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InsideFlyer
April 2009 |
Frequent Flyer Economic Stimulus A McClatchy Newspapers article suggests giving someone frequent flyer miles to help in their search for work.   |
InsideFlyer
June 2011 |
My 30-Year Love Affair with Frequent Flyer Miles A look back at 30 years of frequent flyer programs. It all started with AA. |
InsideFlyer
June 2011 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Randy imagines the world without frequent flyer miles. |
InsideFlyer
January 2012 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Mileage-based frequent flyer programs were invented in the U.S. and remain the home of the largest travel rewards programs in the world. Yes, they celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2011, but what's new with U.S.-based programs? |
InsideFlyer
January 2011 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks 2011 will be the dawn of a new age of the enlightened frequent traveler. |
InsideFlyer
July 2011 |
Opening Remarks How people see frequent flyers will likely change if the planned full media exposure of the life of the high flyer comes to fruition in some major media outlets. |
InsideFlyer
November 2008 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks: The Credit Crisis Thoughts on the credit crunch and its impact on earning miles with credit cards. |
InsideFlyer
August 2013 |
Opening Remarks There's something new out there that certainly points toward further establishing the frequent flyer mile as a universal reward currency. |
InsideFlyer
June 2007 |
Miles Metropolis A few cautionary tales of how far some people will go to get free flights and look at legitimate, but what some might call extreme, ways to get miles. |
InsideFlyer
January 2010 |
60 Seconds with Graduate Student Gabriel Leigh Interview with Gabriel Leigh, a graduate student in journalism at UC Berkeley, who created a 20-minute documentary about frequent flyer programs and the mileage junkies who collect miles and status. |
InsideFlyer
October 2014 |
Ethics of a Mile Do you own your frequent flyer miles, or does the airline own the miles in your account? If you earn the miles, do you have the right to dispose of them as you see fit? |
InsideFlyer
March 2009 |
10 New FFP Commandments There's bold new thinking behind the best ways to get the most out of your frequent flyer miles these days. |
InsideFlyer
February 2009 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks A look at the future of award redemptions, plus a cautionary tale. |
InsideFlyer
May 2009 |
Radisson 500 FFP Miles Per Night Radisson Hotels & Resorts is offering 500 miles per night's stay at Radisson. |
InsideFlyer
March 2009 |
MAS Civil Servant Program Malaysia Airlines has launched its Enrich-GOM program, which is a frequent flyer program for civil servants. |
InsideFlyer
March 2011 |
Arik Air Launches WingsPlus West Africa's Arik Air has launched its first frequent flyer program, Arik WingsPlus. |
InsideFlyer
November 2007 |
To Hoard or Not to Hoard Is hoarding miles and points as popular as it used to be? Or has the horde of hoarders disappeared? |
InsideFlyer
August 2010 |
Opening Remarks Randy studies a recent Canadian court ruling that may change the way you value your miles. |
InsideFlyer
November 2014 |
MileagePlus and Aeroplan London Bonus United MileagePlus members can earn up to 35,000 bonus miles on nonstop flights from the U.S. or Canada to London on United or Air Canada through Dec. 12, 2014. |
InsideFlyer
July 2008 |
FlyerGuide Wiki This wiki is a collaborative effort where everyone is invited to share their knowledge of all things related to frequent travel programs and travel in general. |
InsideFlyer
September 2012 |
Never Say Never Last month, American AAdvantage announced that miles earned prior to July 1, 1989, known as "Miles with No Expiration" will automatically be converted on Nov. 1 to "Miles Subject to Expiration" and will indeed expire if you don't earn or redeem miles at least once every 18 months. |
InsideFlyer
October 2007 |
One Million Dividend Miles Winner The grand-prize winner in the US Airways "Vacations Million Miles, Million Dreams Sweepstakes" said he "forgot" that he had entered the contest. |
InsideFlyer
March 2004 |
Ohio Bureaucrats In Trouble for Using Miles Employees or board members of the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority may have broken the law by accumulating or using for personal use frequent flyer miles accumulated during government business -- a misdemeanor offense that can result in fines and jail terms. |
InsideFlyer
October 2013 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Randy comments on the United MileagePlus card, problems calculating credit offered for air travel miles, and Delta SkyMiles latest travel packages. |
InsideFlyer
January 2009 |
Emirates Looks to Australia Emirates Skywards members can now earn and burn miles on Virgin Blue and has launched an Australian-based frequent flyer credit card to lure Aussies to the airline. |
