Author: glenn

ALL HANDS: 2020 Travel (to include Asia travel)

Apologies to my friend Albert. He sent me this to publish a couple of weeks ago and I just ran out of time given all the duty I have performed lately.  Hopefully, this post has not been overcome by events.   Greetings, Fellow Travelers!   BLUF: My global travels will continue in 2020 albeit with…

United Upgrades Still Available for Military Members or Family Members Flying Before the End of the Month

Our generous donor still has a few Plus Points left if you are flying United before the end of this month when they expire. Send me an email at glennagoddard@gmail.com or post a reply if you are interested.

Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs): Alaska Airlines Award Ticket and the

Greetings, Fellow Travelers! BLUF: While on a Tokyo stop-over on an Alaska Airlines award redemption, I realized Tokyo has one of the most extensive but altogether confusing metro and train systems in the world. While you can buy single journey, one-day, or multi-day passes, none works on all systems. By having a rechargeable, contactless smart…

ALL HANDS: 2019 Travel in Review

Here is an impressive post from Albert. I wish my travel year was exciting as his. Amazing that he could display all his trips on one global picture!   Greetings, Fellow Travelers!   BLUF: In 2019, I flew 163,951 miles, traveled to three continents, on about eight different airlines, visiting almost 20 different countries.  New…

More Free Upgrades Available for Military Members

We still have some United upgrades available and now some Alaska upgrades too. However, the Alaska upgrades need to be applied by 12/31. The flight came be later, but the upgrade needs to be applied by next Wednesday. AS upgrades are a little tricky, you need to have a flight that has “U” space available….

Donating Free Upgrades for Military Members on United

This is becoming an annual tradition at The Military Frequent Flyer. I have been contacted by a generous donor who cannot use his United upgrades before they expire at the end of Jan. If you are in the military (including family members) and are looking for a domestic or international upgrade, please send me a…

Lufthansa’s Cyber Monday Deal – Companion Fares for First Class

I just received this email from Lufthansa Hmm, that sounds interesting since every other companion fare that I know of excludes First. Here is the detailed language: I checked and the fare looks a little over half: Still way too rich for my blood, but it there if you want.

Marriott Recognizes my Lifetime Titanium Status – A Year Late!

One of the good things about the Marriott-Starwood merger (yes, Ed, there was something good) was the dropping of the point requirement for Lifetime status and only going by nights like the Starwood program. Marriott’s program used to require 250, 500, or 750 nights and 800K, 1200K, or 1600K points respectively for the three status…

Our Annual Veterans’ Day Deals Post

What would be a military frequent flyer blog without detailing out all the places that you can get a discount this weekend. Most of these are for free or discounted stuff on Monday, 11 November, but several are good in the days prior to that. I have highlighted those. This year’s list comes from an…