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...
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Southwest to pour more booze; lawsuit settled over drink chits
It was just over two years ago that Southwest decided to forcibly expire old drink chits. It was not long after the policy change that...
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Shake-up for United’s loyalty, marketing leadership
On Thursday United Airlines announced a few changes to their executive leadership team. Among them was that CEO Jeff Smisek is also going to be...
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Virgin America sets their sights on Newark
When was the last time you heard someone get excited about Newark? For Virgin America, however, there is a lot of excitement as the carrier...
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Delta take 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic, joint venture coming
After several weeks of speculation Delta, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic have come to an agreement which will see Delta acquire a 49% ownership stake...
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United cuts off points aggregation sites
United Airlines has joined the ranks of companies trying to limit their customers ability to track loyalty program data through third party aggregation sites. They...