I was reading an article from the LA Times called “Do you have what it takes to join ‘secret’ Society?” and it brought light to the travel blogosphere.
Here are some public venues for scoring travel deals are:
Flyertalk: Mileage Run Forums
Flyertalk: Hotel Deals
Twitter: I wrote two articles on why Twitter is important for finding deals.
Deal Blogs: The Flight Deal, Holiday Pirates
Travel Blogs: start First2Board network, BoardingArea and Upgrd
There is a secret society of deal sharing. There is so much out there that can’t be shared such as flying in First/Business and Economy for less than half the usual cost, Fuel Dumps, 1x and 3x’s that work, manufacturered spend tricks, shopping portal tricks, car rental codes, hotel codes, unethical hacks, etc. Some of the members of a Secret Society talk via:
E-mail Mailing lists such as Google Groups, LISTSERV, Yahoo Groups
LINE
Whatsapp
iMessage Groups
BBM (Blackberry messenger) Groups
Facebook Groups
Private Forums
Flyertalk Private Message
Twitter Direct Message
the list goes on……
So how do you get to join in on one of the aforementioned lists? Well, that’s a secret…