Cheap International Flights

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It's honestly the best thing ever. She is a gate agent for AA so she just gets yelled at all day but she loves it. She goes on more trips than I do because of how flexible her schedule is and how much PTO she gets. It's a union job, the pay is great, and the benefits are incredible.
I fly domestic for $0 and when I fly international I just need to pay departure tax from the international destination. So, for example, I think we paid $35 in taxes to fly home from Buenos Aires last year, in Business class.

If there's an open seat, it's mine for the taking. It's life changing and we're never giving it up.

I have a friend who is a pilot for Delta, and it has gotten harder and harder for them to travel with their "free" benefits, at least as a family of 5.  Flights are so crowded now that it's next to impossible for them to all get on the same flight together.  Many times, they split up into 2/3 or 3/2, and they spend hours at the airport waiting for space, or going to the airport, then going home, then going back the next day (or two).  It was great 10 years ago, not great any more.

If it was just my husband and myself, then it would be something I'd consider.  Trying to do it with a family of 4 though, would get old real quick.

They did say that international travel is easier, flights aren't as crowded.  So they've gone to England and Rome for their last 2 vacations.