ALCGPSC 026/19 - AMERICAN FORCES TRAVEL – LEISURE TRAVEL WEBSITE

20 MAR 19

UNCLAS //N01710//
ALCGPSC 026/19
SUBJ: AMERICAN FORCES TRAVEL – LEISURE TRAVEL WEBSITE
1. Through a partnership with the DoD Services, Coast Guard Morale, Well-Being, and
Recreation (MWR) is happy to announce the launch of the first and only military travel
booking engine, www.americanforcestravel.com.
2. American Forces Travel is a new MWR program arising from a joint service initiative
combining the efforts of the five branches of service.  Because the Internet is now the
most popular way to research and book travel, MWR chose to evolve their travel offering
to bring this to the convenience to the patron base.  DoD has contracted with a world
leader in travel, Priceline, to deliver high value travel benefits to the U.S. military
community. American Forces Travel provides online leisure services to our MWR
patrons, empowering them to revitalize, reconnect, and most importantly, be mission-
ready.
3. In addition to enhancing quality of life for the military community, American Forces
Travel will return revenue to MWR programs by providing commissions from every
reservation made.  While there are many for-profit online leisure travel offerings
marketing to the military today, American Forces Travel is the only official joint service
owned online leisure travel program.
4. American Forces Travel is a full-service travel booking platform, including air fare,
discounted prices for more than 70,000 hotels worldwide, major car rental brands, travel
packages, and cruise vacations.  American Forces Travel also features package booking
options, a way for users to save even more when you travel.  With this new MWR leisure
travel website, you can be stationed anywhere in the world and still get the best available
prices, no matter where you live and work.  American Forces Travel offers a Best Price
Guarantee, so if you find a lower price for the same product within 24 hours of making
the reservation, they will refund 100% of the price difference.
5. American Forces Travel is currently open to all active duty military, eligible family
members, and retirees who are eligible to use MWR programs.  DoD will make it
possible for appropriated and non-appropriated fund civilian employees, and the Coast
Guard Auxiliary, to participate in the near future.  To start your next trip, visit
www.americanforcestravel.com and click “Get Started.” First-time users will be asked to
verify their eligibility with the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
(DEERS) database. The verification process is secure and the requested information is
not retained.
6. American Forces Travel is offering a Cruise Sweepstakes as an incentive to visit the
website.  The sweepstakes will have one, five thousand dollar Grand Prize and five, two
thousand five hundred dollar First Prizes to use toward booking your next cruise on
American Forces Travel.  The best vacation is a free vacation, and it is simple to register
for a chance to win one of these six prizes.
7. CAPT G. T. Prestidge, Commander, CG Personnel Service Center, sends. The Service
Center for our most important resource – Our people.
8. Internet release authorized.