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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 April 2009	Frequent Flyer Economic Stimulus A McClatchy Newspapers article suggests giving someone frequent flyer miles to help in their search for work.
InsideFlyer February 2009	Advantage Goes to AAdvantage The American AAdvantage program grew by almost three million members in 2008.
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 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 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 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 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 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 April 2007	Award Availability Survey Airline executives identified the lack of award availability as the aspect that frustrates frequent flyer program members the most.
InsideFlyer June 2011	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Randy imagines the world without frequent flyer miles.
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 January 2011	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks 2011 will be the dawn of a new age of the enlightened frequent traveler.
InsideFlyer June 2009	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks In 1981, AAdvantage invented the modern day mileage-based frequent flyer program. In 2009, AAdvantage has invented the modern day model of award redemption flexibility.
InsideFlyer May 2011	Spirit Airlines 5,000 Bonus Miles Spirit Airlines FREE SPIRIT members can earn 5,000 bonus miles just for signing up for a sweepstakes.
InsideFlyer February 2009	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks A look at the future of award redemptions, plus a cautionary tale.
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 January 2009	60 Seconds with Yapta.com's CEO, Tom Romary Tom Romary, CEO, answers a few questions about Yapta's new frequent flyer award seat alert service, and what changes site users can expect to see in the future.
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 September 2007	The FFPs of the Middle East We map out the options and provide information and advice for frequent flyers in the Middle East.
InsideFlyer May 2009	Radisson 500 FFP Miles Per Night Radisson Hotels & Resorts is offering 500 miles per night's stay at Radisson.
InsideFlyer December 2013	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks By and large, I have no strong feelings about United's recent changes. Do I declare it's a major devaluation? Not really, it just means it will likely be more difficult for me to get those awards based on the number of miles I am willing to fork over for a redemption.
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 February 2010 Randy Petersen	Opening Remarks The author has something to say about possible government-run frequent flyer programs.
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 2014	Annoying Award Fees SmarterTravel.com recently listed the six most annoying airline fees and two frequent flyer program fees made the list.
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 December 2009	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks There are some things, some bad, some strange and some that just don't add up, about upcoming changes to US Airways' award chart.
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 October 2014	Airline Loyalty Anyone? A recent poll conducted by TheStreet found that 63 percent of Americans do not have an airline they prefer to fly.
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 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 March 2011	Arik Air Launches WingsPlus West Africa's Arik Air has launched its first frequent flyer program, Arik WingsPlus.
InsideFlyer May 2012	Forbes Says: Spend 'em Forbes says rising fuel costs and the bankruptcy of American Airlines could hurt frequent flyers.
InsideFlyer December 2007	Continental Shift Continental Airlines announces changes to its OnePass frequent flyer program.
InsideFlyer July 2009	Lufthansa Buy Miles Promotion Members of Lufthansa Miles & More can get 20 percent more miles when purchasing miles from Aug. 1 to Aug. 31.
InsideFlyer September 2008	United's Award Accelerator Mileage Plus has introduced a new Award Accelerator, which gives members the option to pay a fee and earn double or even triple miles for a flight.
InsideFlyer April 2009	Airlines Through Fooling Around With Frequent Flyer Headaches Major news for every member of a frequent flyer program in North America.
InsideFlyer March 2009	Miles & More Hilton Stays Hilton HHonors and Lufthansa Miles & More have developed a new, easier way for Miles & More members to redeem miles online for hotel stays.
InsideFlyer January 2010 Gary Leff	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks A frequent flyer shares his mileage redemption wish list for 2010.
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 June 2010	Award Seat Study During February and March IdeaWorks made 6,160 award booking queries on the Web sites of 22 frequent flyer programs and have released their findings regarding award seat availability.
InsideFlyer July 2009	Purchase Miles When Booking Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines is now offering travelers the option to purchase additional miles at a discounted price when you book a flight at alaskaair.com.
InsideFlyer May 2009	Gold Passport Changes Free Internet access for elite members and no blackout dates for award nights are two of the biggest changes Hyatt has made to the Gold Passport program.
InsideFlyer April 2011	Combining Mileage Plus and OnePass Miles Although United Mileage Plus and Continental OnePass won't be combined into a single program until next year, frequent flyer members can now freely transfer their miles between accounts and combine their elite activity.
InsideFlyer September 2010	Transferring Miles and Points There are situations where transferring miles makes sense. Here are some of those scenarios and take a look at the different programs that allow members to transfer.
InsideFlyer May 2003	The 15th Annual Freddie Awards The very best of the frequent travel programs are honored with a Freddie Award.
InsideFlyer April 2009	Delta and Midwest Delta Air Lines has announced a marketing and frequent flyer partnership with Midwest Airlines that will start later this year.
InsideFlyer October 2012 Ric Garrido	Hotel Miles Most frequent flyer programs allow members to earn miles when staying at hotels. The table below shows which airlines partner with each of the 10 major global hotel loyalty programs.
InsideFlyer June 2012	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Are both US Airways and Delta considering changes to their existing frequent flyer programs featuring a conversion to revenue-based programs? With the changes that have already impacted this industry (miles as an industry?), there's a very strong argument that this is the way of the future.