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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I follow some family travel bloggers on Instagram and these seem to be some reoccuring themes when they post about how they afford it:

- play the credit card game
- a second job to fund travel
- renting out their own house when they travel
- willing to be VERY flexible to score a cheap flight- e.g., 15+ layovers, sleeping at airports (with kids!!), willingness to be bumped to get the travel credit
- travelling out of season, so they homeschool/flexi-school or simply pull their kids out

We like to travel, but are not willing to make these kind of sacrifices and devote this much effort, lol.  Pre-kids we took a few fun international trips, generally getting our tickets with points, but had a lot more flexibility to go whenever.  We've got a nice stash of Chase points that we will probably use to fund a trip in the next couple of years now that my youngest is a better traveller.[/quote]

I wouldn't take a flight with 15+ layovers, but I found cheap business class tickets to Lima on points from JFK, and decided it was worth it to take a short flight or bus ride to NYC to get that.  There were none out of IAD.[/quote]

15 hour layover - depends the city. Could be a good chance to add in another stop/city on a trip in a place you otherwise wouldn't visit.[/quote]

Yes! We flew to Scandinavia this past summer, and the flight went via LHR with a layover between 6 am - 5 pm.  We went to town and spent a nice day in central London near the river. Made for a long day and we were tuckered out but better than sitting in the airport![/quote]

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