“The trick is to keep the investors (members) thinking they can withdraw (spend) their miles at any time, even though this is increasingly not the case. Frequent flyer programs have spent almost… Continue Reading

In an article titled “Guilt trip: Luxury travelers tone it down in hard times” in USA Today, we found this: “Josh Friedman, a luxury travel consultant in San Francisco, relates how a… Continue Reading

Forbes.com recently ran an article that suggests frequent flyers in the U.S. should, “Go foreign” when looking for a frequent flyer program to give your loyalty to. The article quotes Steven… Continue Reading

Mint.com is hot on the heals of Quicken, offering a one-stop Web site for all things financial for its users. The free money management site was named the best budgeting site by Kiplinger’s Magazine… Continue Reading

Members of Amtrak Guest Rewards can earn double points on your first four Amtrak trips and triple points on your fifth and more trips March 16 through May 8, 2009 on all trains in the Amtrak system. Quadruple… Continue Reading

Now, when you redeem Aeroplan miles for any Bose award, you will receive a music code to download five free songs from the Aeroplan Music Store. Visit music.aeroplan.com soon because Aeroplan warns that… Continue Reading

FlyerTalk members conducted a poll recently regarding Northwest WorldPerks as it morphs into Delta SkyMiles. There were 10 possible answers to the following query: Are you jumping ship from NW/DL? Staying… Continue Reading

For the past two years, United Airlines has teamed up with the American Cancer Society to raise money, miles and provide some comfort to children undergoing cancer treatment. When customers donated a… Continue Reading

American AAdvantage members can earn triple miles on nonstop routes between Boston and Los Angeles, San Francisco or San Diego between March 2 and May 31, 2009. After registering online at aa.com prior… Continue Reading

Register and stay any two qualifying nights between April 6 and May 31, 2009, and then stay at least one night between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2009 and you will earn 12,000 bonus Best Western Rewards points… Continue Reading