The Amazon Prime Day deal that real-world travelers are actually buying
While some prefer to tune out the noise of hyped-up sales such as Amazon Prime Day, others take the opportunity to save on items they have long been planning to purchase. Sometimes this means super fancy items but other times it's the little things.
Amazon Prime Day 2022 has many deals for travel enthusiasts, but after polling some world travelers and staffers, it seems it's the very practical travel items that are making their way into virtual carts.
Specifically, we've heard this is a good time to stock up on discounted AirTags to track those checked bags in a season of uncertain air travel. So, before Prime Day 2022 ends tonight, here's how one TPG staffer stacked multiple Amazon Prime Day-related offers to get a really good price on something that will help make life -- and travel -- that much easier.
Stacking deals to buy discounted AirTags
TPG director of content operations Andrea Rotondo used Prime Day discounts to purchase a pack of four AirTags so she can keep an electronic eye on her checked luggage on future trips.
To do this, she took advantage of the discounted Prime Day price and also stacked two more deals to drive the price down even more.
She purchased a $50 Amazon gift card which gave her $12.50 in promotional Amazon credit. She used that credit and gift card toward her AirTags.
Next, she used her targeted American Express offer to use 1 point to get 10% off the order to reduce that price. If she had been targeted for a higher version of that offer she could have saved up to 40%. There's also a Chase version of this offer than can save buyers up to $15 on eligible orders by using 1 Chase point.
By purchasing during Prime Day and stacking all the offers available to her, she'll receive a four-pack of AirTags for just $75.35 — an average of just more than $18 per tag.
If you don't have Amazon Prime but want discounted AirTags, try heading over to Walmart. The store offers a discounted price that matches the Prime Day price (just without the ability to stack the extra discounts).
Related: Using Apple's AirTags to track your luggage
Bottom line
From $14 headphones to brand-new luggage, TPG has a roundup of our favorite travel-related items in the Prime Day sale. But sometimes, it's easier to know what other travelers are actually getting rather than browse a theoretical list of options.
In addition to AirTags, TPG staffers have made some other Prime Day purchases perfect for traveling, including Kindles for easy reading on planes (for about half off) and FuelRods to bring that phone battery back up. (FuelRods are cheaper via this sale, and then you can swap them out for free while at Disney, among other places.) Others purchased compression leggings and even an RFID Travel passport wallet.
These items might not be as fun to buy as, say, a new big screen on Black Friday. However, they are infinitely practical and perfect for a time when so many things cost more than we wish.
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