TOKYO/NEW YORK — Genevieve Price considers herself a great flight hacker.
The 35-year-old naturopathic doctor based in San Diego usually buys basic economy tickets when she visits her family in New Jersey and then uses her Alaska Airlines
frequent flier status to pick a seat, something that’s usually not allowed for those no-frills fares.
“I like to travel a lot,” Price told CNBC at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, where she was returning from Rome.
But Price said she has her limits, and is planning to cap the spending she does on future flights, such as no more than $900 to Rome, where her partner is from.
