Over the past decade, my friends and I have been fortunate enough to score a plethora of free international plane tickets through airline rewards programs and credit card points.  Each ticket has been worth anywhere from $1,200 to $4,500, and I have benefited from at least one free ticket each year.  Free airline tickets and hotel are available to anyone who knows how to find them.  They key to accessing these benefits is to understand how airline rewards programs, affiliate airlines, and credit card points work. [Read more…]