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The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Rich Duprey	Frequent Flyer Air Support Nearly a dozen airlines let travelers donate frequent flyer miles to help injured troops fly home.
InsideFlyer December 2011	Hotels for Heroes Lawmakers seek to expand the Hero Miles program to include Hotels for Heroes, a program that will allow members of loyalty programs to donate their hotel points to wounded members of the Armed Forces and their families.
InsideFlyer June 2005	Wounded Troops, Families Receive Free Tickets The Fisher House Foundation has given out nearly 3,000 free airline tickets to war-wounded service members and their families under its current partnership with the Operation Hero Miles program.
InsideFlyer December 2003	Operation Hero Miles Large numbers of Americans have donated their unused frequent flyer miles to the Department of Defense to help troops travel home and spend quality time with their loved ones, without worrying about how much it will cost.
InsideFlyer December 2007	Charitable Miles We delve into giving miles and points to charity. Who does it? Why do they do it? And the benefits of giving.
InsideFlyer November 2008	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks: The Credit Crisis Thoughts on the credit crunch and its impact on earning miles with credit cards.
Fast Company November 1999 Amy Wilson	I Can See for Miles New and interesting ways to earn -- and spend -- your frequent flyer points.
InsideFlyer October 2014	Ethics of a Mile Do you own your frequent flyer miles, or does the airline own the miles in your account? If you earn the miles, do you have the right to dispose of them as you see fit?
InsideFlyer October 2005	Delta to Merge "Grandfathered" Miles with Newer Ones Delta Air Lines is telling longtime customers that its oldest frequent flyer program is going away next year, but its points will still be usable. Member reaction has been mixed.
InsideFlyer June 2011	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Randy imagines the world without frequent flyer miles.
InsideFlyer November 2006	Going, Going, Gone As part of Delta's "streamlining" of the SkyMiles program all of the old Frequent Flyer Miles will be converted into the newer SkyMiles.
InsideFlyer February 2009	Taking Back Your Miles Should you buy back your miles if they expire? We weigh the options and give advice on whether you should take advantage of buy-back policies.
InsideFlyer October 2005	America West, US Airways Merge Programs Starting this month, members of US Airways' Dividend Miles and America West's FlightFund can earn and redeem miles throughout both airlines' routes.
Fast Company September 2001 Ron Lieber	3.5 Trillion Miles... and Counting They are the world's most powerful promotional currency -- a medium of exchange that people manage almost as carefully as cash. So what does the future hold for frequent-flier miles? Answers to seven high-flying questions.
InsideFlyer September 2012	Never Say Never Last month, American AAdvantage announced that miles earned prior to July 1, 1989, known as "Miles with No Expiration" will automatically be converted on Nov. 1 to "Miles Subject to Expiration" and will indeed expire if you don't earn or redeem miles at least once every 18 months.
InsideFlyer September 2005	Congress Racking Up the Miles Ever since the government declared that federal employees could keep frequent flyer miles earned on taxpayer-funded travel, they've been doing just that.
InsideFlyer April 2009	Frequent Flyer Economic Stimulus A McClatchy Newspapers article suggests giving someone frequent flyer miles to help in their search for work.
InsideFlyer October 2005	Broken Promises How to cope when your frequent flyer program changes the rules.
InsideFlyer September 2012	Flying Blue Rollover Miles Flying Blue elite-level members can now carry over any extra Level Miles (elite-qualifying miles) earned into the following year.
InsideFlyer June 2011	My 30-Year Love Affair with Frequent Flyer Miles A look back at 30 years of frequent flyer programs. It all started with AA.
InsideFlyer May 2009	Radisson 500 FFP Miles Per Night Radisson Hotels & Resorts is offering 500 miles per night's stay at Radisson.
InsideFlyer December 2005	What's Number One on This Year's List? The perfect gift for your frequent traveler this year is Mileage Pro, an insiders guide to frequent flyer bonus programs.
InsideFlyer February 2011	AA Mileage Challenge If you ever find yourself with expired miles (and we hope that you don't) be sure to call the airline and ask them for all of the options that are available to you for getting them back.
InsideFlyer January 2011	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks 2011 will be the dawn of a new age of the enlightened frequent traveler.
InsideFlyer March 2006	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Frequent Flyers Whether you're a million-miler or a new mileage consumer, practicing these habits will help you survive and thrive in today's world of miles and points.
