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InsideFlyer July 2010 |
Delta SkyMiles Award Fee Changes Delta SkyMiles has announced some changes that will go into effect immediately and others that will be implemented by this fall or next year. |
InsideFlyer January 2015 |
Delta SkyMiles Eliminates Stopovers Delta recently announced as part of the new SkyMiles program, stopovers are no longer allowed on award travel booked on or after Jan. 1, 2015 |
InsideFlyer October 2011 |
Last-Minute Awards Here's a look at claiming and changing award flights close to departure. |
InsideFlyer February 2013 |
Red Carpet Treatment Achieving the highest elite status is the strategy many members use to travel in the premium cabin without paying any extra money. And if you're lucky enough to fly an airline from a non-hub airport, your chances of being upgraded improve even more. |
InsideFlyer December 2009 |
US Airways' GoAwards US Airways is introducing sweeping changes to its award structure, starting Jan. 6, 2010. |
InsideFlyer February 2009 |
Upgrade FAQs Here's a look at those elusive upgrades. We know you want them and answer some commonly asked questions about how to get them. |
InsideFlyer April 2007 |
How Best to Redeem Your Awards The current buzz word for award redemption is calendaring. |
InsideFlyer May 2009 |
Delta/NWA Timeline Delta has put together a timeline for members of Delta SkyMiles and Northwest WorldPerks to help answer any questions you might have regarding the merger |
InsideFlyer February 2012 |
Dividend Miles Changes Just days after Delta announced it was reducing the number of complimentary checked bags for Silver Medallion members, US Airways followed suit and announced the end of a free second checked bag. |
InsideFlyer January 2009 |
The [New] Delta Workbook A checklist for members of Delta SkyMiles and Northwest WorldPerks to guide them through the upcoming merger. |
InsideFlyer July 2014 |
AA/US Integration News AAdvantage elite status members can upgrade to first class on US Airways flights within 24 hours of departure for flights within and between the U.S. (excluding Hawaii), Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda and Central America on a first come, first served basis. |
InsideFlyer April 2014 |
Delta Releases New Award Chart Charts don't make happy members, redemption success stories do. Delta, your clock has just started, albeit seven months early. |
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 October 2009 |
Delta SkyMiles + WorldPerks Delta expects to complete the integration of WorldPerks into SkyMiles this month. |
InsideFlyer May 2011 |
United Award Chart Changes United Mileage Plus has modified its award chart and members who redeem their miles for upgrades will now be faced with higher co-pays and more expensive mileage requirements. |
InsideFlyer April 2014 |
Letters We are sharing some of the comments we received from the new InsideFlyer blog about the changes coming to the Delta SkyMiles program in 2015. |
InsideFlyer August 2009 |
United's Upgrade Co-Pays United's scheduled roll-out of upgrade co-pays on award upgrades has been moved from July 1, 2009 to Jan. 12, 2010. |
InsideFlyer November 2011 |
The New United MileagePlus Takes Off Will the new program soar like an eagle or be a turkey? We take a look at the changes and point out which members will benefit the most. |
InsideFlyer April 2009 |
Award Patrol 2009 Is the perception that it's constantly getting more difficult to claim an award flight true? |
InsideFlyer September 2013 |
Award Experts We look at award booking services and talk to the experts behind them. |
InsideFlyer March 2004 |
Best Value: The Top 10 Awards of All Time A look back through the years, and through the charts, in search of the awards that rank as the all-time best of the best. |
InsideFlyer December 2013 |
Best & Worst of 2013 2013 was full of new partnerships between airlines and hotels to warm your heart and heartbreaking award chart changes that could bring you to tears. We take a look at the highlights and low points of the past year. |
InsideFlyer August 2004 |
Perception/Reality People complain about the difficulty of redeeming frequent flier awards. We decided to put the perception to a test by actually calling the airlines and trying to book awards. |
InsideFlyer April 2008 |
Merger Madness Merger buzz stirs concern for frequent flyer programs. |
InsideFlyer October 2009 |
Cash and Miles/Points We take a close look at the cash plus miles or points options for award redemption. |
InsideFlyer March 2014 |
Delta: The Industry's Canary in a Coal Mine It's been three years since rumors first began leaking out of Atlanta that Delta was considering modifying their popular SkyMiles frequent flyer program from a "mileage-based" program to a "revenue-based" program. |
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 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 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 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 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 February 2007 |
High Flyers Who are the elite travelers? What are the elite frequent flyers programs offering their members? What do frequent flyers want? And what trends are we seeing? |
InsideFlyer April 2011 |
Award Search Strategies When it comes to cashing in miles, knowing the secrets of how, when and where to search can mean the difference between a decent award and an amazing one. |
InsideFlyer December 2012 |
Delta.com Adds Korean Air Delta SkyMiles members can now search for and book flight awards on Korean Air with Delta's online booking engine. |
InsideFlyer September 2011 |
United Launches New Credit Card United Airlines launched the new United MileagePlus Explorer Card which is designed to appeal to elite and non-elite members alike. |
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 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 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 November 2012 |
Spirit Airlines Adds Online Award Booking Fourteen years after the first airline, Northwest Airlines, introduced online award booking for members, Spirit Airlines has finally announced that FREE SPIRIT members can search for and book award tickets online. |
InsideFlyer March 2009 |
Flying Blue Changes In a move that sets the program apart from others, Flying Blue members who are not elite members cannot redeem their miles for a first class seat regardless of how many miles they have in their account. |
InsideFlyer September 2008 |
Alaska Alters Alaska Airlines has announced changes to the Mileage Plan program effective Nov. 1, 2008. |
InsideFlyer April 2013 |
Cover Story US Airways and American Airlines announced their upcoming consolidation with the combined airline being called American Airlines. Members of American AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles have already started getting some details about what to expect from the new AAdvantage program. |
InsideFlyer January 2015 |
United Elites Lose Benefits Effective April 15, 2015, the status of an elite member will no longer be extended when an elite member books an award ticket for another traveler. |
InsideFlyer August 2004 |
Delta Announces New Medallion Threshold Benefits By allowing members to choose from a menu of benefits, SkyMiles is following in the path of Air Canada's Aeroplan program. |
InsideFlyer March 2004 |
Letters An international traveler and (former) AAdvantage member has some choice words about upgrade availability on American... A retired United flight attendant has concerns about the way his former employer is managing its budget... |
InsideFlyer October 2010 |
Very Important Flyers A look at lifetime elite programs. |
InsideFlyer October 2008 |
Continental Baggage, OnePass Changes Continental Airlines new checked bag policy goes into effect. Plus, changes to the elite mileage bonus program cause a stir among OnePass elite members. |
InsideFlyer September 2006 |
A Peek into Award Redemption Is award availability is getting better or worse? We re-traveled the same sampling of routes travelled two years ago to find out. |
InsideFlyer February 2011 |
Rapid Rewards 2.0 Southwest Airlines restarts their frequent flyer program with everything brand new - except the name. |
InsideFlyer March 2011 |
Flying Blue Upgrade Awards Air France Flying Blue members can now redeem miles for upgrade awards online. |