Travel · Posted 8 minutes ago Frequent Travelers Are Sharing Their Obscure-Yet-Brilliant Hacks For Seamless Vacationing "I once racked up over 20,000 Capital One travel points in a very, very unconventional way...

" by Hannah Loewentheil BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail If you love to travel or travel often, you've probably picked up some tips and tricks to make jet setting more seamless, enjoyable, and cheaper. So redditor u/tomsawyertravels asked, "What's your best obscure travel hack ?" Here's what people said (and I can't wait to try some of these out on my next adventure). 1.

"Southwest Airlines starts drink service at rows 1, 8, 15, and 22. If you have a choice of row 9 or 15, go to 15. You get your drink first and have a better chance at getting more than one.

" Houston Chronicle / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images — u/enfranci 2. "Always carry a sarong with you when traveling. It’s basically an all-in-one lightweight tool.

You can use it as clothes, a raincoat, a rope, a bandage, a beach towel/picnic rug, a bag, or a blanket." — u/PurplePiglett 3. "Use the bathrooms by the baggage claim.

They’re always clean and empty." Lubo Ivanko / Getty Images/iStockphoto — u/holy_cal 4. "I always try to have an extended layover (like 10 hours or more) to visit the layover city.

This way, I've visited Tokyo, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore without going on a specific trip to those destinations. It takes some fiddling to book those flights (airlines present you.