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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 December 2009 |
US Airways' GoAwards US Airways is introducing sweeping changes to its award structure, starting Jan. 6, 2010. |
InsideFlyer April 2010 |
United Mileage Plus Changes United Airlines has announced changes to its award chart, effective April 27, 2010. |
InsideFlyer December 2007 |
Continental Shift Continental Airlines announces changes to its OnePass frequent flyer program. |
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 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 December 2009 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks There are some things, some bad, some strange and some that just don't add up, about upcoming changes to US Airways' award chart. |
InsideFlyer January 2015 |
Delta SkyMiles Eliminates Stopovers Delta recently announced as part of the new SkyMiles program, stopovers are no longer allowed on award travel booked on or after Jan. 1, 2015 |
InsideFlyer September 2014 |
InsideEdition International As of Oct. 15, 2014, Lifemiles is changing the mileage redemption for Avianca and Star Alliance member airlines. |
InsideFlyer April 2011 |
United's New Award Rules United Mileage Plus recently changed some policies around award booking and updated the website to allow members to choose the award type, class of service and payment method. |
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 October 2005 |
Broken Promises How to cope when your frequent flyer program changes the rules. |
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 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 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 September 2008 |
Alaska Alters Alaska Airlines has announced changes to the Mileage Plan program effective Nov. 1, 2008. |
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 January 2010 Gary Leff |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks A frequent flyer shares his mileage redemption wish list for 2010. |
InsideFlyer February 2009 |
Advantage Goes to AAdvantage The American AAdvantage program grew by almost three million members in 2008. |
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 January 2009 |
SkyTeam Upgrades SkyTeam recently launched an upgrade program that allows frequent flyer program members to use their miles to upgrade to business class when flying on any of the 10 SkyTeam member airlines. |
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 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 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 April 2012 |
10-K Award Statistics We compiled this information from the SEC's EDGAR database for 2011 to give you an idea of how many award flights were booked last year. |
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 April 2009 |
Award Patrol 2009 Is the perception that it's constantly getting more difficult to claim an award flight true? |
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 October 2009 |
Cash and Miles/Points We take a close look at the cash plus miles or points options for award redemption. |
InsideFlyer December 2013 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks By and large, I have no strong feelings about United's recent changes. Do I declare it's a major devaluation? Not really, it just means it will likely be more difficult for me to get those awards based on the number of miles I am willing to fork over for a redemption. |
InsideFlyer June 2009 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks In 1981, AAdvantage invented the modern day mileage-based frequent flyer program. In 2009, AAdvantage has invented the modern day model of award redemption flexibility. |
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 May 2010 |
Award Choices 2010 We take a look at some of the ways to spend your miles after you've flown the miles. |
InsideFlyer January 2010 |
Free Seats Faster with Spirit Spirit Airlines is making the route to free flights quicker for FREE SPIRIT World MasterCard cardholders by introducing a new award chart for credit cardholders with lower mileage thresholds. |
InsideFlyer April 2014 |
Delta Releases New Award Chart Charts don't make happy members, redemption success stories do. Delta, your clock has just started, albeit seven months early. |
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 June 2009 |
AAdvantage Flex American AAdvantage has announced new options when redeeming miles for flight awards. |
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. |
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 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 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 2007 |
How Best to Redeem Your Awards The current buzz word for award redemption is calendaring. |
InsideFlyer April 2004 |
SEC Reports: Just the Facts How much does your award cost the airline? Frequent flyers should be particularly interested in the facts about loyalty programs, including the nitty-gritty on the number of awards used and how much they cost. |
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 September 2012 |
JAL Awards For JAL flight awards issued from Oct. 1, 2012, new rules will be implemented for awards with itineraries including JAL and one other partner. |
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 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 September 2010 |
What's Ahead for Delta SkyMiles Delta SkyMiles no longer charges for booking an award at the last minute, so if you can wait and be flexible with your travel plans, check out the Current Award Seat Availability Chart before going to the award calendar. |
InsideFlyer October 2009 |
60 Seconds with Rick Rasmussen, Director of Customer Loyalty at Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan. Alaska Airlines recently hosted a wine reception for its MVP Gold members. What other types of events have you held for your elite members and why do you host them? |
InsideFlyer March 2004 |
Best Value: The Top 10 Awards of All Time A look back through the years, and through the charts, in search of the awards that rank as the all-time best of the best. |