Thrifty Mommy

June 23rd, 2007

I’m Back

        
I’ve been gone all week to camp with the youth from church.  My husband and I left Sunday and returned last night.  You may be wondering about the posts you read this week.  I did those before I left and had them scheduled to post while I was gone.  I didn’t want to […]

By Karen -- 3 comments

May 18th, 2007

Frugal Friday #8: 10 Ways to Save Gas

Many of you will be traveling soon and with gas prices nearly $3 a gallon, we all could use some tips on ways to save.
1.  Drive sensibly - Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration, braking) wastes gas.  Driving sensibly can help increase your gas mileage by 5% for around town driving and 33% at highway speeds.
2.  […]

By Karen -- 7 comments

May 17th, 2007

Use Your Airline Miles or Else

Do you have a lot of frequent flier miles that you haven’t used?  If so, you may want to spend some time using them.  Airlines are changing their expiration deadlines and these changes are not in your favor.  United and USAir now require that you use your flier miles within a year and a half, […]

By Karen -- 1 comment

April 20th, 2007

How to fly with less hassle

I just love the guys over at Dumb Little Man.  A few days ago, they told us about a little known fact when flying that can get you meal vouchers, hotel accommodations, phone calls, ect… if your flight plans go awry.  It deals with Rule 240 of the airline regulations. 
Other links you might want […]

By kellys -- 0 comments

April 14th, 2007

A Thrifty Way to Get to France

I saw this today at An Island Life.  LOL  Check it out.  You deserve a laugh today.

Go to Google.com
Click on Maps
Click on Get Directions
Type in from New York, New York to Paris, France
Check out line #23

Tags: directions, France, google, thrifty

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By Karen -- 1 comment

September 3rd, 2006

Gas prices are finally decreasing!

Finally!  The gas prices have started going down.  Now maybe it won’t cost me $30 to fill up the tank.  Prices here where I live are $2.39/gallon.  I had to laugh though because I went to pick up a friend and the gas station read $2.31/g and when I came back, the sign read $2.39.  […]

By kellys -- 3 comments

June 22nd, 2006

Summer vacation doesn’t have to be skipped because of hi gas prices.

I love it when a great article is written to point out the advantages of sky-rocketing gas prices since the goods side is usually hard to find. TulsaWorld.com has a great article on how they expect people to stay closer to home and tour Oklahoma instead of traveling any distance.  Makes good sense to me.  […]

By kellys -- 0 comments

June 8th, 2006

Don’t throw that junk mail out. There might be discount airline tickets in there.

Anybody looking for a great deal without looking for one?  Confused? So was I until I stumbled across a hidden deal on airline tickets.  Do you ever actually go through your junk mail?  You know what I am talking about - all those flyers you get with all kinds of coupons for stuff you will […]

By kellys -- 0 comments