In the final installment of what perks you have available to you as a military servicemember, we will talk about lounge access at airports. I mean, who wants to languish at the gate, paying for overpriced, badly tasting food, in uncomfortable seats, (most of the time) without free wifi, unable to enjoy a TV show,…
As an annual tradition, I post up all the Veterans Day discounts available to all of you out there. This year, I thought I would post several links to give you quite the variety to choose from: First up is www.militarybenefits.info Next we have a new blog (at least to me) MilitaryWivesSaving And finally, of course,…
I’ve been touting LoungeBuddy travel App since they asked me to Beta test it in July and it just continues to grow. As a refresher, LoungeBuddy lists all the available lounges at the airports along your trip and the location, cost to enter, amenities, and other facts you may want to know. The programs asks you…
In this article I’ll talk about priority lanes that we as military servicemembers can take advantage of – the TSA Precheck lane and the priority boarding lane at the gate. As you may have read on this blog several times before, solely having a military CAC card can get you access to the TSA precheck security lane…
Hat Tip to my friend Daraius over at Million Mile Secrets who found a great offer from the Navy Federal Credit Union as he details here. It is very rare to find an offer like this which gives 60,000 points just for signing up for their CC and spending $3000. These points can be redeemed…
I finally became a millionaire! No, not the good kind with $$, but a second best by achieving 1,000,000 lifetime miles with United. This was a long time in coming considering that I join United’s Mileage Plus in 1987, but it finally got here. It seemed appropriate that I gained that goal on a mileage…
I know everyone is focused on the fact that 850,000 Government workers are sitting at home (my daughter for one), but know that they worked hard to get you a better Per Diem which took effect the day they were furloughed. Of course, the DoD civilians got back to work Monday and I don’t blame the…
Here is another post from the ever popular Andy: Perhaps all of you know that when travelling on orders, either domestically or internationally on any US-based carrier, your bags are automatically checked for free. What you might not have known is that you get free checked bags on ANY OTHER type of travel as well,…
How many of you have heard the expression “a happy wife is a happy life”? Someone is going to have to tell me if that works in reverse too, although I have my doubts. This is very true when you have a passion for collecting miles and points. Here are the steps I have experienced…
As you know, I promoted LoungeBuddy a couple of months ago. It is a military-friendly app to find lounges including USO lounges. I have found it useful and they continue to expand the number of airports in its database. It is still not perfect as I found out a couple of weeks ago in Detroit,…
