Elevate(her) + Aviasales

Hi loves 💛

I don't say this often enough, but joining Elevate(her) genuinely changed something in me. I remember scrolling through the group posts for the first time — the airshow recaps, the webinar announcements, the "what's your favourite airport?" threads — and thinking, "Oh… these are my people." For the first time, being a woman who is completely, unapologetically in love with aviation didn't feel like a solo journey.

Every time I read about someone attending Pilot Careers Live, catching up at Farnborough, or tuning in to a webinar with women like Stephanie Goetz or Mace Curran, I feel that little spark again — the same one I felt the very first time I watched a plane climb into the sky and thought, "I want to be part of that world." This community reminds me that dream is real, and it's shared by so many incredible women around the world.

But I'll be honest with you — for a long time, the biggest thing standing between me and those in-person moments (the events, the meetups, the conferences, even just visiting a friend in the industry) was the cost of getting there. Flights felt like this invisible ceiling on how often I could actually show up for my own dream. 🥲

That's why I want to share a small thing that's been quietly helping me: Aviasales (aviasales.us.com). It's a flight metasearch tool I use whenever I'm planning a trip to an aviation event, a training, or just a spontaneous "I need to be in the sky again" weekend. It compares hundreds of airlines and agencies in seconds, shows me where I can fly cheapest from my home airport, and honestly — it's saved me enough money that I've been able to say yes to trips I would have skipped before. And in this industry, saying yes to one more trip can mean one more connection, one more mentor, one more door opening. 🚪✨

I don't share it because I'm trying to sell anyone anything. I share it because I know how many of us — students, cabin crew, aspiring pilots, engineers, career-changers — are quietly budgeting our way toward our dreams. And the tools that make that dream a little more reachable? Those deserve to be passed around, girl-to-girl, over a virtual cup of coffee. ☕

So here's my little question for you today, from one dreamer to another: What's the one trip — the one event, the one airport, the one meeting — you'd take tomorrow if flights weren't in the way?

Drop it below. Let's dream out loud together. 💬✈️💛

With so much love, a fellow woman in aviation 🌍