In a bid to increase revenue, Northwest has doubled the fees it charges when members cash in their frequent flyer miles at a counter or over the phone. The cost is now $30, up from $15. Tickets can still… Continue Reading

Delta SkyMiles and SkyPoints card holders can earn double miles or double points respectively, on purchases made on their card through Dec. 31. Cardmembers must enroll their Delta SkyMiles credit card… Continue Reading

British Airways’ acclaimed Executive Club free bonus flight promotion is back, giving members the opportunity to earn free flights after just one transatlantic roundtrip. Through Dec. 31, Executive… Continue Reading

America West and US Airways have finalized their merger and begun operating as a single carrier. Flyers should continue to book directly with US Airways or America West as they did before the merger… Continue Reading

Paranoia will destroy ya’. Or at least put you out a few bucks a month. Despite repeated reassurances here and elsewhere, members of now-bankrupt Delta and Northwest are fretting abut the future… Continue Reading

The bankruptcy of Latin America’s biggest airline, Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense (Varig), has set off a rush by Brazilians to unload frequent flyer miles, according to Bloomberg News. Concerned the… Continue Reading

Pilot Marc Tacchi is seeing the country the way most Canadians never could — or would. He is soaring with Air Canada, here, there and everywhere, over and over again. Tacchi is currently a frequent… Continue Reading

Aeroplan wants to get more people hooked on a feeling — the “wealth effect” of collecting reward miles, according Brent Jang of The Globe and Mail (Canada). This fall, Montreal-based… Continue Reading

Consumer Reports, probably the leading consumer-advocacy magazine in the world, recently spent several weeks booking three hundred trips with frequent flyer miles. Bookings were made both online and over… Continue Reading

Star Alliance has become the first alliance to offer upgrade redemption option across the alliance, rather than on individual carrier basis. The option is now available to the members of All Nippon Airways… Continue Reading