Where to buy Plane Tickets

Rather than leaving your miles to be wasted, consider giving them to help enlisted men join their families.

Although a soldier can be granted two weeks' holiday from duty to share with his or her family, the procedure is not always easy. Military personnel receive a free air ticket to a specific target, but are individually accountable for payment of the air ticket to their ultimate target. Often this means buying expensive tickets that many just can't buy.

Airplane tickets can be expensive if they are bought at the last moment, which is the case in an unforeseen case of distress. A number of programmes allow passengers to turn their airline Miles into donations that can be given to troops to return to their homes or to send a member of their household to an Injured Warrior.

Unless you are a Frequent Flyer and do not have mileage, you can verify that these organisations also allow tax-deductible gifts of money. When you want to make a contribution to help a soldier buy air tickets, consider giving your mileage to the Hero Jones programme or the Let's bring em home organisation.

Fisher House Foundation runs the Hero Kilometre programme. AirTran Airways, Alaska Airways, American Airways, Continental Airways, Delta Airways, Frontier Airways, Midwest Airline, United Airline and U.S. Airways. Travelers of member carriers can spend their air miles on military personnel and their family.

How the programme works is that mileage that is given is collected on account set up exclusively for the purposes of giving it to warriors. Every carrier may have different demands on the number of mileage it will be accepting. As soon as the mileage is collected, the Fisher House Foundation will pass it on to troops who need free flight.

If you would like to contribute to the Hero Members Membership Programme, please go to the Fisher House Foundation's website for a full listing of airline companies and funding requests. Let's Bring Em Home was founded in 2001 and organizes free flight tickets for members of the armed forces. Most of the organisation concentrates on travelling during the Christmas period so that during the Christmas period the troops can spend quality Christmas holidays with their family.

It works by bringing together a military man with a sponsor who has at least 25,000 air miles. 25,000 air miles. or more. This amount corresponds to the cost of a return flight fare. Let's bring Em Home only accept annual contributions. As soon as all applications are approved, the programme will close for the year.

Are you interested in making a Let's Bring Em Home gift, please review their website for its current state. As a rule, application and contributions are received shortly before Thanksgiving. Should you have any queries about the gift, you can e-mail us at info@lbeh.org. If you plan to donate your mileage, have your information organised so that the whole thing is easy and straightforward.

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