United speaks out!
A last minute change to the schedule of an event is rarely a good thing; swapping out speakers and shuffling slots is a pain for...
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A quick social media report from the Freddies
Last night’s Freddies Awards ceremony was, as always, a lot of fun as an event. I’m not quite as focused on who won which awards...
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Tiers within tiers from the loyalty programs
I’m sitting in on the Airline Information Spring FFP event today and absorbing a tremendous amount of information from both the programs themselves and the...
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Star Alliance award search and free alerts!
It was a couple weeks ago, sitting at a restaurant with The Points Guy in Singapore and chatting about my travel tools that I said...
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JetBlue looks to expand redemption options for TrueBlue
One of the biggest limitations of JetBlue‘s TrueBlue program has been the inability to redeem points for anything other than JetBlue flights. Not that their...
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Points become fungible between Southwest and AirTran
As the integration between Southwest and AirTran progresses the company is working to integrate their loyalty programs. Today’s milestone in that effort was the announcement...
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An update on the free Global Entry offer from United
As part of the changes to their MileagePlus program United Airlines announced that top-tier elites would receive compensation to cover the cost of the Global...
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Which type of frequent flyer are you?
I came across an interesting analysis of the airline loyalty market this week, interesting because it is looking at the market from a company perspective...
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Has United launched a promo for travel between Boston and Narita?
With JAL launching their Boston – Narita flights in the coming days there are a number of promos out there on the route. Other oneworld...
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Check out my interview with The Points Guy
A couple weeks ago when I took my trip to Singapore I had the opportunity to meet up with a couple other folks while there....