How to Donate Airline Tickets to Service Men

Service men and women are not always eligible for government-funded airfare. Donations from American citizens can help both soldiers and their families in scenarios where airfare is not covered. Donated airline tickets can help soldiers receive medical treatment at veteran hospitals and assist families in visiting their loved ones. "Hero Miles," a government-sponsored program organized through the Fisher House, can assist you in donating airline miles.

Instructions

1. Contact the Hero Miles program at www.fisherhouse.org/programs/heromiles to donate frequent-flyer miles. You can donate frequent flyer miles you have from Airtran, Alaska, American, Continental, Frontier, Midwest, United, Northwest and U.S. Airways.

2. When you have arrived at the website, click on the "donate miles" link at the very bottom. Here, you will find contact information for each individual airline. Each airline offers a simple online form that you can fill out to donate your accumulated frequent-flyer miles.

3. Credit card frequent-flyer miles can be donated as well. Simply convert your credit card points to miles with one of the Hero Miles-affiliated airlines and then follow the steps above.

4. You will receive confirmation of the donation of your frequent-flyer miles from the airline with which you accumulated them.

References

• The Fisher House: Hero Miles