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InsideFlyer May 2003 |
The 15th Annual Freddie Awards The very best of the frequent travel programs are honored with a Freddie Award. |
InsideFlyer February 2006 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks This month begins and ends the voting period for the 18th annual Freddie Awards, a determination of the best frequent traveler loyalty programs in the industry. |
InsideFlyer May 2006 |
The 18th Annual Freddie Awards The best of the frequent flyers programs. |
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 March 2014 |
2014 Freddie Awards Voting The Freddie Awards are awarded to hotel and airline loyalty programs who represent the best of the industry as voted by frequent travelers in six categories. |
InsideFlyer January 2011 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks 2011 will be the dawn of a new age of the enlightened frequent traveler. |
InsideFlyer February 2009 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks A look at the future of award redemptions, plus a cautionary tale. |
InsideFlyer May 2005 Randy Petersen |
The 17th Annual Freddie Awards The Freddie Awards recognize the best offerings for travelers from airlines and hotels. |
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 May 2009 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks It's a great time to be a frequent flyer. |
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 October 2013 |
Travel Blogs Frequent travelers in general are a connected and well-informed group of people so it's no surprise that many have taken to the blogosphere to share their knowledge of all things miles and points. |
InsideFlyer September 2009 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Read why Randy Petersen thinks the world has fallen in love with frequent flyer programs once again. |
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 May 2009 |
Frequent Flyer Survey 2009 Loylogic, a reward services provider for loyalty programs, has released the results of a survey conducted during the recent Freddie Awards voting process. Here are the questions and the results. |
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 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 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. |
InsideFlyer May 2006 |
Letters US Airways doesn't come through on their program promises... Strange phenomenon when redeeming miles with Continental OnePass... Providing a value rating to rewards programs... Votes for Freddies Awards come from all over... |
InsideFlyer October 2005 |
Broken Promises How to cope when your frequent flyer program changes the rules. |
InsideFlyer June 2004 |
The New Number One Earning frequent flyer miles by spending with your credit/debit card has replaced flying as the number one way to earn frequent flyer miles. Here's a look at the why, where and what's ahead in this latest twist in the evolution of frequent flyer programs. |
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 July 2014 |
Travel Talk - Annual Interview Issue We take a behind-the-scenes look into frequent travel programs and talk one-on-one with those making decisions that will have an effect on frequent flyers everywhere. |
InsideFlyer May 2009 |
Freddie Awards The 21st Annual Freddie Awards. Over 700,000 frequent flyers have spoken - did your favorite programs win? |
InsideFlyer April 2009 |
Award Patrol 2009 Is the perception that it's constantly getting more difficult to claim an award flight true? |
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 May 2007 |
The 19th Annual Freddie Awards The best of airline loyalty programs. |
InsideFlyer April 2004 |
SEC Reports: Just the Facts How much does your award cost the airline? Frequent flyers should be particularly interested in the facts about loyalty programs, including the nitty-gritty on the number of awards used and how much they cost. |
InsideFlyer May 2008 |
The 20th Annual Freddie Awards The best travel loyalty programs, according to 629,022 frequent travelers. |
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 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 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 May 2012 |
Welcome to the 2012 Freddie Awards After taking a hiatus for two years, the Freddie Awards have returned. Introduced in 1988, the Freddie Awards allow members of frequent traveler programs to vote for their favorite programs completely from their point of view. |
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 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 June 2003 |
Opening Remarks How can award travelers have no consumer protection? |
InsideFlyer November 2014 |
Frequent Traveler University - D.C. The event will feature "everything you need to know about travel, miles and points" and is open to everyone who has an interest in maximizing their frequent travel. |
InsideFlyer May 2003 |
Opening Remarks What's so important about Lynne that we felt the need to present her with a Distinguished Achievement Award? Well, for starters, she is the lady who many say single-handedly created the very first Marriott loyalty program. |
InsideFlyer August 2009 Randy Petersen |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks The author comments on a new traveler survey conducted by Wyndham Rewards. |
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 2014 |
Frequent Flyer Fickleness Just as Web patrons are prone to bounce from one website to another, so do a growing number of frequent flyer program members switch from one program to another. |
InsideFlyer January 2013 |
Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks It is my guess that one of the main topics this time next year will be the tipping point of additional legacy carriers converting or adopting a "revenue-based" model as the standard method of mileage accrual for their 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 June 2009 |
A New Deck of Cards It might be time to take a close look at the way you use your credit card for travel awards. |
InsideFlyer July 2013 |
Travel Talk Annual Interview Issue Every year we interview several executives from the travel loyalty industry. This year, we spoke with representatives from PointsHound.com, the first USA TODAY Road Warrior, Virgin Australia Velocity and 30k.com. |
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 November 2013 |
60 Seconds with Travis Sherry of Extra Pack of Peanuts Founded by Milepoint, Launchpoint is the first and only funding competition led by frequent flyers for small startups focused on providing tools, services and apps designed for road warriors/frequent flyers. |
InsideFlyer May 2014 |
2014 Freddie Awards The Freddie Awards allow travelers around the globe to give voice to their opinions of which frequent flyer and hotel loyalty programs offer the best value. |
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. |