United Airlines recently discontinued the Silver Wings Plus membership-fee-based travel program for customers 55 and over. Silver Wings Plus offered savings through zone fares for the members and their… Continue Reading

Book the Best-4-Breakfast rate at Holiday Inn and pay with your Visa card, and you could win 2.9 million Priority Club points. Plus, every time you stay you are entered to win tickets to the Daytona 500… Continue Reading

JetSet, the new program from ExpressJet, is actively getting feedback from members. JetSet members recently received an e-mail message offering one point when answering an ExpressJet customer survey… Continue Reading

We ran across this nugget in the United Mileage Plus forum in FlyerTalk: “I think it shows the level of nerdiness when it’s still four days before things start for July triple miles, and I… Continue Reading

New technology has been developed whereby travelers can reserve and register their hotel rooms, encode their own keycards and then use the keycards to gain access to their assigned rooms without ever… Continue Reading

Marriott International and boutique hotel innovator Ian Schrager announced they are partnering to create a new brand — boutique, one of a kind hotels that reflect the cultural and social milieu… Continue Reading

Frontier Airlines has extended its partnership with Barclays to offer its small business customers the Frontier Airlines MasterCard BusinessCard. The BusinessCard offers 12,500 bonus miles upon activation… Continue Reading

Brazilian budget airline, Gol, is buying struggling Varig. The plan is for Varig and Gol to continue as separate companies with Varig keeping its Smiles frequent flyer program. The number of Varig planes… Continue Reading

Northwest expects to make $102 million in non-ticket revenue this year, up nearly eight times from the $13 million the airline earned from non-ticket self-service items in 2004, according to the Associated… Continue Reading

Northwest Airlines is the first airline to offer PayPal as a form of payment for airline tickets. The new way to pay for tickets is initially being offered only to WorldPerks members. And WorldPerks members… Continue Reading