequent flyer master mind, right? Sounds very ninja-like, and not everyone is into that thing. But consider having a look at the guide if you:
- only fly a few times a year but want to know ways to continually top-up your mileage balance, to make at least one of those flights a freebie
- fly all the time but want to know ways to really maximise your mileage balance so you’ll have more than enough miles for that extra-long trip, or to upgrade into the next class of service. Champagne, anyone?
The guide comes with a 25,000 mile (‘one free plane ticket’) guarantee. What’s not to like?
Remind me who Chris is?
Chris is a traveller and a really nice guy. But that’s not really enough to explain why he wrote this book, I suppose. He’s trying to travel to every country in the world. Before he turns 35! Incredible. So you can imagine why someone like that needs to learn every trick in the book to keep costs down while on the road, and Chris has found them.
His words and work are no secret – you’ll find him in CNN, New York Times, Business Week, Budget Travel, and MSNBC, amongst others. This guy gets around – but in a very good way.
What’s in the Guide?
Good question. It basically tells you how to earn more miles and spend less of them when you do book those free flights. Specifically, though, here’s some details on what he covers:
- The Big Opportunities that can quickly add 15,000, 20,000, or 30,000 miles at one time – includes the obvious ones, such as credit card signups, but other well-researched opportunities
- Redeeming Miles for High-Value Awards
- Opportunities for Southwest, United, British Airways, American, and 8 other airlines – am sure there’s an airline in here for everybody
- Goal-Setting and Mileage-Earning for the Travel Rewards that matter the most to YOU
- Mileage Mall and Finance Bonuses to help you earn miles for things you already buy
- The Cost of Free Flights (and how to limit it) – includes my personal favourite trick of booking flights on partner carriers!
- The Best First and Business Class Mileage Redemptions
- What to Do when the Airline Says No
- How to Get Help if You Don’t Want to Do this Yourself
- Mileage Optimization
- How to bypass outsourced (and often unhelpful) airline customer support
It’s very comprehensive, but at the same time it’s an easy read. I finished this in a long afternoon with a cup of coffee, and that included taking notes and signing up for a few things. I’m based in the UK but there were still some useful tips I found, and everything was very straightforward.
I love the comment from Richard Howes that’s on Chris’s site:
I really like the fact that the advice is practical things *you can actually do*.
How can I learn more then get a copy?
I’m finding it hard to complain about any part of this guide. Sure, there will be some tips that just will not be feasible for you, but there’s just so much useful information I find it hard for anyone not to get lots of value.
So, click here or just click on the button below, where you can read more about the guide and download your copy today.
Sit Back, Relax, and enjoy your Free Flight! 
Editorial Disclosure: While we earn a commission on sales of Chris’s product, this in no way affects our review and decision to promote this product here. A review copy of Chris’s book was provided.
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