I hope you appreciate this. I’m a professional travel agent giving you valuable information (which you may not be using to book travel on my website). But I’m such a nice person, I’m still going to offer it, hoping that at some future date you might repay me by booking your family vacation, tour, or luxury cruise on my site. So what are some ways to fly free or almost free? 1. If you or a family member begins working for an airline, in most cases, your family can fly free 0n that airline, owing only for taxes. This is an almost priceless perk if you and your family like to travel and have the time to do so. 2. You can win airline tickets in sweepstakes but, I admit, the odds aren’t great for that. However, it’s becoming quite common for companies to offer free airline tickets when you buy s sunless tan ome service or big ticket item. Keep a lookout for such offers. Two airline tickets anywhere in the continental U.S. can be worth up to $300-500. There are also occasional Buy one/Get one deals. 3. If you’re not flying on a tight deadline, overbooking/thank you vouchers can be very nice. Most are familiar with the overbooking of flights in which the airline asks if anyone would agree to take a later flight. For this favor, the airline gives you a voucher, sometimes for the amount of a full airline flight in the future. Be prepared for such cases, because when the offer comes, you usually are on the jet and you don’t have 15 minutes to discuss with your spouse whether or not to take the voucher. Last minute/standby deals aren’t as common as they used to be, but occasionally it still happens.