Alright, gang. Andy and I gave you quite a few tips to max out your travel, now let’s hear from you! You all have more brain cells than I do and almost as many as Dr. Andy so I know there are some good tips that others could benefit from. As an incentive, I will…
Long time readers know that I have often highlighted ways that you can donate money or miles to worthy veterans charities. Past posts on the Red Cross and USO Now United has a promotion all month to divide up 10,000,000 United miles to a large number of charities depending on how you vote at their site…
Andy: Sam Simon authors the website Milenomics, which is an excellent blog and one which I highly recommend. Although all his posts are highly informative, well thought-out, and entertaining, my favorite post of his so far has been on creating your own elite program, on freeing yourself from the shackles of sticking with one frequent…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
I just saw this short story come across from Associated Press. United shuts down website bookings 3:31 PM ET, 09/12/2013 – Associated Press United Airlines was selling some tickets on Thursday for as little as $5 before shutting down bookings on its website. Some customers were able to buy tickets before the airline stopped accepting…
As something new, I am going to start a series of basic knowledge about the various FF programs and some tips and tricks that I have learned along the way. First up – United! Airline: United www.united.com FF Program: MileagePlus Flights: 5,446/ day to 370 airports Aircraft: 700+ including the new 787 Alliance: Star Alliance…
