The Thrifty Traveler Podcast · Thrifty Traveler
Mistake Fares 101: How to Snag the Cheapest Flights on Earth
October 23, 2025·54 min·1 clip
Japan Airlines has a distance-based pricing loophole: round-trip business to Europe costs only 85,000 miles instead of 120,000.
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A brisk, insider look at mistake fares worth chasing.
An energetic look at mistake fares, it follows Gunnar Olsson and Kyle Potter as they compare a $134 round trip that should have been at least $700, a JFK-to-London Virgin business-class fare under $900 round trip, and a Vietnam business-class deal that was gone about 10 minutes…
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You want the playbook for catching a mistake fare before it disappears.
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