BoardingArea’s Frequent Miler, in collaboration with CashBackMonitor.com, is listing shopping portal alerts on his blog, displaying online miles/points merchants by the amount of miles/points earned… Continue Reading

Aeroplan is featuring a fun quiz at http://www.travelquiz.aeroplan.com that determines what type of traveler you are. You’ll be asked eight questions, and at the end, will know your travel persona… Continue Reading

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank members can now redeem their miles for JAL SKY Wi-Fi coupons. Two 60-minute usage coupons for domestic flights are 1,200 miles while one 24-hour usage coupon for international… Continue Reading

Hyatt Gold Passport and United MileagePlus have become the first major hotel and airline programs to integrate their apps with Uber to connect you with your next ride. Those using the Hyatt or United… Continue Reading

This summer, United was the first U.S. carrier to allow customers to scan their passports to check in for international flights via their iOS and Android mobile devices. After checking in via the app,… Continue Reading

JetBlue Airways will soon provide inflight crewmembers an iPad mini for use as a point of sale and document management device. Currently the iPad minis are being used by crewmembers on Mint flights, JetBlue’s… Continue Reading

Hawaiian Airlines is testing two pilot programs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that would allow customers to tag their own bags and skip the wait at the counter. Customers will be able to tag… Continue Reading

The RewardBoss.com is a new blog featured on the sister site for BoardingArea, Prior2Boarding. The Reward Boss says, “I love to travel and love to do it for free. And that is what my site is about.”… Continue Reading

By year’s end Hilton guests will be able to use their mobile devices to choose the room they wish to stay in as well as check-in and checkout at Hilton hotels. “We analyzed data and feedback… Continue Reading

The Conrad Concierge mobile app offers luxury-seeking travelers the ability to customize details of their hotel stay before, during and after each visit. You can learn about different Conrad properties,… Continue Reading