Flying Home, Flying Cheap

As a college student, it’s a well known fact that a lot of us don’t have a bunch of extra spending money. While this doesn’t really stop us from going downtown, just a few block away from our Water Tower campus, and doing a little retail-therapy down on Michigan Ave, it stops us from being able to drop everything and return home for a weekend.
It’s well understood that we can take a train or even a Megabus home, but sometimes the 10 hours sitting in a bus for only a short while isn’t worth it. With travel time, you’ve nearly wasted an entire day! They are the cheaper options however, for those who live out of state or even on the other end of Illinois.
It’s not always doable, but finding flights home is generally the quicker option. Depending on where you’re from, or where you would like to go, there may be an opportunity for you to get home fairly cheap while flying.
While I was taking one of those retail therapy sessions down on Michigan avenue, (guilty as charged) my cashier was talking to me about a recent trip he’d taken to NYC for only $60–ROUND TRIP. Immediately curious as to what kind of genie he had to bribe for that kind of deal, he informed me of Spirit Air — an airline that will take you from one major city to another for what is generally fairly cheap. This works best if you’re flexible with your arrival and departure dates, but if it’s a big price difference, you can always talk to professors about missing class that day and getting the notes elsewhere. While it will not work for everyone, as not everyone is located in the airports that they work with, it could nevertheless provide a good travel option for breaks or vacations.
It’s easy to travel home if you know how to do it, and cheap but reliable airlines are always a good option.

Safe Travels!