Congrats to four winners – Chris Pepin, Christopher C., Janet, and Nick. I have emailed each of your a code for a free pass to the Alaska Lounge. They expire 12/31 so use them on your next trip and post a note in the comments or send me an email on your experience there. Have…
I was checking out some military-specific travel apps over the weekend, and there are some pretty cool and useful ones out there. I have an iPhone 5, so in this article I’ll be highlighting ones available in the Apple app store, but at some point I’ll highlight Android apps. Some are available on both platforms,…
(by Andy) I tend to be somewhat of a travel gear geek, and am always on the lookout for items that make travel more enjoyable. I also highly value my sleep, especially with one (soon to be two) young children running around. As such, I’ve been trying out several different sleep masks over the years,…
(from Andy) As you know, I’m all about hotel and airline miles & points. As fun as accumulating these points is though, what is more fun obviously it redeeming those points for free travel! It can be a huge hassle, though, sifting through at least three different search programs, for the three different alliances, and…
(from Andy) A couple weeks ago I headed back to my stomping grounds, Philly, as I was in the States 2 weeks for a TAD and wanted to hang out with my youngest brother. I had two $200 Hyatt gift cards from a previous promotion that were burning a hole in my pocket. I’d tried…
(Andy here) My family and I decided to spend July 4th weekend in Osaka and Kyoto, because of all the restrictions placed on Okinawa. It’s only a 1.5 hr flight from Oki, so it’s easily accessible. I looked at awardmapper and decided to compare the hotels on there to popular hotel review sites. One of…
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…
About five years ago, the military finally caught up with the way the corporate world had planned their travel needs and establish the Defense Travel System (DTS). This computerized system allows users to pop in their desired cities and dates of travel and it lists flights that the traveler may select. Upon approval, the tickets…
Over the next two weeks we’re Boardingarea.com’s featured blog, and from BGen Glenn, the founder of this blog, and myself (Andy), Welcome, and thank you for checking us out. Hopefully we can elucidate many of the perks that servicemembers can take advantage of when when travelling, and convince you that it’s awesome to travel while…
The next two weeks are our yearly featured period. We thought it was a good idea to update some of our basic posts since we haven’t done that in a while and they are great for a beginner to start. If you know someone who is just starting the miles and points game or might…
