American Express takes a hit in the points game
Lots of folks will gladly tell you how awesome the American Express Membership Rewards program is (and often include a link for you to enroll, earning...
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Double dip earnings on Singapore Air and Virgin America for select flights
The ability to legitimately earn points in more than one program for a single flight is a rare one; when such an opportunity comes up...
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JetBlue drops two TrueBlue bonus programs for 2013
Some rather sad news from the TrueBlue folks at JetBlue to start the 2013 earning year: Two programs for earning bonus points are being dropped...
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Amtrak adds another elite tier
The Amtrak Guest Rewards program is adding a new tier to its elite program. The new Select Executive status will be the highest status level...
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United’s response to the premium cabin earning rates changes: better than I expected
Well, the bad news is that United Airlines has confirmed the new earning rates for premium cabin fares on many partner airlines. In posts today...
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American’s buy-up offer to keep elite status
For members of American Airlines‘ AAdvantage program who came up short of renewing their Gold or Platinum elite status in 2012 there is some potential...
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American Airlines rebundles ancillaries under new ‘Choices’ programme
For very frequent flyers, benefits like priority boarding, free checked bags and bonus miles are part of the typical travel experience. These extras come with...
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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...