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InsideFlyer
June 2010 |
Value of a Mile We look at the different ways frequent flyers assign value to miles to help you decide when to spend miles or cash.   |
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 2006 |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Frequent Flyers Whether you're a million-miler or a new mileage consumer, practicing these habits will help you survive and thrive in today's world of miles and points. |
InsideFlyer
October 2009 |
Cash and Miles/Points We take a close look at the cash plus miles or points options for award redemption. |
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
March 2010 |
60 Seconds with Craig Landry - Aeroplan's Senior Vice President, Partnership and Rewards In 2009, Aeroplan issued an average of 5,600 awards per day and to date, more than 600 billion miles have been redeemed for over 16 million seats. The Senior Vice President of the company talks about the frequent flyer program. |
InsideFlyer
July 2005 |
Hidden Assets? A look at what value frequent flyer programs have as hidden airline assets, and what going public might mean to members. |
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 2010 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Updates on reward programs for the airline and hotel industries. |
InsideFlyer
August 2014 |
Revenue-Based FFPs What the move to revenue by major frequent flyer programs really means for members |
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
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
October 2008 |
Blurring the Lines of Loyalty Starwood Preferred Guest is blurring the lines between hotel and airline loyalty programs. Hotel points? Award flights? |
InsideFlyer
January 2013 |
Miles as Money Over the past few years, airlines have been slowly adding more non-flight award options for members to use their miles; from experiential awards, to auctions, to electronics and merchandise. |
InsideFlyer
October 2004 |
Riding Out the Storm Several strategies that will help you protect your frequent flyer miles against bankruptcies, buyouts and blowhards. |
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
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
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
February 2006 |
Winning The Battle - Award Redemption in 2006 With most airline flights full of paying passengers, it might come as a surprise that there's hope that you, too, can really get the award you want. But it's not always an easy fight. |
InsideFlyer
April 2012 |
High Flyer or Big Spender We look at the differences between FFPs that reward flyers for the miles they fly or the amount they spend. |
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
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
October 2003 |
A Run On The Mileage Bank Despite opinion to the contrary, it may be high time members burned their miles. Take a look at the reasons, and decide for yourself. |
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
March 2007 |
Low-Fare Airlines Conquer the World A look at the new low-fare carriers in countries outside the Americas, and more specifically, their relation to frequent flyer programs. |
InsideFlyer
October 2005 |
Delta to Merge "Grandfathered" Miles with Newer Ones Delta Air Lines is telling longtime customers that its oldest frequent flyer program is going away next year, but its points will still be usable. Member reaction has been mixed. |
InsideFlyer
December 2007 |
Charitable Miles We delve into giving miles and points to charity. Who does it? Why do they do it? And the benefits of giving. |
InsideFlyer
July 2004 |
The Interview Issue Interviewing the industry about frequent flyer programs: Air Canada Aeroplan... Northwest's WorldPerks... Iberia Plus... United's Mileage Plus... Zevez... etc. |
InsideFlyer
December 2008 |
Naughty or Nice? Here's a look back at 2008. What happened, how frequent flyers reacted and what, if anything, you can do about it. |
InsideFlyer
June 2011 |
Life in the Air Four mileage-savvy frequent flyers share their travel secrets. |
InsideFlyer
October 2005 |
Broken Promises How to cope when your frequent flyer program changes the rules. |
InsideFlyer
November 2006 |
Going, Going, Gone As part of Delta's "streamlining" of the SkyMiles program all of the old Frequent Flyer Miles will be converted into the newer SkyMiles. |
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
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
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
February 2009 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks A look at the future of award redemptions, plus a cautionary tale. |
InsideFlyer
January 2003 |
Rolling the Dice on a New Year Our panel of five distinguished experts offers you five tips each on how best to win at the miles and points game this year. We've even added a few comments from a sixth expert you may be familiar with. |
InsideFlyer
August 2009 |
Supersize your HawaiianMiles Hawaiian Airlines has joined other airlines in offering members the option to purchase additional miles at a lower cost than buying miles without flying. |
InsideFlyer
August 2010 |
The Value of a Mile or Point One of the questions I get asked most often is what a mile or point is worth. People seem to wonder both what the cash value and the relative value of a mile is (though knowing one, it's easier to figure out the other). |
InsideFlyer
June 2009 |
AAdvantage Flex American AAdvantage has announced new options when redeeming miles for flight awards. |
InsideFlyer
June 2012 |
Death, Divorce and Miles We take a look at what happens to your miles and points when you reach the end of the road. |
InsideFlyer
November 2009 |
Aeroplan Mile Maximizer Aeroplan members can earn more than four miles per dollar spent when purchasing flights and services from aircanada.com and partner companies and paying with their Aeroplan co-branded credit card. |
InsideFlyer
March 2011 |
Arik Air Launches WingsPlus West Africa's Arik Air has launched its first frequent flyer program, Arik WingsPlus. |
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
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
March 2007 |
Expiration Policies A summary of the expiration policies from the most popular frequent flyer programs. |
InsideFlyer
April 2004 |
You Can't Always Take Them With You When life or love ends, there are always questions. And increasingly, those questions involve miles and points. Here are a few answers to those questions. |
InsideFlyer
September 2011 |
More Mileage Plus Changes In addition to a new credit card, other upcoming changes have been announced for the new combined Mileage Plus and OnePass frequent flyer program. |
InsideFlyer
July 2011 |
Life in the Air: Part 2 A conversation with mileage-savvy frequent flyers. |
InsideFlyer
March 2013 |
Sun Country UFly Rewards Minnesota-based Sun Country UFly Rewards is following a recent trend and has transitioned to a revenue-based program. |
