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The good news: British Airways now offers online award booking. The not-so-good news: It may be harder than you think to secure an award seat, as only direct, non-partner flights can be booked using this… Continue Reading
Fancy winning 1 million Marriott Rewards points? Marriott International is offering Rewards members who book a reservation online and stay before Feb. 28 a chance to win one of four 1-million point prizes… Continue Reading
The nwa.com Club is now open to new members. WorldPerks members can join the club, which is basically an online discount program, for a fee of $35 annually. So what do you get for your money? Well, not… Continue Reading
It seems that the Department of Transportation has had a slow year so far. At the half way mark (January-June), the DOT has received 87 complaints related to frequent flyer programs, as compared to 139… Continue Reading
Mortgage rates have reached a 31-year low, and mileage-earning mortgage partnerships are at an all-time high. The good news -- many frequent flyers are aware of this potentially lucrative trend. The bad… Continue Reading
Through June 30, Mileage Plus members can enter to win one million miles or $25,000. The only problem with this sweepstakes is that you need to re-enter every day to increase your probability of winning… Continue Reading
On Thursday, April 11, FlyerTalk Live! will host Susan Kirkelie, senior director, Marketing Programs at Southwest Rapid Rewards. The chat will begin at 8 p.m. ET. Directly following the chat, the boards… Continue Reading
FlightFund members wishing to sign up for Internet service or switch Internet providers will be happy to hear that they can now earn 5,000 bonus miles for doing something they were going to do anyway… Continue Reading
In other sweepstakes news, Dollar Rent A Car has lined up over 1 million frequent flyer miles for its online sweepstakes, which will run through Nov. 30. Dollar will award a monthly prize of 100,000 miles… Continue Reading
While 1,000 miles seems to be the going rate for booking your flights online (excepting the 4,000 mile first-time booking bonuses), the Continental OnePass and US Airways Dividend Miles programs have… Continue Reading