Miles and points junkies can brush up on their skills and knowledge of loyalty programs at the Frequent Traveler University, which will be held at the Sheraton Meadowlands in New Jersey April 27-29, 2012… Continue Reading

American AAdvantage members will now be charged a fuel surcharge when redeeming miles for award flights on partner Iberia. The fuel surcharge will range from 7.5 to 30 euros, depending on the route. Bottom… Continue Reading

Enterprise car rental has added a points component to its Enterprise Plus program that allows members to earn and redeem points for free rental days. With the new Enterprise Plus program, members earn… Continue Reading

Through May 15, 2012, Southwest Rapid Rewards members can earn up to 4,000 bonus points by completing eligible partner activity and enter to win up to a million Rapid Rewards points through the program’s… 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

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

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

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

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

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