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    For when you don’t know what miles to use

    Byglenn December 8, 2015December 5, 2015

    We’ve all had times, as travel rewards users, when we don’t know which miles to use between two destinations, and don’t want to have to slog through each airline program’s award charts to figure it out. For instance, my buddy who is a doctor and who has accumulated miles in several different programs asked me…

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    Check out this smart wallet!

    Byglenn December 7, 2015December 5, 2015

    Last year I wrote about a “smart card” I wanted to get called Plastc. Shipping isn’t until the end of April 2016, so I don’t know yet whether or not it’ll live up to it’s incredible potential, which is to store up to 20 different credit cards’ information on just the one card. I’m still…

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    Who Wants an Alaska Upgrade?

    Byglenn December 3, 2015January 23, 2016

    Seeing Gary’s post today, it reminded me that the wife and I have a lot of expiring Upgrade Certificates on Alaska Airlines.  It seems like the four Alaska MVP Gold Guest Upgrade Certificates went pretty fast.  Since my wife and I are an Alaska Airlines power couple (both MVP Gold75K’s), we can be a little more…

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    Is This the Best Lounge in the World?

    Byglenn November 30, 2015November 29, 2015

    On my recent trip to Djibouti, I traveled through Istanbul both ways on Turkish Airlines.  Being a Star Alliance Gold, I had free access to the Turkish Airlines Lounge.  Now I had to literally with through the entire airport to reach it, including the duty free shops, but I kind of think this was by…

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    For Active duty E4 and below, check out Operation Ride Home

    Byglenn November 24, 2015November 24, 2015

    I just saw this posted on my FB feed, and thought I’d share it with all of you. I’d never heard of this before, but for some Active Duty E4 and below and their family, you can get help with travel home for the holidays, thanks to a partnership between the nonprofit Armed Services YMCA and…

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    Fellow Military Blogger

    Byglenn November 23, 2015November 23, 2015

    Our biggest goal here at Military Frequent Flyer is to give our fellow servicemembers advice on how to travel better and more frequently. I received an email from a young Air Force SSgt Francisco, who himself is a frequent blogger and quite a prolific traveler, moreso than I am. I offered a guest post, so…

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    The Places I Go – To Djibouti and Back

    Byglenn November 10, 2015November 10, 2015

    We all know the military sends us literally to the ends of the Earth.  One of these ends is the country of Djibouti.  My command has about 100 troops deployed there at any given time.  Their mission is to stabilize the 11 countries in East Africa as part of CJTF-HOA (Horn of Africa).   I finally…

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    Top 15 Best Tips for Foot Care

    Byglenn November 7, 2015November 6, 2015

    Another guest post, this time from Alex who writes the www.authorizedboots.com blog.  Good tips for those of us who still wear boots! Written and designed by: Alex Park   Here is our list of Top 15 Foot Care Tips Only wear shoes that fit comfortably What counts as comfortable is actually very hard to measure,…

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    The Complete List of Free Veterans’ Day Meal Deals

    Byglenn November 5, 2015November 4, 2015

    Another guest post, this time from Bobby.  Should come in really handy next week.  Hope you are able to take advantage of one of these great deals.  Thanks Bobby! 2015 Veterans Day Free Meals Veterans Day is coming up soon. To honor the sacrifice that veterans and active duty members have shown for their country,…

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    Enroll in the UK’s Version of Global Entry

    Byglenn November 4, 2015November 2, 2015

    Received an interesting email based upon being a Global Entry member.  Might be good if you travel through Britain frequently.  Personally, I found clearing London Heathrow to be a royal pain (pun intended)! You are receiving this message because you have been identified by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as a U.S. citizen enrolled…

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