Author: Jacob Goldberg
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Biggest No Brainer in Travel
Sky Key was founded in 2023 to help every single traveler save money on their flights. Today, it has grown into one of the fastest growing companies in travel. What is Sky Key? A travel platform built to get you money back on your airline tickets when the price drops after booking. How Sky Key…
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Airline Codeshare Partnerships and What You Should Know
I believe airline codeshare agreements are one of the least understood aspects of commercial aviation today. What are codeshare agreements? Codeshare agreements, also known as alliance partnerships, exist between airlines usually of different countries so that airlines can collaborate with each other to serve customers on more routes and benefit from traffic they may otherwise…
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Inside The Coming Changes At Southwest
Confused by the changes happening at Southwest today (May 28th)? We did the hard work so you don’t have to. Here are the main items to keep in mind: Checked Bags:-First checked bag $35, second $45-Business Select fares / A-List Preferred = 2 free bags-A-List / co-branded credit cards = 1 free bag Basic Fare…
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Airline Pricing- Behind the Scenes
This morning, I want to share a little insight as to what is going on behind the scenes regarding airlines ticket prices. As you may or may not know, airline ticket fares fluctuate based on supply and demand. If a flight fills up as expected or ahead of schedule fares may increase. On the other…
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The tale of two travelers, who saves more money?
Let’s compare two travelers to see who saves more money, we’ll call them Person A (The Points & Miles Guru) and Person B (The Smart Business Owner). Both are business owners who travel 3x per month and both spend about $350 per flight. Person A spends hundreds of hours researching how to try and “beat” the airlines and hotels…
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Why You Should Not Book Flights on 3rd Party Websites
In this post, we are going to talk about why it’s best to book your flights directly with the airlines, and not through third party websites like Expedia, Skyscanner, Priceline, etc. If you feel like to skipping dinner and going straight to dessert, be my guest and just read the last sentence you see in…
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Should You Be Loyal to an Airline?
I often get the following question: “Does it make sense to pick one airline and stick to it, or should I just pick the cheapest/best option depending on my itinerary?” Well, it depends on a few different factors. Let’s dive into these one-by-one: Do you live in a hub, what is a hub? In my…
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Booking Flights With Points and Miles
There are lots of guides out there that go through the best way to redeem miles and points depending on which airline or credit card program you are looking at. In this post I want to talk specifically about why you should not book flights using flexible points currencies like Chase Ultimate Rewards or American Express Membership…
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Wait to Buy Seat Upgrades
I have seen so many people make this mistake. They buy their flight, and immediately purchase a separate seat upgrade. This is a HUGE mistake, let me explain. Unless you are buying a flight right before the departure date (so within 2 weeks), it makes more sense to wait to purchase your seat upgrade. Then,…
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Airline Change Fee & Cancellation Policies
In this post, I want to cover the change fees & cancellation policies across the eight US airlines we currently support on theskykey.com: Alaska, American, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, and United. This is meant to be an easy-to-read reference guide for you to view whenever you are trying to figure out what the change…