The big business of credit card marketing
Credit cards are big business in the loyalty marketing world. And plenty of companies are benefiting from that value proposition. Consumers even win every now...
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Free TAP miles, but hard to game
Free miles is a good thing and TAP Air Portugal has a nice offer for up to 5,000 free. Alas, the offer is harder than...
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Frontier’s new award fees are almost reasonable
A couple weeks back Frontier announced major changes to their Early Returns loyalty program, mostly making it worse for just about everyone except the company....
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The mileage run is dead; Long live the mileage run
Mileage runs are dead and have been for years. Except the part where they are not at all and won't be for some time yet....
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What’s a JetBlue TrueBlue point worth in 2014?
Great news for JetBlue TrueBlue members: The points are worth more and easier to redeem. Plus there's a sweet spot on the chart in premium...
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The “330 days out” myth for award inventory
Used to be that airline reward seats only were available 330 days out. Then that was supposedly no longer the case. What if there was...
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The scarcity of some award inventory
Some award seats are harder to come by than others. It always seems that way, but where's the hard data? I'm working on it. This...
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United Million Miler lawsuit drama continues
United Airlines was in court again this week defending the changes made to benefits granted under their Million Miler program. A few funny moments in...
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IHG Into the Nights promo: Possibly decent
IHG's Into the Nights promo is live and it has some potential. And, as in the past, it is customized to the participant. I like...
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Buy miles bonus bonanza!
Lots of opportunities to buy points this month with a bonus included. And one of the three is making it a bit more interesting on...