We haven’t heard much from Choice Hotels lately, though their 5,000 properties under the Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion, Sleep Inn, MainStay Suites, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn brands… Continue Reading

The popular FlyerTalk Live! chat sessions, which feature executives from a variety of frequent traveler programs from around the world, kicks off the 2003 season by hosting both the Managing Director… Continue Reading

It’s all the buzz in the heartland. Midwest Express, that maven of quality service in the center of the nation, has changed its name. Enter Midwest Airlines and Midwest Connect. And perhaps more… Continue Reading

Based on an interview with Cendant a few months back here in Inside Flyer, the launch of the Cendant loyalty program was scheduled just about now. But it seems a lingering technology bug will delay that… Continue Reading

Cash-strapped Air Canada has sold a 35-percent stake of Aeroplan to Onex Corp., the company of one Gerry Schwartz, who in 1999 headed a hard-fought and unsuccessful campaign to buy the airline. Onex shelled… Continue Reading

A group of Delta SkyMiles members has filed a complaint in federal court in New York, claiming that the carrier has unfairly restricted award availability by allowing SkyMiles members to earn miles through… Continue Reading

Keeping up with changes in the telecommunications/frequent-flyer world is about as easy as … well, it’s not easy at all. With MCI/Worldcom slogging through its own problems, and Sprint and… Continue Reading

As business travel budgeteers tighten their collective belts, some companies are looking at their frequent flying employees as a potential gold mine of savings. According to the New York Times, cash-strapped… Continue Reading

In a special issue commemorating its 10th anniversary, business periodical Latin Trade named the American AAdvantage program the “Best of Latin America,” based on a survey of 70,000 executives… Continue Reading

The challenging domestic alliance involving Delta SkyMiles, Continental OnePass and Northwest WorldPerks (which is hoping to secure a more kindly blessing from the DOT) may, as soon as March 1, allow… Continue Reading