Flights Are Getting Pricier! (*here’s how to pay less*) w/ Kyle Potter #1133
How to Money
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Most of our best memories (and stories) come from trips we’ve taken. Some were incredible international adventures while others were ridiculously cheap road trips across different parts of the U.S. It’s been said that travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer, and we’re inclined to agree. Our guest today does too. Kyle Potter is the Executive Editor at Thrifty Traveler, a site dedicated to helping people travel more for less. He’s been to more than 30 countries, and his passion is helping people navigate the confusing world of airlines, travel points, and miles. We don’t even want to know how many miles Kyle’s got sitting around, but we do know he’s willing to spend a few of them on a nice bottle of champagne from time to time. Today we discuss:
- How fuel prices, supply & demand, and competition impact ticket prices
- Saving the most by being flexible and following the deals
- Why you should plan to splurge
- Booking a more expensive ticket allows you to save
- Researching fares after booking
- Packing smarter and traveling lighter to save
- How Kyle saves when renting cars
- Roundtrip tickets to Dublin for $134
- And much more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Welcome to How to Money. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm Joel. |
| 0:06.4 | Today, I'm talking about flights getting pricier and how to pay less with Kyle Potter. |
| 0:11.3 | Okay. Okay, so most of my memories and stories come from trips I've taken. |
| 0:34.9 | Some were incredible international adventures. |
| 0:37.4 | Others were ridiculously |
| 0:38.7 | cheap road trips across different parts of the United States. I'm an equal opportunity |
| 0:42.9 | traveler here. And it's been said that travel is the only thing you buy that makes you |
| 0:47.9 | richer. I'm inclined to agree with that sentiment. My guest today, he agrees as well. |
| 0:53.2 | Kyle Potter is the executive editor at Thrifty Traveler, |
| 0:56.5 | a site that's dedicated to helping people travel more for less. He's been to more than 30 countries, |
| 1:01.9 | and his passion is helping people navigate the confusing world of airlines, travel points, |
| 1:06.9 | and miles. I don't even want to know how many miles he's got sitting around. He put us all to |
| 1:11.2 | shame, I'm sure, but I do know he's willing to spend a few of them, at least, on a nice bottle of champagne from time to time. So, Kyle, thank you so much for joining me today on the podcast. Yeah, always happy to talk travel. I know you are, man. That's like, that's your life. It's like when someone's like, hey, do you want to talk about personal finance? |
| 1:28.1 | I'm like, yeah, let's go. |
| 1:30.6 | Exactly. That's like, that's your life. It's like when someone's like, hey, do you want to talk about personal finance? I'm like, yeah, let's go. Exactly. That's what we're here for. A passion and a job. First question I ask everyone who comes on the show, Kyle, is what they like to splurge on? What's their craft beer equivalent? So yeah, for you, I know you're being smart and intelligent and you're saving for your future, but what are you splurging on in the here and now while you're simultaneously doing that? I mean, sometimes it literally is craft beer. Love a good, hazy IPA or a fresh Italian pilsner. We have so many good breweries here in Minneapolis that in some ways it sets the bar a little bit too high. It feels like places I go, |
| 2:01.6 | it's really hard to find breweries that can really measure up. So when it's not that, it's a nice |
| 2:06.6 | bottle of champagne. That's one of the few things where I'm really willing to spend a little, |
| 2:11.2 | at least a little bit more money. And then the final answer is it sounds like a cop out, |
| 2:16.5 | but I'm going to explain. |
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