Uh oh…military members losing money on travel expenses

This is a guest post from one of our enthusiastic readers – I think he is a badass spec ops guy or something, because he will only let me publish his first name, Brian; no other identifiers. Anyways, the JTR, or Joint Travel Regulations, goes over official military policies for reimbursing military travel expenses and…

Mistake and cheap fares galore!!

If you don’t subscribe to The Flight Deal, but you like hearing about really cheap flights, you need to start! They’ve always got pretty good deals, but lately they’ve been having some incredible ones. Two recent examples:   Philadelphia – Bali on Delta: $541 roundtrip including taxes. I live in Philly, and wish I could…

Today is a dark day for manufactured spenders

I know today is supposed to be a Holiday (albeit one I don’t personally believe should be a holiday; I prefer to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day), but today is not a good day for many of us manufactured spenders. What is manufactured spending (MS)? Some of us, like GEN Glenn, fly a lot for business…

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Odds & Ends and upcoming posts

Good morning everyone, sorry about the paucity of posts over the past 3 weeks. A lot was going on, most importantly, my co-blogger, and founder of this blog, Glenn, got promoted to Brigadier General – Bravo Zulu Sir! We finally got to meet at BACon (BoardingArea Convention) in Vegas, and we had a great time….

Do You Tell Your Friends About Your Miles/ Points Hobby?

So you read Boarding Area hourly, know your mile totals on five different airlines, and calculate what year you are going to reach lifetime status in your favorite program.  You are officially a frequent flyer guru, but do you share that with others? It can be a problem at work and with friends.  You would…

Are You Flying on “Con Air”?

The wife and I are on our way to the Boarding Area Convention, known as BACON.  Been looking forward to this for awhile, especially because this will be the first opportunity to meet my co-blogger, Andy, in person!  Yep, a year together and it has all been virtual until now.  We’re going BWI-LAX-LAS to add…