SaluteScoutMilitary Discount Flights: Sources and Google Result Audit
This record separates airline-owned policy pages from third-party claims. The initial Google page-body audit was completed September 26, 2026; selected checks were refreshed September 27.
Initial body audit: September 26, 2026. Google and Southwest targeted checks: September 27, 2026. No ticket was booked and no eligibility was verified.
Search and reading method
Query: military discount flights. Search URL parameters were hl=en, gl=us, and pws=0. The result page footer said location could not be determined. Results were read on September 26, 2026 using the configured Playwright MCP.
Order below preserves the observed sequence of standard web-result links. Ads, AI Mode controls, People also search modules, and Q&A results were not used as ordinary page-body evidence. Each readable result was opened and its body read; snippets did not replace an unreadable page.
The page exposed nine web-result links and displayed a notice that one result had been removed under a DMCA complaint. No tenth result URL or body was available, so the sample is incomplete at position 10; no replacement was invented.
Targeted recheck on September 27, 2026 found the same nine standard web links and the same DMCA notice. People also search suggestions were collected separately as unranked query ideas. The Reddit Q&A page returned HTTP 403 when opened for language research; no title or snippet was used as a user quote.
Observed Google web results
| Observed order | Google result and URL | Publisher/type | Body read and status | What the body supports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Forces Travel | Official U.S. government leisure-travel portal | Body read in Playwright; HTTP 200. | Flights are a listed product. Page names eligible patron groups; its broad leisure-savings language does not publish a flight-specific rate. |
| 2 | Fly High for Less | Military Discount Flights | Third-party travel seller | Homepage body read in Playwright; HTTP 200. | Its FAQ claims 10% to 40% off retail prices. A matched route, fare class, dates, and comparison-price base were not shown in the body read. |
| 3 | GOVX: Flights powered by MilitaryFares | Third-party member marketplace | Body read in Playwright; HTTP 200. | Advertises exclusive airfare discounts to GOVX members, without a percentage, fare base, or complete eligibility list in the body read. |
| 4 | Purple Heart Foundation: Partnerships: Military Fares | Nonprofit partner-promotion page | Body read in Playwright; HTTP 200. | Promotes MilitaryFares and describes travel discounts; it does not publish a fare percentage or airline policy terms. |
| 5 | Military OneSource: American Forces Travel Discounts | Official .mil result | Playwright navigation returned net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED. The page body was not read. | Unknown. The Google result title and snippet were not used as page-body evidence. |
| 6 | United: Book a Government or Military flight | Official airline booking page | Body read in Playwright; HTTP 200. | A government or military fare search form is present. The readable form page does not give a public rate or complete eligibility terms. |
| 7 | Southwest: Military Travel and Benefits | Official airline policy page | Body read in Playwright; HTTP 200. Fare and baggage FAQ answers were expanded September 26; the military-fare FAQ was re-read September 27. | Confirms military fares; states phone or ticket-counter booking, eligibility, check-in ID, points restriction, and a separate active-duty baggage exemption. |
| 8 | Reddit r/army question thread | Q&A result excluded by the audit rule | Excluded as a Q&A result. A direct Playwright read on September 27 returned HTTP 403; no body claim was used. | No title or snippet was treated as user wording; no content-gap or policy finding was taken from this result. |
| 9 | WeSalute | Third-party military-benefit membership page | Result page and linked Breeze offer body read in Playwright. The offer page rendered after login-free navigation. | The linked WeSalute offer page claims a Breeze 15% base-fare discount for specified new round trips, No Flex fares, and Nice, Nicer, or Nicest bundles; it is not treated as an airline-owned policy. |
Official source pages
Official pages control their own fare, baggage, eligibility, booking-channel, and date statements. A blank or unreadable field remains Unknown.
