United guts premium fare earning rates on multiple partners
What I originally thought was just a “fixing” of an obviously overly generous set of elite status earning rules from United Airlines‘ MileagePlus program on...
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United “fixes” their earning rates for flights on South African Airways
UPDATE: This is a MUCH more broad devaluation of the MileagePlus program covering premium fares on 9 different partners. I’ve written a new post with...
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Hilton’s Q1 promo open for registration
The Q1 promo for Hilton is open for registration, as reported over at PointsHoarder. The promo – double points or double miles for all nights...
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A Christmas sale from Air Berlin
Crazy cheap fares tonight on Air Berlin from Los Angeles to Europe for winter travel. Many destinations being reported on MilePoint, FlyerTalk, Facebook and twitter...
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Air Canada goes Rouge with new leisure destination service
It isn’t quite a new carrier and it isn’t quite a discount carrier. It won’t involve service to new destinations and it won’t really alter...
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Top-tier elite status: Scam or shortcut to the good stuff??
As the end of the year rolls around and many travelers look to wrap up their year by topping off an account with a quick...
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Air Berlin sells off Topbonus loyalty program
Air Berlin has joined the relatively small pool of airlines which no longer directly operate their own loyalty program. The carrier sold their Topbonus program...
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United removes extra first class award inventory for top elites
The first – and hopefully only – announcement of changes to the 2013 United Airlines MileagePlus program came out late this evening and unfortunately it...
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United’s response to Virgin America in Newark
It turns out that I was wrong about how United Airlines would respond to Virgin America announcing 3x daily service from Newark to both San Francisco...
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Last week on PointsHoarder
Did you catch the latest episode of the PointsHoarder podcast? If not you missed Stephan, Fozz and me talking about a bunch of changes to...