January 29, 2024

Ep. 32: Military Travel Tips and Secrets with Laura Lopez of I Travel With Laura

39 minutes

Today we are chatting with Laura Lopez from I Travel with Laura (@i.travel.with.laura), who is a speaker at the Bougie in a Backpack Virtual Travel Summit. Laura is a combat veteran, and mom who loves to travel, and teaches you how to leverage military benefits to travel more. Military active duty and some reserve and guard get many consumer card annual fees waived thanks to the SCRA. In this epsiode, we chat about:

How to get your credit card fees waived if you are active duty or if you are on orders for 30 days or more for reserve or guard

Which cards are the best for Military under SCRA

Which lounges will let you in for free if you are military (not just the USO!)

Which airlines will let you board early

Discounts Military members can get for travel accommodations, attractions, events, and concerts

Tips for traveling in Puerto Rico, and food recommendations in Guavate

Which cards don’t waive annual fees (avoid these!)

How you can get your interest reduced to 0% APR even on cards that do not waive annual fees

What cards are helpful to get if your are military and need to build your credit

Pros and Cons of using Space-A

..and more!

You can find Laura here:

IG: ⁠instagram.com/i.travel.with.laura⁠

Facebook: I Travel With Laura

www.itravelwithlaura.com/

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Cards that are recommended for Military who fall under SCRA come with built in benefits, such as Uber credits, airline credits, free night certificates, and tend to have high annual fees (that you don't need to worry about!). :

⁠https://milevalue.com/creditcards/american-express-gold-card/?aff=biab⁠

https://milevalue.com/creditcards/the-platinum-card/?aff=biab

https://milevalue.com/creditcards/southwest-rapid-rewards-priority/?aff=biab

https://milevalue.com/creditcards/marriott-bonvoy-brilliant/?aff=biab

https://milevalue.com/creditcards/world-of-hyatt-card/?aff=biab

https://milevalue.com/creditcards/hilton-honors-surpass-card/?aff=biab

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