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• No Perk Too Small for Top Fliers

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 168
  As once-elite tiers get crowded, airlines are providing even more rarefied ones, with more perks, for the biggest spenders among their customers.
  3 hours ago

• No Perk Too Small for Top Fliers

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  As once-elite tiers get crowded, airlines are providing even more rarefied ones, with more perks, for the biggest spenders among their customers.
  4 hours ago

• U.S. Mint helped some travelers get free frequent flier miles

  
  Doobybrain.com — Authority: 564
  The Wall Street Journal has an article on frequent flier mile junkies who discovered a loophole in obtaining free frequent flier miles by taking advantage of a free shipping offer on $1 US coins . The buyers would buy a large amount of coins (several hundred thousand at a time) and get the dollar miles associated ...
  4 hours ago

• European travel woes ease, but thousands still stranded

  
  L.A. Times - Daily Travel Deal Blog — Authority: 552
  This week’s travel chaos in Europe eased today as British Airways started flying again from London’s Heathrow Airport and Eurostar partially resumed rail service from London to Paris and Brussels, but the hassles are far from over. Thanks to continued rough weather and cascading flight cancellations and delays, ...
  11 hours ago

• Gadlinks for Monday 12.21.2009

  
  Gadling — Authority: 703
  Filed under: Blogs , Airlines , Airports Is it really the Monday before Christmas? (Yes.) Are you ready for Christmas cheer -- and preferably loads of spiced eggnog? (Maybe.) How about some Gadlinks to get this week started? (ALWAYS!) The weather has been more than frightful for travelers in the the ...
  1 day ago

• British Airways cancels all flights from Heathrow tonight; other airlines also report weather disruptions

  
  L.A. Times - Daily Travel Deal Blog — Authority: 552
  I heard it on Twitter first. British Airways (@BritishAirways) sent its Twitter followers a message that said:“All European & UK Domestic flights departing after 1900 tonight from London Heathrow are now canceled. Guidelines.”Nine minutes later,  the airline followed with this request:“Please do not go to ...
  1 day ago

• On the road with a Gadling mileage runner

  
  Gadling — Authority: 703
  Filed under: Airlines , Airports , Budget Travel Whether you ethically believe in the mileage runs or not, they play a serious, vital role in many frequent flyers lives. The concept, in case youre unfamiliar, has to do with flying around willy-nilly at years end solely to reach a certain number of ...
  1 day ago

• British Airways strike blocked: Holiday travel is ‘as normal’

  
  L.A. Times - Daily Travel Deal Blog — Authority: 552
  Many thousands of travelers planning to fly with British Airways during the holidays can breathe a huge sigh of relief.  Thanks to an emergency court injunction, BA has avoided a 12-day strike that its crew had threatened. Flights are set to operate “as normal,” said the airline in a statement.Discontent cabin ...
  5 days ago

• Are you swapping loyalty points for holiday gift items?

  
  This Just In — Authority: 519
  Several hotel companies have recently reported a significant rise in the number of loyalty members redeeming points for things like iPods, pearl earrings, binoculars, and Wii videogame consoles. Via the Wall Street Journal , Marriott , InterContinental , and Hilton say that in late autumn, loyalty point ...
  1 week ago

• Thinking Twice About Loyalty Programs

  
  The Readerboard — Authority: 106
  Developing customer loyalty through card/membership programs is a good idea, in theory and for the meantime in practice. Yet is this a short-term gig, about as effective cash/gifts/other goodies-based performance incentives, with the same inherent flaw? Canadians (yes Im one) especially are big on loyalty cards. You ...
  1 week ago

• U.S. Mint blocks "Free Airline Miles" scheme

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 556
  Some credit card holders bought coins to earn rewards, then used the coins to pay their credit card bills. Net cost: $0.00 read more
  1 week ago

• Want to get an airfare deal? Go after the holidays, Bing Travel says

  
  L.A. Times - Daily Travel Deal Blog — Authority: 552
  If you’ve tried to book a last-minute flight for Christmas or New Year’s, you’ve probably run up against high fares and holiday surcharges that boost prices even more. Flying out of Los Angeles (LAX), you could expect to pay an average of at least $528 per round trip, according to a survey of holiday fares [...]
  1 week ago

• Two Words – Elite Status

  
  Loyalty Traveler — Authority: 424
  December is the month for securing elite status. People in the know, those frequent guests and fliers making mattress runs and mileage runs this month, know that a few unnecessary hotel room nights or a few thousand miles of unnecessary airline flights are truly necessary. Some loyalty travelers are frantically ...
  1 week ago

• Clooney’s `Up in the Air’: Is It About Miles, or Mileage?

  
  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal — Authority: 120
  A new movie about life on the road is about more than just miles.
  1 week ago

• Choice Hotels Triple Miles or Points is Southwest Airlines Good Value

  
  Loyalty Traveler — Authority: 424
  Choice Hotels has launched their winter promotion for triple points or miles beginning with your second stay for stays with arrival date from December 10, 2009 to February 28, 2010. The promotion gives members 30 points per US$1 on hotel room rate spending. My analysis shows there is good value in using this promotion ...
  1 week ago

• Frequent fliers turn dollar coins into easy miles

  
  Gadling — Authority: 703
  Filed under: Business , Airlines , Travel Deals In the why-didnt-I-think-of-this department, The Wall Street Journal wrote earlier this week about a brilliant scam plan that hundreds of frequent fliers undertook to essentially get thousands of frequent flier miles for free. According to the article, people ...
  1 week ago

• Continental Introduces New Frequent Flyers Top Tier Based on Annual Spending

  
  Business Travel Tips — Authority: 417
  Continental Airlines has launched a new OnePass Elite membership top tier status above Platinum, “Presidential Platinum“. Designed to recognize and reward its top customers, Presidential Platinum is based on their annual spending on travel on Continental.Beginning January 1st 2010, OnePass Platinum Elite members ...
  1 week ago

• Miles for Nothing: How the Government Helped Frequent Fliers Make a Mint

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 539
  Scott McCartney reveals another government-funded scam for the Wall Street Journal : Enthusiasts of frequent-flier mileage have all kinds of crazy strategies for racking up credits, but few have been as quick and easy as turning coins into miles. At least several hundred mile-junkies discovered that a free ...
  2 weeks ago

• JetBlue’s new Marshpillow for airline snacking and sleeping (It’s a joke)

  
  L.A. Times - Daily Travel Deal Blog — Authority: 552
  Today’s travel-industry chutzpah prize goes to JetBlue Airways, an airline that charges its customers for pillows and blankets, yet dares to tease other carriers about the cost and quality of their passenger service.On their Facebook page, the JetBlue people today unveiled “Flyer’s Collection,” a 15-page ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hotel Loyalty Program Comparative Tables for International Airlines Points-to-Miles Conversion

  
  Loyalty Traveler — Authority: 424
  Many people prefer airline miles over hotel points. I understand the value equation when your air miles are used for Business and First Class travel, but I have a hard time seeing the value in exchanging 20,000 Starpoints for 25,000 miles to redeem a domestic economy class airline ticket. When grandma wants to ...
  2 weeks ago

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