| Official source | Read state | Finding used | Field boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines: Military benefits | Playwright body read; HTTP 200. | Military or government fares in some markets, Reservations inquiry, and separate checked-bag allowances. | No universal military-fare percentage or ordinary-fare eligibility list is stated on the page. |
| Southwest: Military Travel and Benefits | Playwright body read; HTTP 200; fare and baggage FAQ sections expanded September 26; fare FAQ re-read September 27. | Phone or counter booking for military fares; eligible active-duty groups and dependents; separate government-fare channels; active-duty baggage waiver limits. | The page gives no universal fare percentage or ticket-price base. |
| United: Government or military fare search | Playwright body read; HTTP 200. | Dedicated search page for a government or military flight. | Fare amount, full eligibility, and baggage rules are Unknown from this page body. |
| United: Military benefits and discounts and Military verification | Playwright navigation timed out and the worker disconnected. Direct page extraction returned only a JavaScript-required shell; no policy body was recovered. | No claims from these pages were used. | Eligibility, percentage, base, verification, dependents, and baggage details remain Unknown. |
| Delta: Military Travel Benefits and Military Baggage | The Playwright navigation to Delta timed out. Current official page text was then retrieved through the available web-research reader; no Playwright HTTP status was captured. | Active-duty benefits, the separately described military medical-emergency fare, and published baggage counts and size limits. | No general public fare percentage or purchase base was found in the page text read. |
| American Forces Travel | Playwright body read; HTTP 200. | Official online leisure-travel site, listed flight-search route, and eligible patron groups. | Its public page does not identify a flight-specific discount percentage; hotel savings are not used as an airfare rate. |
| Alaska: Military fares and Salute to Service | Both official URLs returned HTTP 406 in Playwright. | No body claims used. | Current fare, baggage, eligibility, and booking terms are Unknown. The 406 response is not a denial. |
| Military OneSource | Playwright returned net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED for the Google result URL. | No body claims used. | Unknown; no snippet, cache, or archive replaced the unreadable original. |
Third-party, historical, and unknown claims
Third-party rates stay attributed to their publishers and are not substituted for airline policy. No historical offer page was used as current evidence in this review.
| Third-party page | Claim and basis as read | Eligibility/channel/date boundary |
|---|---|---|
| MilitaryFares | FAQ claims 10% to 40% off retail prices. A comparable route, dates, fare class, and base were not provided in the text read. | Its page lists active duty, veterans, reservists, National Guard, and immediate family and describes verification through military ID, DD-214, VA ID, or GovX. These are MilitaryFares' claims, not airline-wide terms. No offer end date was found in the text read. |
| GOVX Flights powered by MilitaryFares | Promotes exclusive domestic and international airfare discounts for GOVX members; no percentage or fare base is stated in the body read. | Sign-up is the visible action. The page's eligible-group detail was not expanded in the readable body; exact groups and end date remain Unknown. |
| Purple Heart Foundation partnership page | Partner page promotes MilitaryFares travel deals and rates; it gives no airline-issued rate or matched comparison. | Referral promotion only. It does not establish carrier eligibility, booking rules, fare base, or expiry. |
| WeSalute: Breeze Airways offer | WeSalute states 15% off base fares for new round-trip reservations bought through flybreeze.com or the Breeze app with a unique code; it names No Flex fares and Nice, Nicer, or Nicest bundles. | WeSalute names active duty, veterans, National Guard, Reserve, and immediate family members. It says free or premium WeSalute membership; an end date is Unknown from the text read. Breeze-owned confirmation was not recovered. |
Unknown fields are not negatives. No cached or archived copy was used to replace an unreadable page. The MilitaryOneSource URL had a DNS-name resolution error; Alaska returned 406; the United policy pages did not expose a readable body. On September 27, 2026, American Forces Travel returned 403 with a human-verification prompt, so its current body remains Unknown. MilitaryFares and GOVX were readable and their current structure was reviewed; the GOVX eligible-groups panel describes GOVX membership, not airline fare terms.
Rate, base, restrictions, channel, and date register
- American: some-market military or government fares; rate and ticket base not stated; Reservations inquiry; page read September 26, 2026.
- Southwest: military fare confirmed; rate and purchase base not stated; phone or ticket counter; active-duty, orders, cadet, dependent, accompaniment, and check-in ID rules are stated on the official page; fare FAQ re-read September 27, 2026.
- United: government or military search form read; rate, base, eligibility, and baggage details Unknown from the readable form.
- Delta: general fare rate/base Unknown; a separately described medical-emergency fare has its own relationship and hospital-info conditions; active-duty baggage allowance has separate orders/personal limits.
- American Forces Travel: flight search route is listed; a flight-specific percentage/base is not published in the body read. Broad leisure-savings language is not used as an airfare rate.
- Alaska and Military OneSource: current page terms Unknown because the official URL was not readable.
- Third-party: MilitaryFares' 10%-40% range lacks a matched fare base; WeSalute's Breeze 15% claim specifies base fare, round trip, booking path, and fare products, while the offer end date remains Unknown.