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Veterans Advantage – Interview with Scott Higgins, Part 2

So to continue from last time, I interviewed Scott Higgins, CEO of Veterans Advantage, and Roy Asfar, Marketing VP, for further details on what the program offers.  Here are some of the discounts that they wanted to make my readers and I aware of: AMTRAK.  15% off of any ticket.  AMTRAK was the Veterans Advantage first…

Veterans Advantage – Interview with the Boss

I was very pleased this week to receive an e-mail from Roy Asfar, the VP for Marketing of Veterans Advantage asking if Scott Higgins, the Founder and CEO, could have a chat with me.  I eagerly agreed and the three of us got on the phone for about an hour.  First of all, I have to comment that I think that Scott is a great guy and is all about finding ways to get an advantage for his fellow veterans out there.  A 5% discount might not seem much for some of the discounts offered, but you have to remember that for many services, such as airlines and rental cars, 5% of the total price is a huge amount of their profit.  A small discount adds up over time.  Scott and Roy are working hard to get whatever discounts they can from as many firms as possible for the members of Veterans Advantage. To start, Scott and Roy wanted to take issue with my last rental car analysis.  They actually thanked me because my blog caused them to review their system and found that the Dollar discount was not functioning correctly. …

Trusted Traveler Program to Start Including Service Members

If you are not already familiar with it, Trusted Traveler is a TSA program to speed certain low-risk people through the TSA screening process.  It basically requires you to only be screened as you were before 9/11.  So no taking off shoes, belts, taking out your laptop, etc.  Although randomly you will be selected to…