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InsideFlyer September 2008 |
Driving Miles The best ways to top up your miles and points when renting cars. |
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 January 2012 |
Marriott Rewards MegaMiles is Back Marriott Rewards members can earn 2,000 bonus miles with every stay, starting with your second stay, from Jan. 1 through April 30, 2012, up to 50,000 bonus miles in the recurring MegaMiles promotion. |
InsideFlyer May 2008 |
The 20th Annual Freddie Awards The best travel loyalty programs, according to 629,022 frequent travelers. |
InsideFlyer July 2011 |
Life in the Air: Part 2 A conversation with mileage-savvy frequent flyers. |
InsideFlyer May 2007 |
The 19th Annual Freddie Awards The best of airline loyalty programs. |
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 September 2007 |
The FFPs of the Middle East We map out the options and provide information and advice for frequent flyers in the Middle East. |
InsideFlyer June 2010 |
United and Continental Merger The new United Airlines will surpass Delta Air Lines as the world's largest carrier and serve 370 destinations in 59 countries. |
InsideFlyer May 2009 |
Freddie Awards The 21st Annual Freddie Awards. Over 700,000 frequent flyers have spoken - did your favorite programs win? |
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 April 2012 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Randy looks at the fate of Frontier Airlines and American Airlines. |
InsideFlyer October 2004 |
Riding Out the Storm Several strategies that will help you protect your frequent flyer miles against bankruptcies, buyouts and blowhards. |
InsideFlyer May 2006 |
The Big 2-5 -- Celebrating 25 Years of Frequent Flyer Programs Frequent flyer programs have come a long way and carved their own niche these past two and a half decades. |
InsideFlyer September 2010 |
Transferring Miles and Points There are situations where transferring miles makes sense. Here are some of those scenarios and take a look at the different programs that allow members to transfer. |
InsideFlyer March 2010 |
Buying Your Way to the Top Here's how members can buy their way to elite status through credit card spending and how frequent flyers view frequent buyers. |
InsideFlyer January 2006 |
Intelligence In the wake of Starwood's recent acquisition of the Le Meridien chain... Hilton Honors has cut ties with Alaska Airlines... GlobalPass members can now convert their miles into miles or points... etc. |
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 January 2009 |
Alaska and Delta Flight Bonus Delta Air Lines and Alaska Airlines have announced they are becoming "preferred alliance partners" and customers of both airlines will benefit from being able to use each airline's lounges and reciprocal frequent flyer benefits. |
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 July 2014 |
Mileage Plan Ranks High The findings of a new survey are not surprising with Alaska and Southwest consistently ranking high in customer satisfaction and US Airways often coming in last. |
InsideFlyer November 2006 |
Rumors Are Just ... Rumors A look at the possible financial woes of the big airlines and how it might affect frequent flyer programs. |
InsideFlyer October 2005 |
Broken Promises How to cope when your frequent flyer program changes the rules. |
InsideFlyer April 2003 |
After the Flood (How United and US Airways Are Recovering From Frequent Flyer Disaster) As if frequent travelers haven't been hammered enough this past year with waves of program changes, dwindling benefits and skyrocketing awards, now they're confronting another potentially devastating blow -- the bankruptcy of their preferred airlines. |
InsideFlyer July 2010 |
Opening Hotel Doors for Miles Ric Garrido looks at how to maximize mileage earning through hotel stays. |
InsideFlyer April 2013 |
Cover Story US Airways and American Airlines announced their upcoming consolidation with the combined airline being called American Airlines. Members of American AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles have already started getting some details about what to expect from the new AAdvantage program. |
InsideFlyer March 2007 |
Expiration Policies A summary of the expiration policies from the most popular frequent flyer programs. |
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 January 2015 |
7 Frequent Flyer Myths Debunked To explore frequent travel myths versus facts, we asked BoardingArea and Prior2Boarding bloggers to share their expertise and added a bit of our own expertise. |
InsideFlyer January 2006 |
Who, What, Where and Why - Frequent Flyer Programs in 2006 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan... American AAdvantage... Delta Air Lines SkyMiles... Diners Club Rewards... Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards... etc. |
InsideFlyer December 2009 |
As the World Turns A close look at three global airline alliances addresses questions regarding the industry, as well as customers. |
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 January 2009 |
Zagat Reveals Top Airlines Zagat recently released the names of top-rated domestic and international airlines and airports, based on a survey of 9,950 frequent flyers and travel professionals. |
InsideFlyer December 2003 |
Merchandise to Miles While turning miles into merchandise hasn't proven to be revolutionary, purchasing merchandise and earning miles is all the rage. According to this article, the "mileage mall" finally came into its own this past holiday season. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Lawrence Meyers |
Why I Won't Invest in Airlines Oil prices, poor management, terrorism -- what's not to hate about the airline industry? Investors have so many other places to put their money. Why put it in a doomed industry? |
InsideFlyer August 2009 |
60 Seconds with Steve Mathwig of Midwest Miles Midwest Airlines marketing director Steve Mathwig discusses upcoming changes with the airline and whether there is any danger that the beloved chocolate chip cookies will disappear as a result of the change in airline ownership. |
Fast Company November 1999 Amy Wilson |
I Can See for Miles New and interesting ways to earn -- and spend -- your frequent flyer points. |
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 February 2006 |
Four Major U.S. Carriers Drop from Diners Club As of this year, Club Rewards points will no longer be redeemable for miles with Continental OnePass, Northwest WorldPerks, or US Airways Dividend Miles. On April 27, United Mileage Plus will be dropping, as well. |
InsideFlyer October 2010 |
AA, BA and IB It won't be long before American AAdvantage members will finally be able to earn and redeem miles on transatlantic British Airways flights. |
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 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 |
SriLankan FlySmiLes Grows Coming up on its first anniversary, the frequent flyer program for SriLankan Airlines, FlySmiLes, has been busy. |
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. |
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 April 2009 |
Award Patrol 2009 Is the perception that it's constantly getting more difficult to claim an award flight true? |
InsideFlyer December 2003 |
Best Bets iDine has the best mileage-earning opportunity, with members earning five miles per dollar spent... Members of Choice Privileges can earn a free night after two stays at participating hotels... Alaska Airlines members can earn bonus miles based on segments flown... etc. |
InsideFlyer August 2014 |
Revenue-Based FFPs What the move to revenue by major frequent flyer programs really means for members |
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 August 2009 |
Frontier/Midwest's New Republic Subject to court approval, Frontier Airlines will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., after Frontier completes its Chapter 11 restructuring later this year. |