A delay in the new TrueBlue program
jetBlue has been playing up their new TrueBlue loyalty program quite a bit over the past several months, and with good reason. There are a...
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A serious upgrade in US Air’s business class
It isn’t all that hard to make a huge leap in quality when you’re towards the bottom to begin with. Still, the move that US...
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A billion dollars worth of miles
Just how many frequent flier miles does a billion dollars buy? Ask the folks at Citibank, who have just made such a purchase from AMR,...
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Not all miles are safe when an airline goes under
Several weeks ago there was a big kerfuffle in the frequent flier world when some reporters started talking about airlines going bankrupt and the mileage...
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I’m definitely a Porter Air person
Ever since the launched service a couple years ago I’ve been looking for an excuse to fly on Porter Air. They’re a small airline based...
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Continental’s new reward chart and other changes
With Continental’s upcoming move to Star Alliance there have been a lot of questions surrounding their OnePass program. Mileage accrual for partners and the reward...
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More Double EQM mania
The airlines must be desperate. Both American Airlines and United launched double EQM promos today, akin to the programs they ran earlier in the year...
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Lufthansa (finally) to take advantage of jetBlue investment
It has been a while now since Lufthansa bought a sizable minority stake in jetBlue. At the time most of the talk was about investing...
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NY Times (and me!) on changes in frequent flyer programs
The NY Times ran a piece in today’s print edition (25 Aug 2009) and also online titled “Airlines Are Sweetening Frequent-Flier Programs.” The article focuses...
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How much Blue would a jetter jet if a jetter could JetBlue?
It seems that jetBlue really wants to find out the answer to that question. They’ve announced a new product this morning – the All-you-can-Jet pass...