Domestic
Discount First Class travel without using any frequent flyer miles (Aruba for less than free)
The first rule of discount First Class travel is try to make your destination into a stopover point and you can often get a reasonable fare plus a free side trip beyond.
Example: The First Class round-trip fare from Monterey to Philadelphia is $1,264.
Surprisingly, United has a Monterey-Philadelphia-Aruba-Monterey all or one fare that comes in lower than Monterey-Philadelphia-Monterey. In fact, United allows a traveler from Monterey to stop in Charlotte, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver or Washington/Dulles on his way to Aruba.
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So the traveler (me!) got a discount First Class travel ticket to Philadelphia and a free ticket to Aruba for the same low price.
You can work this strategy for many destinations. Search for destinations that will allow you to insert a stop –- at the city of your business meeting –- and then on to somewhere you wouldn’t mind being for a few days -– the Caribbean.
This discount First Class travel strategy frequently works for South America and Mexico destinations, as well.
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