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What's the best place to earn free/discount travel?

I am looking to move to Florida (from NY). I will need to take a few trips there to do interviews, etc. and I will then be travelling back a few times a year or more once I live there, to visit family. There are all sorts of rewards programs, and credit cards with different airlines, etc. Which is the best deal? Should I sign up for more than one?
From NY I will fly from Albany area, once in Florida it will be Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale or Orlando area.

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1. Continental is the best one I think.....it is a good airline and you can also use AIr France and Delta and a few others. You can get a chase credit card and earn yet more miles...and you can get miles for staying at Marriotts and others hotels...and you can get miles for buying at their associated online retailers....like amazon - good ones....they send you lots of perks and you also get 500 miles when you use continental.com to buy your ticket......SOuthwest is good also but continental goes more places - like international. I have both but only use SW when I cant use Continental. Check out continental.com - it is called One Pass -

2. Depends which airport(s) you'll be flying from, and to, but Delta or JetBlue if from JFK. Try to stick with one airline to build up your frequent flyer account, and consider signing up for a mileage credit card through the airline. This will help you to earn free flights faster. Which cities?

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Ok, from Albany. The only nonstop flight is Southwest to Orlando and Tampa, and on that basis, I'm going to recommend them. All others to Florida from Albany must connect somewhere, and if you're just going down for interviews, connecting is going to cause you to miss the biggest part of your day (whereas nonstop allows you at least a half day in each place to get some work done, enjoy life, save the world, etc. etc.). http://www.iflyswa.com -- sign up for their "Ding" sale fare alerts to your email for the best fares.

Southwest is not always cheapest, and they don't show up in other booking sites, so you have to check them separately, then go to http://www.farecompare.com to see prices with other airlines. Sometimes it might be a lot cheaper, and saving, say $100 if you connect, might be worth the extra time.

3. Continental Airlines Business MasterCard® from Chase is the best option. Benefits of its are:

* 7.99% Fixed APR for 6 Months on purchases and balance transfers
* 15,000 Bonus Miles after first purchase
* Double miles on Continental tickets purchased directly from Continental
* Double miles at participating restaurants
* One mile for every dollar
* No expiration or limit to miles
* 5% discount on all published Continental fares purchased at continental.com for one year
* Redeem for travel rewards
Apply online at: http://www.credit-card-gallery.com/Chase.html

4. holy cow, i think i will switch my united chase visa to continental, now. u sure the miles don't expired? regardless, thx for the answer within the answer!

5. get a cheap flight. search on the comp