Welcome to the Not Old Better Show Travel Series, I'm Paul Vocal Sank. Today's show is brought is Nicholas Kraliff, who as many in the not old

better show audience will know is a globe trotting author and

entrepreneur who has visited almost 100 countries and flown more than 2 million miles.

How does he travel that distance, that many miles, and still stay solvent?

Well, Nicholas Kraliff decided 15 years ago that knowledge is the most effective key to affordable and comfortable travel.

Since then, he has mastered the system and learned how to beat the airlines at their own game using their own rules.

As you're finishing up your summer travel planning, you may find that booking a flight

is like playing roulette. You never know what you'll get. Then there are the fees for everything

from luggage to food to your seat assignment, Nicholas

Kraliff has felt your pain. Nicholas Kraliff is a former US State

Department staffer and foreign correspondent for the Financial Times. In those roles, Nicholas Kraliff has learned

how to navigate the secrets of the airline industry and get the travel he wants at

the price he wants. He shares those secrets in a new book, Decoding Air Travel,

a guide to saving on airfare and flying in luxury. Nicholas Kraliff joins us today to tell us that he once

saved five thousand dollars on an international business class ticket. Just

how did he manage that?

Please join me in welcoming to the Not Old Better Show via Internet phone, Nicholas Krala.

Nicholas Krala, welcome back, as always. It's a pleasure to talk to you, but good to connect this upcoming travel season. It's upon us, but thanks for joining us today.

Oh yes, same here. Good to talk to you again.

Yeah, well it's good to talk to you. Yeah, well, it's good to talk to you.

I have had a chance to look at your website a little bit,

and we're gonna put up links to where we can find you

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