Mileage Plus elite members may now redeem miles for restaurant certificates and online culinary purchases with “Dining Dough.” Elite Mileage Plus members may redeem 1,000 miles for $25 Dining… Continue Reading

National Car Rental has launched its “One-Two-Free 2005” promotion that rewards Emerald Club members one free car rental day when they take two separate rentals of at least two consecutive… Continue Reading

American Express has enhanced its Membership Rewards program with the addition of Private Jet Rewards, a new luxury travel redemption option allowing members to redeem points for private jet travel through… Continue Reading

Hurricane Katrina has devastated the cities, homes, and lives of fellow Americans. Help is trickling in, but much more is needed. We’d like to call on the frequent travel community to lend a hand… Continue Reading

A recent issue of Consumer Reports includes a report on frequent flyer programs, and in their careful analysis, reports that after some 300 telephone calls to various frequent flyer programs, nearly 93… Continue Reading

Seeking to fill a void of protecting miles for members of frequent flyer programs left open when AwardGuard (the popular program introduced in 1991) was no longer able to secure insurance coverage after… Continue Reading

FlyerTalk Live! chat has introduced its fall chat session with executives from the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards program available to take and answer questions and listen to their members’ thoughts… Continue Reading

US Airways and America West, which have now completed the details of their merger, are consolidating their frequent flyer programs. Starting this month, members of US Airways’ Dividend Miles and… Continue Reading

American Express has added a new benefit to Membership Rewards, allowing members to instantly redeem points for travel online. Members can now go to http://www.americanexpress.com/travel to redeem points… Continue Reading

Points International, the folks who bring you the Points.com currency-exchange Web site, have gone Broadway. A musical comedy production called Plane Crazy is rewarding theatergoers with miles from six… Continue Reading