Andy and I have been writing this blog for a few years now and very rarely run into any of our readers. We are sure that you have a lot of questions about maximizing your benefits or status with frequent flyer programs; more than can be written about in a short reply on the blog. …
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…
As you well might know, I’m a big fan of not paying fees, particularly annual fees on credit cards. And and you also might know, because I write about it all the time, if you’re active duty (and sometimes even a reservist or a guardsman), you can get your annual fees waived on most if…
In my continuing series on military credit card benefits utilizing the SCRA (Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act), I’d like to go over using those benefits with Bank of America credit cards. Thus far, we’ve gone over the following banks: How to get your annual fees waived on: American Express Barclaycard Chase …
Well as simple as anything in the military is… As long as you know the rules, you can profit from them, but if you are not aware of them, you will certainly be disappointed in the results. You may think it is sacrilegious for a frequent flyer to advocate using Space A travel, but it does have its uses – such as being almost free to use. It is a great service to use if you are young and don’t have much money or you are retired and have more time than money. I remember using it on my honeymoon to travel all over Europe. We flew from Travis AFB (I was stationed at Ft. Ord at the time) taking two days to finally reach Frankfurt. we spent a few days each at Frankfurt, Naples, and Mildenhall using them as bases to take day trips to various adventures along the Rhine or to Pompei. We did run into the main problem when you take Space A. That being that we ended up only able to…
My final post in my SE Asia trip reports, sorry it took so long! This was one of the coolest parts of our trip, the business class flight home. Here are my previous posts: Review: United Business Class 757-200 JFK to San Francisco Review: United Business Class 747 San Francisco to Hong Kong Review:…
My friend Charlie write the Running with Miles blog here on Boarding Area. He has been very successful with that blog in the last couple of years, but is always trying to do more. I know some crazy runners out there, but he has come up with a plan for running and frequent flyer miles…
Disney announced a renewal of their popular Armed Forces Salute Program that will run 1 OCT 12 through 28 SEP 13 28 SEP 14 through 3 OCT 15. This program gives a significant discount to all military members, including Guard, Reserve, retired, and spouses. Tickets are about 50% off and a discount of 30-40% is available on rooms at their resorts. There is even a discount rate for Disney cruises. The details can be viewed at Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Steve Bell’s website http://www.militarydisneytips.com/. Note that the program has changed slightly, such as only allowing six tickets – not 12, and blackout dates. So if you have used it in the past, you better check it out before assuming anything. Here are the details: Disney Theme Ticket Discounts for Military Members Walt Disney World…
One of our readers, Brian, told you last fall about new rules meant to save the Government money by reducing the amount of per diem for long term stay (over 30 days). Here is the text below for the new rules that took effect 1 Nov 14. Flat Rate Per Diem for Long Term TDY…
This post is going to describe one of the key linkages between travel and taxes for the military, namely how military Reservists can deduct most of their travels even while earning all those miles. The tax deduction for military Reservists is one of the IRS’ top ten deductions most commonly not taken. It is a…
