Discounts & Benefits Scott's View: New Exclusive for Spring: Exclusive Plants.com Discounts We're proud of our longtime partnership with 1800Flowers, which continues to grow with new lifestyle-enhancing benefits exclusively for Veterans Advantage. This week, we unveil 20% VetRewards Exclusive savings with Plants.com.

Military & Veterans News Scott's View: Remembering our Vietnam Veterans This past week our nation recognized Vietnam Veterans Day to honor the service and sacrifice of Vietnam Veterans. The official day, March 29 was designated by our nation only 4 years ago. It’s been a long time coming.

Military & Veterans Life Scott's View: Remember the Medal of Honor This week’s “National Medal of Honor Day” was created to “foster public appreciation and recognition of Medal of Honor Recipients.” As a board member of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, this day holds special meaning for me. It is our nation’s highest military honor and represents the six values of courage, sacrifice, patriotism, citizenship, integrity, and commitment. David Semour, a West Point graduate, Army veteran, chief operating officer of American Airlines and a partner of Veterans Advantage, leads the Foundation as its Chairman.

Discounts & Benefits How to Get Your VetRewards Exclusive Travel Discounts Verizon wants to thank you for your service by offering you a discount. If the news reports are true, you are likely to be thinking very hard about finally getting that vacation.

Discounts & Benefits Scott’s View: Women’s History Month & the Coronavirus Anniversary We hope you enjoy this week’s HeroVet in recognition of Women’s History Month. The remarkable story about the Navy’s Julia Parsons, who just turned 100, is about the humility women like Julia had to demonstrate while serving our country during World War II. She served as a code-breaker, and no doubt saved countless American lives. But her role was top secret for 50 years. Today, we want to give her a long-overdue “thank you” for her tremendous service to our country.

WeSalute Awards Scott’s View: David Goggins Inspires Us All by Overcoming Rounding out Black History Month, we’ve profiled former Navy SEAL and motivational speaker David Goggins as our Veterans Advantage HeroVet. He’s overcome so many hurdles - from racial, financial, physical, and emotional - that his story resonates with nearly all Americans. And it inspires us to move forward with our own lives to overcome the challenges we all face.  

Discounts & Benefits Scott’s View: New Exclusives from Veterans Advantage for February If you’re like me and have gotten the COVID vaccine, it’s exciting to start traveling again! You’re eligible for 10% OFF Alaska Airlines when you book and travel by March 31, and you get risk-free reservations with waived cancellation and change fees. Alaska 10% OFF ticket discounts are on all fare types: Saver, Main, and First Class. You’ll be eligible for 5% OFF for the remainder of the year. You can learn more about these exclusive airline ticket discounts on Alaska, plus American, United, and JetBlue for spring and summer travel in Travel & Lifestyle on the Military Discounts Marketplace.

Military & Veterans Life Scott's View: February is Black History Month I’m honored and privileged to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medal of Honor Foundation. I’m proud to support the work and values of an extraordinary group of Americans, the Medal of Honor Society and its 69 living recipients.   

Discounts & Benefits Scott's View: Valentine’s Day Exclusives with Veterans Advantage The first, and hopefully only, socially distanced Valentine’s Day holiday is only nine days away, Reminder - early ordering is more important than ever.

Military & Veterans Life Scott's View: Super Bowl Head Coaches Andy Reid & Bruce Arians Had Military Dads We hope you enjoy today's VetFamily feature story on Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid, the son of a hard-charging disciplinarian Navy

Military & Veterans News Scott's View: Operation Desert Storm: 30 Years Later This month marks the 30th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, what most Americans remember as “Gulf War I.” As efforts for peace and troop drawdowns in the region remain a priority, we want to recognize the service and sacrifices of our veterans of that war. You are not forgotten. Thank you!

Military & Veterans News Looking Forward to a Better 2021 Like most of you, I was horrified by the events in the U.S. Capitol last week. There is no excuse for the violence of last week in Washington, and we mourn the senseless deaths of those caught in the crossfire. No doubt you feel that the intensity of anger and hostility in our nation has reached historic highs, and the adage “we’re all in this together” needs a renewed focus.

Military & Veterans News Scott's View: New Year’s 2021 Resolutions and More Savings to Come! Happy New Year! Here’s hoping the year 2021 is a much better one than the last.

Military & Veterans Life Scott's View: Our National Guard's Birthday & the Latest Holiday Exclusives First off, a big shout out and a Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army National Guard. Our "citizen soldiers" are 384 years old this week! Organized on December 13th, 1636, they met for their first drill three months later, on the village green in Salem, Massachusetts.

Military & Veterans News Scott’s Corner: Heroes Meet Heroes 2020 Memories with Veterans & Olympians For the past nine years, Veterans Advantage has hosted U.S. active duty military, veterans and their families to celebrate their service to our country on Veterans Day. 

Discounts & Benefits "Your Honor" Premieres on SHOWTIME with VetRewards savings The holiday season is looking different this year for all of us, with fewer Christmas parties and more time lounging on the couch during the COVID-19 pandemic. Binge watching is the new norm.

Military & Veterans News Scott’s View: Cyber Monday Discounts with Veterans Advantage We hope you had a restful and enjoyable Thanksgiving weekend. Lin and I dedicated most of our weekend to Zoom calls with our family and friends. We have so much to be grateful for!

Military & Veterans News Scott’s View: Black Friday & Cyber Monday Savings with Veterans Advantage Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be more popular than ever since nearly all of America is planning on shopping from home this year.

Military & Veterans News Holiday Shopping With Veterans Advantage We hope you had a memorable Veterans Day last week! Thank you for your service to all who have served, continue to serve and your families.

Military & Veterans News Scott’s View: Our Veterans Day Wishes to You Thanks to Lin Higgins who created it 8 years ago, the “Heroes Meet Heroes” live event at the New York Athletic Club  in New York City every November, has become a time to honor the spirit of s

Military & Veterans News New For Veterans Day: New Bonus Cash Incentive from Ford In last week’s Benefits Alert newsletter, we told you about Ford, and today I wanted to relay breaking news about a new savings opportunity from our longtime partner. For a limited time, you can upgrade to VetRewards for our deep Ford X-Plan pricing, which can save you thousands PLUS another $500 Bonus Cash on your 2020/2021 Ford SUVs -- EcoSport, Escape, Edge, Explorer and Expedition. You only have until January 4, so check it out today.

Military & Veterans News Scott’s View: Show Your VetRewards Card on Veterans Day The VetRewards Card delivers tremendous value for subscribers. For starters, it qualifies you to take advantage of dozens of exclusive savings in our Military Discounts Marketplace. Secondly, you can show your card at over 100,000 physical locations nationwide - such as car rental counters, pharmacies, Ford car dealerships and AT&T stores, among others - for additional VetRewards Exclusive savings.

Military & Veterans Life Scott’s View: Veterans Day 2020 is Coming Up Fast -- Are You Ready? We’re less than a month away from Veterans Day. Wow. It is hard to believe because I often feel like we’ve been in a time machine since March with the start of the pandemic. But there’s something about the word “November” that always brings me back home, to remembering service and my fellow veterans. 

Military & Veterans Life Scott's View: Our 9/11 Response: The Invasion of Afghanistan 19 Years Ago On October 7, 2001, our nation responded to the 9/11 attacks. Operation Enduring Freedom started with the invasion of Afghanistan. Known as Operation Freedom's Sentinel since 2015, it is the longest war in US history.