Better to GIVE than Receive

Better to GIVE than Receive

With the Holiday season fast approaching, it’s easy to get caught up in the frenzy of traveling, gift giving and  parties and forget about those less fortunate.

There are many ways to give back, but one of the easiest ways is sometimes over looked-Airline mile donations.  There are many organizations out there that accept airline mile donations and put them to good use.

Below are some of my favorites:

Give Back to our Troops:

  • Operation Hero Miles allows troops stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan to fly home on leave for free. It also gives family members of wounded servicemen and women free plane tickets to visit their loved ones recovering at military hospitals across the country

Give to those who are Ill:

  • Air Charity Network provides access for people in need seeking free air transportation to specialized health care facilities or distant destinations due to family, community or national crisis
  • Cool Fact: The pilots generously donate their time and the entire expense of their missions, including fuel costs, any landing fees and the standard operational maintenance costs of the aircraft

Give to children:

  • Make a Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.  Since many wishes involve air travel, donating frequent flier miles is an easy way to help grant wishes.  The Make a Wish Foundation Estimates that they need more than 2.5 BILLION miles each year to grant wishes

Just an FYI-Unfortunately The Internal Revenue Service does not recognize donations of frequent flyer miles as tax a deduction since taxes were not collected from individuals when they earned the miles.