Frequent Miler on the Air · Sunday, July 26, 2026
Greg explains that he occasionally books flights with cash for specific reasons, such as utilizing a Delta companion certificate which requires the primary ticket to be purchased with cash. He also mentions using credit card rebates or flight credits as motivators for cash bookings.
“I will say that before we get into the sort of specific answers here that, uh, I think it's an oversimplification to say that we rarely book with cash or at least that I do that, um, there are plenty of situations where I'll book with cash, like I want to use a, um, Delta companion certificate, and the only way to use that is to book the primary with cash.”
“Um, you know, or I have some kind of, um, you know, credit card rebate for booking airfare or I've got flight credits, those kind of things.”