9 Tips for Planning an Affordable Holiday Vacation

Use your credit card as much as possible to get frequent flyer miles.
Though programs will vary, meaning some purchases don’t qualify for racking up the frequent flyer points, you can still accumulate some points between now and when you need to book tickets. Have a major purchase planned? Use your credit card and pay it off.

Use your credit card for gas, groceries, clothes and other household purchases; pay it off before the next billing date to avoid interest and get those frequent flyer points. Be sure to read the fine print on your credit card agreement to find out about what qualifies and minimum purchase amounts to focus your credit card power where it counts.