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• Are you planning a mileage run? Four reasons to rush to the airport

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines There are only a few weeks left in 2009, and frequent travelers across the country are staring more intently at their mileage statements than Santa does at the naughty/nice list. The stakes are high: miss the elite cutoff, and a year of upgrades, accelerated ...
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• Become a Frequent Flyer Master and Earn a Free Flight Every Year

  
  Wise Bread — Authority: 665
  By Nora Dunn Ssshh: don’t bother me. I’m busy doing my Christmas shopping and accumulating enough frequent flyer miles to pay for two overseas flights — in business class. I’ve just finished reading Chris Guillebeau’s Frequent Flyer Master . This e-book professes to give you the tools to attain free ...
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• 5 New Movies Coming out This Friday

  
  All Women Stalk — Authority: 440
  Are you as ready to hit the movies this weekend as I am? If so, let’s do our homework first and see which 5 new movies that are coming out this Friday are truly worth the ride! 5. Armored Director: Nimrуd Antal Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller Cast: Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne Summary: A ...
  2 days ago

• How to Spend $2,000 on Stickers and Get 280,000 Frequent Flyer Miles

  
  The Art of Nonconformity — Authority: 519
  Greetings from vacation-land, where I’ve just arrived. I’m looking forward to sharing my 2009 Annual Review with you. But first, some big news in the travel hacking world has come up – Yesterday I spent a little over $2,000 on stickers I don’t expect to use. On March 1, 2010, I expect to receive at least ...
  3 days ago

• Delta Fare Comparisons

  
  My Biggest Complaint — Authority: 420
  I am flying business class to amsterdam using Delta miles. i live outside hartford, ct and accd to delta rules they are supposed to inclued a flight from your home city to your international departure airport. my travel agent forgot this and delta wants me to cancel my ticket, pay a feee and rebook my ticket to get ...
  4 days ago

• Quick way to run up miles at US Airways

  
  PracticalHacks — Authority: 128
  It’s probably obvious at this point that I’ve embarked upon a frequent flier mile kick, what with the British Airways 100K Visa sign on (times 2), the US Mint Presidential coin scheme, the 62,500 Hilton Honors Amex sign on bonus, and related posts.  Just yesterday I came across a deal that – bottom line – ...
  6 days ago

• Top 5 airline rewards strategies

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 690
  Filed under: Travel , 101 saving money With an estimated 180 million members of frequent-flier programs and 10 trillion unused frequent-flier miles in circulation, what are the best airline rewards to spend your miles on? If youve done the right thing and accumulated most of your miles with one airline to ...
  1 week ago

• Emirates Skywards major devaluation

  
  Musings of The Global Traveller — Authority: 490
  About 6 weeks ago I posted the news that Emirates Skywards will have a major overhaul effective 1 January 2010. In short the frequent flyer program will be more closely aligned to revenue than it currently is. Earning rates depend on fare basis and the class of service factors for business and first class are ...
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• Upgrades and Downgrades: Pre-Thanksgiving Edition

  
  Upgrade: Travel Better — Authority: 122
  Upgraded: Knowing what to do when you’re traveling for the holidays Before you head to the airport, consider this post on five ways to get an edge on other travelers during the holiday season . The TSA has also published an updated list of do’s and don’t’s for bringing items through security, which ...
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• Possibly the Best Airline Credit Card Offers Available

  
  inFLIGHTout - San Francisco Bay Area — Authority: 122
  By Mike Grasso Its new, its hot, and its all the buzz over in the Flyertalk and FatWallet forums. Were talking about British Airways Visa Signature Card from Chase - where you can earn 50,000 miles for using the card once, 100,000 for spending $2000 within 90 days. But, there are strings attached. According ...
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• How to Monitor Frequent-Flier Miles

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Tips for making sure your frequent flier miles dont expire.
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• U.S. Senator Calls for Probe of Frequent Flier Programs

  
  inFLIGHTout - San Francisco Bay Area — Authority: 122
  U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling for a federal review of complaints by consumers that they are losing millions of frequent flier miles without notice in confusing agreements. Schumer wants to establish industry rules for frequent flier programs that are billed as a free benefit to help attract and retail ...
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• United eggs on extreme mileage runners, again

  
  Musings of The Global Traveller — Authority: 490
  No Im not referring to double or triple EQM (elite qualifying miles) promotions. Last year United Mileage Plus had an Elite Choice Team competition , where the winning 50 teams (of 4 people) earned 1 million redeemable miles (all these to be shared between each team) plus some other lesser prizes. The 2010 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wataniya Diwan – Wataniya Airways New Frequent Flyer Program

  
  Z District — Authority: 433
  This is the one thing that Wataniya Airways have been missing and its a frequent flyer program, now they have finally launched their service I was looking at the details. They have really put an effort into catering this frequent flyer program to the families in the Middle East, you can register up to 8 family members ...
  2 weeks ago

• United restores confirmed upgrades to top-tier frequent fliers. Plus: UA/Continental upgrades

  
  Upgrade: Travel Better — Authority: 122
  In October, United announced that they were moving to an “unlimited” upgrade system from their electronic certificate system. But as readers chimed in , one of the biggest complaints came from top-tier 1K members. The quarterly allotment of confirmed upgrades within North America was going away, and with ...
  2 weeks ago

• How to Earn Alaska Air Miles

  
  Business Travel Logue — Authority: 112
  Since BootsnAll is based in Portland, Oregon, Alaska Airlines is one of the carriers we tend to fly often - so not only do we think you’ll find this article useful, we’re actually going to bookmark it ourselves for future reference.Don’t let the state-specific name fool you - the reach of Alaska Airlines route ...
  2 weeks ago

• Frequent Flyer Friday #9

  
  Musings of The Global Traveller — Authority: 490
  Celebrating Friday with a short interview with a frequent flyer. Steven Frischling Steven is globe hopping photographer who has branched out into travel and airline consultancy. He has an active blog, Flying with Fish , runs a small business, The Travel Strategist , and is a Director of Emerging Media [ed - ie ...
  3 weeks ago

• Upgrades and Downgrades: Continental BusinessFirst, Frontier, Expedia-Choice, miles for vets

  
  Upgrade: Travel Better — Authority: 122
  Upgraded: Continental Airlines BusinessFirst seats Continental Airlines’ international business class seats are getting a facelift. Initially promised back in August 2008, the first of the new 180-degree lie-flat seats finally debuted last week . (They call them “BusinessFirst,” but let’s be real, it’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Up in the Air: George Clooney becomes a frequent flyer

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Video , Transportation Trailers for Up in the Air with George Clooney started surfacing on my desk this week, and I must admit, Im eying them with curiosity, fear and interest. Im curious and interested because in a way, the film narrates the lives of many people I know, perhaps myself included, the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Learn the basics of frequent flyer programs

  
  Musings of The Global Traveller — Authority: 490
  Fellow nomad Chris Guillebeau has launched a guide how to use frequent flyer miles and has requested for a quick review*. I like what he does so Im happy to oblige. I like the guide. It covers the basics well, and includes practical, real, examples. This will save someone unfamiliar with frequent flyer programs ...
  3 weeks ago

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