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InsideFlyer February 2009 |
AAdvantage Vacations AAvacations.com now has a feature that shows the price of your vacation in AAdvantage miles and dollars while you search the site so that you can pay online with miles and a credit card. |
InsideFlyer February 2013 |
US Airways Lufthansa Awards US Airways Dividend Miles has unofficially denied members the ability to redeem miles for first class flights on Lufthansa for years. And now, the program has officially documented this policy. |
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 January 2009 |
BA Transfer Bonus British Airways Executive Club members will earn 30 percent bonus miles when transferring Marriott, Hilton or Hyatt hotel points into miles through Feb. 28, 2009. |
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 July 2003 |
EBay Joins the Points Game Now members of the American AAdvantage, Midwest Miles, Asia Miles and Hilton HHonors programs can redeem their miles/points for an astonishingly large assortment of items thanks to eBay's Anything Points program. |
InsideFlyer May 2011 |
Hilton HHonors Changes Hilton HHonors has added new award options for members. |
InsideFlyer November 2009 |
United Mileage Plus Hotel and Car Awards United Mileage Plus members can now redeem miles for hotel stays and car rental awards online. |
InsideFlyer December 2012 |
PointsHound Bonus Miles Frequent flyer program members can now earn miles when making hotel reservations through PointsHound.com. |
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 May 2014 |
InsideEdition Hilton HHonors recently announced award adjustments for 2014 and the news is almost non-news (which is a good thing). There will be 25 hotels going up an award category and 14 moving down - that's just a fraction of Hilton hotels worldwide. |
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 March 2010 Ric Garrido |
HHonors Points Inflation Hilton HHonors makes a system-wide loyalty points devaluation. |
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. |
InsideFlyer January 2009 |
Sextuple SkyMiles Delta SkyMiles members can rack up the miles this winter when staying at Hilton properties. |
InsideFlyer October 2009 |
Cash and Miles/Points We take a close look at the cash plus miles or points options for award redemption. |
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 September 2008 |
United's Award Accelerator Mileage Plus has introduced a new Award Accelerator, which gives members the option to pay a fee and earn double or even triple miles for a flight. |
InsideFlyer December 2010 |
AA.com Car and Hotel Awards American AAdvantage members can now redeem miles or a combination of miles and cash for car and hotel awards. |
InsideFlyer July 2010 |
Opening Hotel Doors for Miles Ric Garrido looks at how to maximize mileage earning through hotel stays. |
InsideFlyer December 2012 |
Hotel Loyalty Promotions 2012: The Way They Were A look back over 2012, one hotel chain at a time, reveals hotel loyalty promotion trends. |
InsideFlyer May 2012 |
Hilton HHonors Category Changes Hilton HHonors has announced the list of hotels that will be changing award categories this year. |
InsideFlyer February 2009 |
Hilton HHonors Point Stretchers Hilton has updated its Point Stretcher award chart to include hotels participating in the discounted awards program for dates through May 2009. |
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 February 2003 |
Changing the Game: In Points We Trust Frequent guest programs inspire some of the strongest loyalty and fiercest resistance to change. Find out why hotel loyalty programs have been, and remain, a genuine value. |
InsideFlyer June 2014 |
Hotel Points & Cash For most hotel travelers, Cash and Points offer an award option that frequently reduces the cost of hotel stays while conserving points in your account for future hotel award stays. |
InsideFlyer September 2012 |
Turkish Family Miles&Smiles Classic Plus and Elite members can now pool miles through a new Family Miles program. The new family membership allows your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 25 to pool miles in one Miles&Smiles account. |
InsideFlyer May 2013 |
Loyalty Traveler The reassignment of hotels on March 28, 2013 to 10 HHonors hotel award categories, combined with peak season rates, has many members reassessing the value of their HHonors points. |
InsideFlyer February 2009 |
Calendar Note these dates to take advantage of recent travel promotions. |
InsideFlyer November 2012 |
Surveying 2012 and Q4 Hotel Promotions This has been a transitional year for hotel loyalty programs in the face of improving hotel economics. Hotel promotions consistently provide good rebates. There seems to be incentive to remain a loyalty traveler for 2013. |
InsideFlyer February 2013 |
HawaiianMiles Premier Club As of the first of this year, when you use your miles to redeem for a one-year Premier Club membership, you will now have to redeem 40,000 miles instead of 35,000 miles. |
InsideFlyer May 2010 |
Frontier Changes Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns is making some changes to its program in an effort to align the program more closely with Midwest Airlines. |
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 |
Loyalty Traveler- Hotel Value Proposition Hotel points are a safety net against fluctuating hotel rates. |
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 September 2003 |
Shouldn't That Be iStay? For many insecure flyers in today's volatile market, hotel programs offer something of a safe haven for miles, which some fear may disappear. |
InsideFlyer August 2010 |
The Value of a Mile or Point One of the questions I get asked most often is what a mile or point is worth. People seem to wonder both what the cash value and the relative value of a mile is (though knowing one, it's easier to figure out the other). |
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 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 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 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 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 June 2012 |
2012 Summer Travel Promotions and 2009 Rewind A survey of changes to hotel rewards programs. Marriott Rewards actually has a better free night promotion offer in 2012 than they did in 2009. |
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. |
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. |
InsideFlyer July 2009 |
Bye Bye Brussels Privilege Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines are working to establish a partnership and the two airlines are waiting for approval by the European Commission to finalize the agreement. |
InsideFlyer April 2010 |
Hotel Loyalty Here's a look at the value proposition of hotel awards after recent changes - is it time to hold or fold, stay loyal or switch programs? |
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Christopher Palmeri |
Rating Frequent-Sleeper Plans Just like the airlines, nearly every major hotel chain now boasts a customer-loyalty program to lure repeat guests. |
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 May 2012 |
Flying Blue Carry Over Miles and Online Shopping Going forward for Flying Blue members, every Level mile (elite-qualifying mile) earned above your status threshold will be saved after your 'annual level check' for the following year so you don't have to start from zero every year to reach elite status. |