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business class Air canadaTravel has completely changed my life. Since 2009 when I first landed in New Zealand and Australia for my first solo long-term backpacking trip, I have been to six continents and 35 countries and have learned so much about life and this place we call Earth.

I’ve also learned a lot about travel hacking. Before taking the frequent flyer mile industry seriously, I did what most people did. I had some rewards cards and used them occasionally when making a purchase. I never seemed to have enough points for actually getting on a plane. Oh how times have changed.

Since making travel a priority and learning everything there is to know about earning and redeeming frequent flyer miles, I’ve used them to take trips I never would have been able to afford such as flying first class on Emirates and flying around the world in business class for next to nothing.Flying over Mexico City

It’s lead me to create this site as well help hundreds of Canadians take trips they’ve always dreamed of. I’ve given live talks in front of 400 people and been featured in national press across the country.

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One of the questions I get asked quite often is whether Canada is a good place to be a travel hacker or not. A lot of people who know what travel hacking is likely heard of it from someone in the US. This is how I got started as well and what lead me to start Canadian Free Flyers since most sites out there are dedicated to Americans.

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As I work to finish up 2 ebooks that will be sold on Canadian Free Flyers, I wanted to come up with a way to give the information for free to all CFF members. I didn’t want to wait for all the boring editing and other tasks that go along with ebook creation.

I figured that what members want is the information. They probably don’t care to much about how fancy it is. They just want to know how to earn points effectively, how to redeem their points, the best resources on the internet for travel talk and advice, how to get 4-star hotels at 50% off, and other things like that.

So I went ahead and created Free Flyer School. This is a password-encrypted page that will direct members to all the information that will be in the ebooks plus more. In fact, it’s going to consistently grow each month as I add more and more things. That’s the beauty of doing it this way. I can update and add information anytime I want.

At first, I was going to limit it to all things “points” related but I’ve decided to expand it to be a complete travel education center. I’ll post things like how to get the best insurance, how to get cheap roadside assistance, where to look for unique travel spots, and so forth.

If members want a new section added, they just have send me an email and I’ll start looking into it.

I love finding value in things I buy. This addition to the website gives me a great way to provide more and more value to each member, while still keeping the same low price of $10/mth.

Happy Travels,