In the first three installments of this series, we followed Conrad Stanley from the Cross Border Express terminal in Tijuana down to Cabo San Lucas, where he spent 14 days on vacation just before Christmas. In this post, we follow him home, with a surprise twist at the end. When the trip was up, Conrad […]
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Conrad’s Capers — Conrad Does Cabo Part 3
In the previous post in this series, we mentioned the discount card called the Los Cabos Passport Card. Here, we go into the details. The Passport Card comes out twice a year, on January 1 and July 1, and each is good for a year. It costs $80 and provides 2-for-1s or 50% off at […]
Conrad’s Capers — Conrad Does Cabo Part 2
In the first installment of this series, Conrad Stanley, bargain traveler extraordinaire, saved $560 and hours in line by taking advantage of the Cross Border Express terminal at Tijuana International Airport. In Part 2 of Conrad Does Cabo, we join him as he does what he does best: optimize cost-saving opportunities at an otherwise expensive […]
Conrad’s Capers — Viva Mexico!
Conrad Stanley has been on sabbatical for a while — meaning, he’s actually been working — but last Saturday, he headed down to one of his favorite haunts, Cabo San Lucas, for 15 days. Of course, he had to do it as inexpensively as possible and here’s how he played it. A round-trip flight out […]
Conrad’s Capers—Basic Strategy for Traveling on...
In Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series, we examined a number of strategies for maximizing savings on airfares by taking advantage of options available from the ultra-low-cost carriers, such as Las Vegas-based Allegiant Airlines, along with Spirit and Frontier. Part 3 covered the size of luggage that qualified to be a no-charge “personal […]
Conrad’s Capers—Basic Strategy for Ultra-Low-Co...
In Part 1 of Conrad Stanley’s personal guide to flying the ultra-low-cost carriers, he introduced his five-part strategy for buying the cheapest possible airline tickets. In Part 2, he delved more deeply into the details of first two strategies. In Part 3, we continue the series, discussing seat selection and carry-on luggage. Basic strategy rule […]
Conrad’s Capers — Basic Strategy for Ultra-Low-...
In Part 1 of Conrad Stanley’s personal guide to flying the ultra-low-cost carriers, he introduced his five-part strategy for buying airline tickets so inexpensively that it almost doesn’t pay to stay at home. In this installment, we delve more deeply into the details of his strategies. As you might recall, the first rule of thumb […]
Conrad’s Capers — Basic Strategy for Ultra-Low-...
Conrad Stanley’s on the move again. He leaves tonight for Chicago. On Monday he flies to New Orleans. On Friday (July 17), he’s off to Atlanta. Two days later, it’s on to Dallas and two days after that (Tuesday July 21), he flies home to Vegas. Of these five one-way segments, three cost him $25.19 […]
Conrad’s Capers — Pandemic Expedition to Chicag...
On May 11, Conrad Stanley, the intrepid subject of this new blog, ventured forth from Las Vegas, a city where he lives, on a trip to Chicago, a city that he loves, taking advantage of ultra-low travel costs while the U.S. was mostly shut down due to the pandemic. “I wasn’t afraid,” he tells us […]
Conrad’s Capers
Conrad Stanley is a Las Vegas-based sales rep who’s been known to us for a while as someone who pursues an interesting avocation: sneaking into events that 999,999 people out of a million only dream about buying their way into. He’s currently furloughed and is traveling for fun for fractions of a penny on the […]
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