The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) now says that loyalty points earned while traveling on employer-paid business trips are not taxable. In the past, the employee was expected to determine the fair market… Continue Reading

Club Med has recently launched a rewards program for guests, complete with an elite program. The Great Members program has three membership levels. Guests who have stayed at Club Med in the past three… Continue Reading

Subject to court approval, Frontier Airlines will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., after Frontier completes its Chapter 11 restructuring later this year. An email to… Continue Reading

Recently, an unaccompanied minor, a 10-year-old flying from Boston to Cleveland to visit her grandparents, was accidentally flown by Continental Airlines to Newark, NJ instead. To make it up to the child… Continue Reading

Petfinder.com, a Web site specializing in pet adoptions, recently listed the top five airlines for your traveling pet. Coming in at number one was Continental with the airline’s PetSafe program,… Continue Reading

Meeting planners can get a jump start to elite status with Marriott Rewards. Beginning July 15, 2009, all qualified groups, meetings and events will now count toward the elite status of the event planner… Continue Reading

United’s scheduled roll-out of upgrade co-pays on award upgrades has been moved from July 1, 2009 to Jan. 12, 2010. In addition to delaying the co-pays, United is making a couple of changes to the… Continue Reading

“Some of the most obsessive point addicts would go places and pay for tickets just to reach the next plateau of airline programs. You don’t hear about that kind of compulsive behavior these… Continue Reading

Consumer Reports has taken a look at miles and has come up with the following advice: “Large U.S. airlines typically charge at least 25,000 miles for a roundtrip domestic flight. At 1.2 cents per… Continue Reading

According to an Associated Press report, Southwest Airlines’ CEO, Gary C. Kelly, says, “We’re very dependent on business travelers, so we’re not a leisure airline like some of… Continue Reading