Qantas Frequent Flyer members will be required to use more points when choosing to pay for award surcharges, fees and taxes with points from April 1, 2012. Members will be charged an additional 350 points… Continue Reading

Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Australia have announced that they are now FFP earning and redeeming partners. Members have been able to earn miles on all three airlines since 2010… Continue Reading

You may remember the Match My Miles Challenge from Capital One last year where new Capital One Venture cardmembers could receive a match of 100,000 bonus miles if they provided proof of having earned… Continue Reading

If you reached Million Miler status on American Airlines just prior to the Dec. 1, 2011 change to their new ruling that elite-status miles must be earned when flying only, you might be interested in the… Continue Reading

“Our passion is miles and points.” – MegaDo founder Tommy Danielsen, as quoted in USA Today. Continue Reading

Following the lead of the U.S. and some European countries, Canada is looking to require domestic airlines to disclose full fares to consumers when flying that include the taxes and fees by the end of… Continue Reading

You may remember Gabriel Leigh, a UC Berkeley graduate student who created a 20-minute documentary about frequent flyers as his master’s thesis. We interviewed him in the January 2010 issue of InsideFlyer… Continue Reading

In a federal class action lawsuit, Citibank customers are suing because they say the bank lured them in by offering frequent flyer miles, and not telling them that they would have to report those miles… Continue Reading

Starwood Preferred Guest has announced their annual hotel category changes for 2012. As usual, the majority of hotels did not change category, but there are more hotels that moved up a category than moved… Continue Reading

Marriott Rewards announced their 2012 hotel category changes a little over a week after SPG’s announcement. As with Starwood, more hotels will be going up a category compared to those that are going… Continue Reading