Hey guys,
My girlfriend is starting to utilize air travel more for her business and I'm looking at ways to cut down on some of the costs.
The hotel she's staying at for a trip in December has a $17/night discount for AAA members, and she's staying 5 nights, so that's $85 of savings towards a membership right there. We're switching our car insurance soon to one that doesn't include roadside assistance, so we were planning on getting it anyway.
Also, on two sooner trips, she's flying American and United respectively (and seems to usually end up flying one or the other), and will be checking a bag. It looks like there are airline credit cards for each that would get you a free checked bag as a perk. Any reason not to do that/is there a better way? Without doing that, it'll tack on ~$50 to the cost of future United/American flights (she usually has to check a bag).
Sometimes she'll also end up renting a car. She's 24 for another year, so she gets nailed by "young driver" (21-24) fees, but apparently the combination of AAA and Hertz can waive that. However, when I checked that out specifically for her last trip, it didn't pencil out (Enterprise was still cheaper even with the fees).
I know lots of people on this forum travel a lot and have figured out all the "games." Are there solutions here staring me in the face that I'm not seeing (or questions I'm not even asking)? Thanks.