I want to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show, our mission to serve and empower you so

you can make better decisions in your life.

Today, we're doing a special episode of our podcast with a guy who, you don't know this

Scott, but you have been a hero of mine for a long time.

Well, with an intro like that, I don't know how I can live up to expectations, but

the feeling is mutual, Clark.

I so appreciate you having me and appreciate your just hard, diligent work.

You know, looking out for people just trying to save some money here and there, I feel

like we're on a similar mission.

So thank you.

Well, you were Scott Kies, who I used to think it was Kies, and then I learned over time

as Kies, even though you spell it like Kies, and you are the founder of something that

I look forward to every day.

And for about a year, I wasn't looking forward to it because all it would do would be

upset me.

And that's Scott's cheap flight.

Thing you do where you have the same kind of joy about travel and adventure that I do,

and you have the same philosophy that I've always had, which is what I've always told people

is buy the bargain and then figure out why you want to go there.

Hmm.

I love that.

That's so well put because so often the way folks tend to traditionally and normally

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