Frequent Flier Programs
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American Makes a Few More Minor Changes, But This Time There’s Plenty of Advance Notice
As the days go by, American and US Airways make more and more progress on bringing the two airlines together. Yesterday there…
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Cranky on the Web (April 7 – 11)
American makes changes to its frequent flier program – Ft Worth Star-Telegram I was asked to comment on American’s recent changes to…
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Delta Shakes Up SkyMiles but Fails to Give The Details Needed to Evaluate the Change Properly
Last week, Delta announced a major overhaul of the SkyMiles program that changes points-earning from a mileage-based scheme to a revenue-based one.…
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JetBlue Now Allows Family Pooling of Frequent Flier Points
If you’re not already a member of JetBlue’s TrueBlue frequent flier program, you might have missed the airline’s announcement that it will…
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Some Basic Suggestions on Airline Frequent Flier Programs (Guest Post)
There is a ton of strategy that goes into maximizing frequent flier miles and there are plenty of websites devoted to that…
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United Copies and Pastes Delta’s New Elite Revenue Hurdle
You guys love your elite status with United, don’t you? When the airline started sending emails about new spending requirements to earn…
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Cranky on the Web (March 25 – 29)
Southwest Airlines: We’re Not Really About Cheap Flights Anymore – Time I spoke with Brad Tuttle at Time as a follow-up to…
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And Now For a Really Stupid Lawsuit
I received a request from Janet Cho at the Cleveland Plain Dealer to comment on a story last week about a man…
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Don’t Be Afraid to Use Your Miles
I don’t write about frequent flier miles too often, because a) there are plenty of others who focus on it day in…
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Delta Introduces Medallion Qualifying Dollar Hurdle for Elite Qualification
In case you missed it between the 787 grounding and American’s new livery, Delta made a subtle but important change to its…
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How Mileage Runs Became Addictive or, Why I Just Booked a Two Day Trip to Doha (Guest Post)
Over at Cranky Concierge, we’ve been booking a lot of so-called “mileage runs” for clients this month. This happens at the end…
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Cranky on the Web (July 23 – 27)
Virgin America Announces Elite Rewards Program – Fodor’s Here are some details on Virgin America’s new elite program for frequent fliers. Where…