Author: glenn

New for DTS Users – the Travel Explorer (TraX) Semi-App

I know the DTS Fan Club can be counted on one hand, but as with most things in the military, we aren’t given a choice and must use it.  However, I have just discovered a very useful tool that they now have in Beta test called the Travel Explorer.  They are trying to market it…

Loyal3, a possible way to manufacture spend

We received an email from a longtime reader, Harry Campbell, author of the blog yourpfpro, who wrote to us concerning an interesting website for manufacturing spend. Here is his article concerning the subject. It concerns an online brokerage website called Loyal3, where the main draw is the ability to trade stocks for free, with a…

Guarding Against Identity Theft

Once or twice a year I talk to Scott Higgins, CEO of Veterans’ Advantage, and see what is new over there.  I wrote about that recently, but this post is about something else that Scott is impassioned about – Identity Theft amongst veterans.  He referenced articles that say that veterans are twice as likely to…

Which are better – Airlines cards or Bank cards?

We received an email a little while back from Katie Pelletier, of Milecards, which is a website that, “that lets consumers compare travel credit cards based on their own personal travel goals and spending habits”. Her contention is that Airline cards are worse for generating miles on airlines than bank cards. Some examples are provided…

Chase’s military-specific Credit Cards

I received a follow up email from Chase about the 10 best military credit cards – it came from Alexis Martin, from Chase Communications and Public Affairs. It goes as follows:   Hi, Congratulations on the launch of your site. I’m reaching out about your “10 Best Credit Cards for Military Members” article from Monday…

Pre-Check Expands to Include DoD Civilians on 15 April

News courtesy of reader Charles that DoD has made a huge addition to Pre-Check eligibility by including all 800,000 DoD and Coast Guard civilians starting 15 April.  News release here.  Here is their main blurb: WASHINGTON, March 26, 2014 – Beginning April 15, Defense Department and Coast Guard civilian employees will be able to take advantage…

We’re a Top 100 Miles & Points Blog, a new credit card, (and more)!

Good morning everyone, we have some exciting news to announce – our blog has been added to the Top 100 Points & Miles Blogs:   http://www.mightytravels.com/top100milespointsblogs   I have to admit, I hadn’t heard of mightytravels before receiving the update, but it’s good to be recognized. We couldn’t have done it without you, our loyal…

LoungeBuddy Up to 400 lounges and Other Improvements

I have written about LoungeBuddy, the airport lounge finding app, since being asked to be in the early Beta last July.  I appreciated the fact that they made it military-friendly by including all USO lounges.  They started with only about 50 airports, but have continued to add to that number and just announced they are up…

Trip Report Peru & Colombia, Part 3

Before starting this post, I wanted to give a little plug for my other blog, called Military Finance, which is part of the Saverocity blog. I started it about a month ago, so it’s still a little light on content, but any suggestions would be welcome! It deals with all things military personal finance (non-travel…

Credit Card update: 2nd Citi AA Exec and Lifemiles Visa signup bonus!

I just wanted to breakup my trip report with a quick update on two cards I’m interested in.   First, I read another excellent article by PFDigest that one could get a 2nd Citi Exec AA card for a 2nd 100k AA miles sign up bonus, even if you’ve already gotten one. You just need…