The Platinum American Express Card has one less benefit to attract and retain cardmembers. As of Nov. 15, 2008, cardmembers no longer have the ability to book up to four complimentary companion tickets… Continue Reading
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Naughty or Nice?
We take a look back at 2008. What happened, how frequent flyers reacted and what, if anything, you can do about it. Continue Reading
Hilton Cruises
Hilton HHonors has teamed up with CruisesOnly to offer members the ability to redeem points for more than 6,500 cruises worldwide including locations such as Baja Mexico, the Caribbean, Alaska and Europe,… Continue Reading
60 Seconds with Chris Barnard, president of Points.com
Points.com launched the Global Points Exchange (GPX) program on Dec. 17, 2007. The program allows members of different loyalty programs to trade their miles and points with other GPX users. We recently… Continue Reading
One AA Fee No More
In the July issue of InsideFlyer, we reported on a new fee that American AAdvantage said it would start charging frequent flyers. The charge was $5 to book awards online. Since that time, the fee simply… Continue Reading
10,000 CO Miles
Continental OnePass members can earn up to 10,000 bonus miles per roundtrip when you fly from Newark to Hong Kong or Beijing through March 31, 2008. On qualifying roundtrips flown in J, D or Z class of… Continue Reading
Quote of the Month – November, 24 2008
“‘Frequent flyer’ is the nickname the auto insurance industry labels those with five or more claims in 10 years. Such high claim totals generally raise red flags about the credibility… Continue Reading
eBay Frequent Flyer Shenanigans
Would you pay $1,225 through an eBay auction for 145,000 US Airways miles with the promise from the seller of further monthly mileage accrual for two years? It looks as though someone did. Twenty-two… Continue Reading
Mystery Miles
UC Berkeley’s The Daily Californian recently ran a story about a case of missing miles. An American man named David Gall who lived in Italy offered to donate frequent flyer miles collected from… Continue Reading
AirTran Onboard Upgrades
If you are eyeing those empty, cushy business class seats on AirTran as you walk to the cramped coach quarters, now you can do something about it. You can get a seat that is four inches wider with seven… Continue Reading