InsideFlyer
January 2009 |
SkyTeam Upgrades SkyTeam recently launched an upgrade program that allows frequent flyer program members to use their miles to upgrade to business class when flying on any of the 10 SkyTeam member airlines. |
InsideFlyer
May 2012 |
Forbes Says: Spend 'em Forbes says rising fuel costs and the bankruptcy of American Airlines could hurt frequent flyers. |
InsideFlyer
December 2012 |
PointsHound Bonus Miles Frequent flyer program members can now earn miles when making hotel reservations through PointsHound.com. |
InsideFlyer
September 2005 |
Virgin Blue: FFP Due by Christmas Virgin Blue chief executive Brett Godfrey hopes to release details of the airline's long-awaited frequent flyer plan by the end of the year. |
InsideFlyer
September 2012 |
Qantas and UNICEF As of Sept. 1, 2012, Qantas Frequent Flyer members are able to redeem Frequent Flyer points to make a donation to UNICEF through the Qantas Frequent Flyer Store. |
InsideFlyer
January 2011 |
AA and JetBlue The two carriers have announced that they will be expanding their relationship and launching a reciprocal frequent flyer agreement. |
InsideFlyer
September 2008 |
Driving Miles The best ways to top up your miles and points when renting cars. |
InsideFlyer
November 2012 |
Loyalty Litigation The U.S. is a litigious nation. So it's not surprising that some of these lawsuits involve frequent flyer program members who are bitter about unfavorable changes made by a loyalty program. |
InsideFlyer
September 2005 |
Congress Racking Up the Miles Ever since the government declared that federal employees could keep frequent flyer miles earned on taxpayer-funded travel, they've been doing just that. |
InsideFlyer
October 2012 |
Delta Award Changes Delta broke one of the cardinal sins of the frequent flyer world when it published a new award chart on Sept. 1, 2012 without notifying members. |
InsideFlyer
February 2010
Randy Petersen |
Opening Remarks The author has something to say about possible government-run frequent flyer programs. |
InsideFlyer
July 2006 |
Study: Value of a Mile Jumps in 2005 The value of a frequent flyer mile seems to be increasing, and yet other measures suggest a troubled mileage marketplace, according to IdeaWorks in its new analysis of frequent flyer mile. |
InsideFlyer
October 2007 |
The (Unlawful) Sale of Awards Thousands, if not millions, of frequent flyers have wondered, "Why can't I do with my frequent flyer miles as I wish? They are my miles, after all." And on several occasions they have found themselves making their case in court. |
InsideFlyer
January 2008 |
Theory of Evolution When Darwin posed that complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors, little did he know that he was also forecasting the evolution of frequent flyer programs. |
InsideFlyer
August 2014 |
Revenue-Based FFPs What the move to revenue by major frequent flyer programs really means for members |
InsideFlyer
November 2012 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Just because Halloween was just upon us doesn't mean that this column is about creepy crawly things, but rather it's about the creep of changes certainly to come from your frequent flyer program. |
InsideFlyer
May 2012 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Randy writes about the return of the Freddie Awards and the recent news that Delta Air Lines is looking to purchase an oil refinery. |
InsideFlyer
October 2005 |
Consumer Reports Validates Award Availability A recent issue of Consumer Reports reports that, after some 300 telephone calls to various frequent flyer programs, nearly 93 percent of the time they were able to secure an award. |
InsideFlyer
February 2009 |
Taking Back Your Miles Should you buy back your miles if they expire? We weigh the options and give advice on whether you should take advantage of buy-back policies. |
InsideFlyer
July 2014 |
OK Plus Extends Mileage Expiration Czech Airlines has made changes to the OK Plus frequent flyer program to extend mileage expiration and has added several member benefits. |
InsideFlyer
August 2011 |
60 Seconds with Delta SkyMiles Diamond Medallion Member Ron Hernandez He bid more than 483,000 miles in an online auction to win the opportunity to help build houses in China with Delta and Habitat for Humanity. |
InsideFlyer
January 2015 |
7 Frequent Flyer Myths Debunked To explore frequent travel myths versus facts, we asked BoardingArea and Prior2Boarding bloggers to share their expertise and added a bit of our own expertise. |
InsideFlyer
January 2007 |
Inspector General Weighs in on FFPs A follow-up review of frequent flyer programs reveals that little progress has been made in commitment to customer service. |
InsideFlyer
April 2012 |
Citibank Lawsuit 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 as 2.5 cents per mile income to the IRS. |
InsideFlyer
January 2009 |
Aeroplan Miles War Child Canada Members of Aeroplan can now donate miles to War Child Canada through the Beyond Miles program. |
