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InsideFlyer
August 2009 |
United's Upgrade Co-Pays United's scheduled roll-out of upgrade co-pays on award upgrades has been moved from July 1, 2009 to Jan. 12, 2010.   |
InsideFlyer
August 2009 |
JAL Discounts Upgrades JAL Mileage Bank members living in the Americas can redeem miles for upgrade awards at a 50 percent discount or more. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Julie Moline |
Fly Better With planes flying full, competition for upgrades is intense. How can you increase your chances of getting lucky? Here are some tips for getting yourself to the upper class. |
InsideFlyer
February 2009 |
Upgrade FAQs Here's a look at those elusive upgrades. We know you want them and answer some commonly asked questions about how to get them. |
InsideFlyer
January 2009 |
OK Plus Adds Awards, Partner With the new SkyTeam upgrade awards, Czech OK Plus members can now upgrade to business class for miles on all SkyTeam international or connecting domestic fights. |
InsideFlyer
May 2011 |
United Award Chart Changes United Mileage Plus has modified its award chart and members who redeem their miles for upgrades will now be faced with higher co-pays and more expensive mileage requirements. |
InsideFlyer
February 2013 |
Red Carpet Treatment Achieving the highest elite status is the strategy many members use to travel in the premium cabin without paying any extra money. And if you're lucky enough to fly an airline from a non-hub airport, your chances of being upgraded improve even more. |
InsideFlyer
May 2009 |
KrisFlyer Upgrade Points Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer members will earn special upgrade points on all qualifying flights flown between April 1 and June 30, 2009, including all Singapore Airlines flights that are eligible to earn miles. |
InsideFlyer
April 2009 |
Award Patrol 2009 Is the perception that it's constantly getting more difficult to claim an award flight true? |
InsideFlyer
January 2009 |
60 Seconds with Yapta.com's CEO, Tom Romary Tom Romary, CEO, answers a few questions about Yapta's new frequent flyer award seat alert service, and what changes site users can expect to see in the future. |
InsideFlyer
September 2005 |
United Sells Access to Better Seats United Airlines has begun selling one-year "subscriptions" to Mileage Plus members who want to upgrade to roomier seats. |
InsideFlyer
October 2012 |
Delta Award Changes Delta broke one of the cardinal sins of the frequent flyer world when it published a new award chart on Sept. 1, 2012 without notifying members. |
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 2005 |
Broken Promises How to cope when your frequent flyer program changes the rules. |
InsideFlyer
May 2009 |
Upgrades with Privilege Club Qatar Airways has created more upgrade opportunities for Privilege Club members. |
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
May 2011 |
JAL and AA AL Mileage Bank has changed some of its policies on earning and redeeming miles with airline partner American Airlines. |
InsideFlyer
February 2006 |
Winning The Battle - Award Redemption in 2006 With most airline flights full of paying passengers, it might come as a surprise that there's hope that you, too, can really get the award you want. But it's not always an easy fight. |
InsideFlyer
July 2014 |
OK Plus Extends Mileage Expiration Czech Airlines has made changes to the OK Plus frequent flyer program to extend mileage expiration and has added several member benefits. |
InsideFlyer
March 2011 |
Flying Blue Upgrade Awards Air France Flying Blue members can now redeem miles for upgrade awards online. |
InsideFlyer
November 2012 |
Spirit Airlines Adds Online Award Booking Fourteen years after the first airline, Northwest Airlines, introduced online award booking for members, Spirit Airlines has finally announced that FREE SPIRIT members can search for and book award tickets online. |
InsideFlyer
October 2011 |
Last-Minute Awards Here's a look at claiming and changing award flights close to departure. |
InsideFlyer
March 2007 |
Low-Fare Airlines Conquer the World A look at the new low-fare carriers in countries outside the Americas, and more specifically, their relation to frequent flyer programs. |
InsideFlyer
July 2009 |
Cathay Asia Miles Discount Asia Miles members can redeem 20 percent fewer miles for one-way and roundtrip upgrades or roundtrip companion awards on all eligible Cathay Pacific and Dragonair flights. |
InsideFlyer
