Program of Fisher House Foundation
Fact Sheet
The Hero Miles Program provides round-trip airline tickets to wounded, injured, and ill service
members and/or their families who are undergoing treatment at a military or VA medical center; or who
are attending an authorized event. Flights are made possible through frequent flyer mile donations made
by individual airline passengers.
Fisher House Foundation administers the Hero Miles and Hotels for Heroes programs in partnership
with the Department of Defense, in accordance with Public Law 108-375, Section 585, 2005 Defense
Authorization Act, which was amended in 2011.
Airline Partners
Fisher House Foundation partnered with the following airlines: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines,
Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, and United Airlines.
* The Hero Miles program provides airline tickets for wounded, injured, or ill service members and their
families. These tickets can only be used for travel related to the service member’s medical condition
and/or continuing rehabilitation. Limited exceptions are permitted in accordance with the individual
airline agreements.
How the Program Works
There are two categories of eligible recipients:
1. Wounded, injured, and ill service members on approved leave may be given a round-trip airline
ticket for a trip from the medical center to their home or to attend an authorized event, if they are
not eligible for government funded airfare.
2. Wounded, injured, and ill service members may be given a round-trip airline ticket to enable their
family or close friends to visit them while they are undergoing treatment at an authorized medical
center.
The request for tickets originates with the service member and is forwarded to Fisher House Foundation
by social work staff, the family assistance center at a medical center, or through service casualty offices.
For more information about Hero Miles and Fisher House Foundation, check out our website at
www.fisherhouse.org, or contact us at 888.294.8560.
3/21/2018
