Virgin America Elevate members can now buy points for themselves in increments of 500 at the cost of $26 per 500 points, up to 20,000 points per calendar year. They can also choose to gift points to other… Continue Reading

Marriott Rewards members can earn a free-night certificate for every third paid stay completed between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2010, up to a maximum of two free nights. Plus, after your third paid stay, you… Continue Reading

Earn 15,000 bonus Priority Club Rewards points when you take a break with Holiday Inn Club Vacations this spring. Register and complete a stay of at least four nights at Holiday Inn Club Vacations locations… Continue Reading

Starwood Preferred Guest members in the U.K. can now earn points with a new co-branded SPG American Express credit card. Cardholders earn one point for every pound spent on the card plus a 10,000-point… Continue Reading

Effective July 1, 2010, Marriott Rewards will no longer partner with American AAdvantage. On that date, AAdvantage members will no longer earn miles for Marriott stays, so the last date to earn miles… Continue Reading

Carlson Marketing recently published a white paper titled “Low Cost Carriers & Loyalty: The FFP as the Ultimate Ancillary Revenue” and outlined some of the ways that low cost carriers… Continue Reading

In last month’s Inside Look, we reviewed US Airways Dividend Miles and we mentioned their hefty award fees as one of the minus features of the program. While the award processing fees aren’t… Continue Reading

IHG Priority Club Rewards’ “Biggest Free Nights Offer” from 2009 was the most successful promotion ever for the program according to Eric Pearson, chief marketing officer for the Americas… Continue Reading

In our May issue, we took a look at award choices for our cover story. We also recently conducted two surveys regarding your award choices and here’s a little of what we learned. Stopovers on award… Continue Reading

There’s some good news for holders of a Gold, Platinum or Reserve Delta SkyMiles credit card from American Express, especially if you are not an elite member of the SkyMiles program. As of June… Continue Reading