InsideFlyer October 2012 Ric Garrido	Hotel Miles Most frequent flyer programs allow members to earn miles when staying at hotels. The table below shows which airlines partner with each of the 10 major global hotel loyalty programs.
InsideFlyer August 2014	Revenue-Based FFPs What the move to revenue by major frequent flyer programs really means for members
InsideFlyer April 2011	Combining Mileage Plus and OnePass Miles Although United Mileage Plus and Continental OnePass won't be combined into a single program until next year, frequent flyer members can now freely transfer their miles between accounts and combine their elite activity.
InsideFlyer October 2004	Riding Out the Storm Several strategies that will help you protect your frequent flyer miles against bankruptcies, buyouts and blowhards.
InsideFlyer July 2006	Study: Value of a Mile Jumps in 2005 The value of a frequent flyer mile seems to be increasing, and yet other measures suggest a troubled mileage marketplace, according to IdeaWorks in its new analysis of frequent flyer mile.
InsideFlyer July 2009	Purchase Miles When Booking Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines is now offering travelers the option to purchase additional miles at a discounted price when you book a flight at alaskaair.com.
InsideFlyer June 2009	Buy AAdvantage Miles Get Bonus Through June 30, 2009, members of American AAdvantage who purchase AAdvantage miles through specific miles programs will get 30 percent more miles.
InsideFlyer September 2012	Qantas and UNICEF As of Sept. 1, 2012, Qantas Frequent Flyer members are able to redeem Frequent Flyer points to make a donation to UNICEF through the Qantas Frequent Flyer Store.
InsideFlyer October 2007	The (Unlawful) Sale of Awards Thousands, if not millions, of frequent flyers have wondered, "Why can't I do with my frequent flyer miles as I wish? They are my miles, after all." And on several occasions they have found themselves making their case in court.
InsideFlyer July 2011	Life in the Air: Part 2 A conversation with mileage-savvy frequent flyers.
InsideFlyer March 2009	MAS Civil Servant Program Malaysia Airlines has launched its Enrich-GOM program, which is a frequent flyer program for civil servants.
InsideFlyer August 2014	Proposed IRS Changes and FFPs The IRS is considering changes to the tax code that would tax corporations for loyalty programs whenever a consumer accrues the benefits, rather than when the consumer uses the points or miles or when the points or miles expire.
InsideFlyer June 2007	Miles Metropolis A few cautionary tales of how far some people will go to get free flights and look at legitimate, but what some might call extreme, ways to get miles.
InsideFlyer July 2005	Hidden Assets? A look at what value frequent flyer programs have as hidden airline assets, and what going public might mean to members.
InsideFlyer March 2009	10 New FFP Commandments There's bold new thinking behind the best ways to get the most out of your frequent flyer miles these days.
InsideFlyer March 2008	Bonus Miles for Dining Multiple frequent flyer programs are offering bonus miles for dining out this month.
InsideFlyer August 2006	German Court: Miles Belong to Employer CNN has reported that a German court recently ruled that miles earned for business travel belong to the employer, not the employee.
InsideFlyer November 2007	To Hoard or Not to Hoard Is hoarding miles and points as popular as it used to be? Or has the horde of hoarders disappeared?
InsideFlyer August 2013	Opening Remarks There's something new out there that certainly points toward further establishing the frequent flyer mile as a universal reward currency.
InsideFlyer February 2010 Randy Petersen	Opening Remarks The author has something to say about possible government-run frequent flyer programs.
InsideFlyer July 2009	Lufthansa Buy Miles Promotion Members of Lufthansa Miles & More can get 20 percent more miles when purchasing miles from Aug. 1 to Aug. 31.
InsideFlyer April 2012	Citibank Lawsuit In a federal class action lawsuit, Citibank customers are suing because they say the bank lured them in by offering frequent flyer miles, and not telling them that they would have to report those miles as 2.5 cents per mile income to the IRS.
InsideFlyer August 2009	Supersize your HawaiianMiles Hawaiian Airlines has joined other airlines in offering members the option to purchase additional miles at a lower cost than buying miles without flying.
InsideFlyer August 2014	Buy Miles No More at Miles & More In an unusual move for the industry, Lufthansa Miles & More no longer sells miles to members.
InsideFlyer September 2014	JAL Award Sale on US Airways JAL Mileage Bank members can spend fewer miles for US Airways domestic U.S. economy class flights completed by Oct. 3, 2014.