At the end of last year, I wrote a post about the best credit cards for military members. Since then, there have been a couple changes, so I thought I’d update the post. As before, I’m not taking into account signup bonuses, only benefits and category bonuses. Credit cards are the easiest and fastest…
So you read this blog because you want to fly for free? Have I got a deal for you and it costs NO MILES! Simply put, the USAF travels all over the globe and if they have extra room on the flight, you can go for free. Well, they do insist you pay for the…
As I’ve mentioned many times before, one of the coolest benefits for military members are the credit card benefits given to us as required by the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act (SCRA), which include waiving fees such as late payment, foreign transaction, and overdraft fees. There is not a requirement that credit card companies waive annual…
I have written about this many times, but not recently. So here is an update as to how you can donate your miles to charities that can help out active military and veterans. In some cases, you can even earn yourself some miles. Hero Miles – This charity’s purpose to take care of the nation’s…
Flying is certainly not the only area where servicemembers get benefits while travelling; there are many hotels at which we get discounts and perks as well! Most of the major chains in the US and abroad offer military or governmental rates, which are (usually) discounted from their daily rate. You don’t need to be…
On our recent trip to Peru, we met many incredible and gracious friends that we will keep in touch with for a long time. We also unfortunately met many people that I wished had just stayed in the US, because I can’t express the embarrassment my wife and I felt at being from the same…
Unless you are brand new to Boarding Area, you should know that Global Entry is the TSA Program for speeding you through international security and passport control. So if you have a diplomatic passport, don’t worry about it, but for all others who travel internationally, here are some easy ways to get it. The normal…
So far this week we’ve gone over benefits that military members get while taking airplanes, rental cars, and in hotels (more on that next week). However, we’ve totally neglected a major mode of transportation that many of us in the Northeast use, and a lot of my friends in the Pacific NW as well. Amtrak…
USAA is my favorite bank, and one of my favorite companies, for many reasons – customer service, ease of use, portability, and benefits. One of the lesser known benefits that USAA provides concerns rental cars, specifically discounts with certain companies – Avis, Budget, Enterprise, and Hertz. Also, and this is huge, USAA provides primary liability…
