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...
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Ft. Lauderdale feels the airline love
Sure, airlines are mostly still cutting capacity, but every now and then a new route crops up on the schedules. This week it seems that...
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A pretty cool promo from Amtrak
Amtrak’s Guest Rewards program is sortof a “Little Engine that Could” in the loyalty marketplace. They certainly don’t need to have a program – most...
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Continental makes the Star(t) date official
Continental has announced their official entry date into Star Alliance – October 27, 2009. That is only three days after their departure from SkyTeam. Good...
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TrueBlue2 Details – this time without all the assumptions
OK, so maybe I jumped the gun a bit on my post earlier this morning. Forget maybe. I definitely jumped the gun. I posted a...
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Some official details on TrueBlue 2, the revised jetBlue loyalty program
I’ve been speculating for a while on some of the changes that will be coming out as part of the new TrueBlue 2 program, jetBlue’s...
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Continental giving miles on Star Alliance flights
When Larry Kellner, CEO of Continental, said during their quarterly earnings call that he felt the transition time between SkyTeam and Star Alliance would be...
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American Airlines bonus for NYC-area folks
The legacy airlines are all pretty desperate and they aren’t afraid to use promotions and the allure of more miles to try to increase revenue...
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Delta announces a new top tier
It has been a long time coming. Many months ago Delta started hinting that an official 4th tier was coming to their SkyMiles program. Then...