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2019-01-25 Government

U.S. Department of Defense and Priceline team up to create travel booking site for military

[USA Today] The United States Department of Defense has enlisted the online travel agency Priceline to create a new leisure travel site for current and retired U.S. military personnel.

The new website, American Forces Travel, will give the military community access to hotel, flight, car rental and cruise deals. There will also be negotiated prices on vacation homes, apartments and packages for savings up to 60 percent.

More than 1 million hotel deals will be available in more than 71,000 destinations around the world.

The Department of Defense has about 1.3 million people in active service around the world.

But at launch, American Forces Travel will be open to more than 6.5 million active and retired members of the U.S. military community.

All five branches of the U.S. armed forces ‐ including the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard ‐ will be part of the program. Others who are eligible to become users are Medal of Honor recipients and American Red Cross and USO paid personnel serving outside of the USA.

Department of Defense civilians serving within and outside of the USA will also be able to sign up. Family members of all of these groups will be able to use the site.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-25 02:49|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 But your on-duty bookings will still be either Military Airlift Command or Carson Wagonlit Agency.
No progress there.

Posted by ed in texas 2019-01-25 07:24|| 2019-01-25 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Bid too low and you get stuck in a C-130.

Posted by Jack Greagum5721 2019-01-25 08:41|| 2019-01-25 08:41|| Front Page Top

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