June 2010 |
Value of a Mile We look at the different ways frequent flyers assign value to miles to help you decide when to spend miles or cash. |
InsideFlyer
May 2013 |
Awards by the Numbers We looked at the airlines annual 10-K reports to see how many awards were redeemed by frequent flyer members and which airlines have higher percentages of flyers on award tickets. |
InsideFlyer
August 2014 |
Revenue-Based FFPs What the move to revenue by major frequent flyer programs really means for 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
October 2008 |
Blurring the Lines of Loyalty Starwood Preferred Guest is blurring the lines between hotel and airline loyalty programs. Hotel points? Award flights? |
InsideFlyer
February 2009 |
Advantage Goes to AAdvantage The American AAdvantage program grew by almost three million members in 2008. |
InsideFlyer
September 2012 |
Upgrade Auctions Etihad Airways has launched a new upgrade system where passengers can make a bid for a chance to fly in the next higher cabin, Diamond first class or Pearl business class. |
InsideFlyer
July 2010 |
Delta SkyMiles Award Fee Changes Delta SkyMiles has announced some changes that will go into effect immediately and others that will be implemented by this fall or next year. |
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
January 2008 |
Theory of Evolution When Darwin posed that complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors, little did he know that he was also forecasting the evolution of frequent flyer programs. |
InsideFlyer
May 2011 |
Miles & More Bonus With the Miles & More Bonus Promotion, members residing in Germany can earn additional rewards when flying Miles & More airlines. |
InsideFlyer
April 2012 |
High Flyer or Big Spender We look at the differences between FFPs that reward flyers for the miles they fly or the amount they spend. |
InsideFlyer
November 2014 |
Arik Air Launches FFP Nigeria's Arik Air has launched the Arik Affinity Wings frequent flyer program. New members get 1,000 bonus miles for signing up. |
InsideFlyer
March 2009 |
Flying Blue Changes In a move that sets the program apart from others, Flying Blue members who are not elite members cannot redeem their miles for a first class seat regardless of how many miles they have in their account. |
InsideFlyer
January 2013 |
SAS Upgrades SAS EuroBonus members can now use points for confirmed flight upgrades booked from Economy Extra to business class up to 24 hours prior to flight departure for a maximum two flights and up to four passengers upgraded in one reservation. |
InsideFlyer
December 2008 |
Naughty or Nice? Here's a look back at 2008. What happened, how frequent flyers reacted and what, if anything, you can do about it. |
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
April 2010 |
United Mileage Plus Changes United Airlines has announced changes to its award chart, effective April 27, 2010. |
InsideFlyer
September 2011 |
More Mileage Plus Changes In addition to a new credit card, other upcoming changes have been announced for the new combined Mileage Plus and OnePass frequent flyer program. |
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. |
InsideFlyer
August 2004 |
Perception/Reality People complain about the difficulty of redeeming frequent flier awards. We decided to put the perception to a test by actually calling the airlines and trying to book awards. |
InsideFlyer
January 2010
Gary Leff |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks A frequent flyer shares his mileage redemption wish list for 2010. |
InsideFlyer
April 2007 |
Award Availability Survey Airline executives identified the lack of award availability as the aspect that frustrates frequent flyer program members the most. |
InsideFlyer
November 2010 |
BA and AA now BFF American Airlines AAdvantage members and British Airways Executive Club members can finally earn and burn miles on transatlantic flights between the U.S. and U.K. on either airline. |
InsideFlyer
October 2005 |
Consumer Reports Validates Award Availability A recent issue of Consumer Reports reports that, after some 300 telephone calls to various frequent flyer programs, nearly 93 percent of the time they were able to secure an award. |
InsideFlyer
January 2012 |
British Airways Changes When British Airways announced their upcoming changes to the Executive Club program, they didn't publish the new award charts and give members a chance to redeem at the old rates before implementing the changes. |
