Are loyalty program points the next hard currency??
The analogies of points as a currency are not new. There are a few programs out there today that already have "pay with points" types...
Southwest Airline
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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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Can Houston support two international airports?
Southwest Airlines is pushing the City of Houston to add international service at Hobby Airport, their base of operations in the city. Unsurprisingly, United Airlines...
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“Withholding” seats or just marketing?
There was an interesting piece in USA Today this week about seat assignments and the ever increasing difficulty for many passengers in actually choosing seats,...
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US Airways finally chooses their long-haul DCA route
The recent addition of perimeter exemption routes for Washington, DC‘s National Airport included the provision that the four largest carriers were entitle to slots, assuming...
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Going long at DCA
Washington, DC‘s National Airport is one of the "lucky few" airports in the country where the government has limited destinations which can be served. The...
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Horrible advice on award valuation from the Wall Street Journal
I’m generally a big fan of Scott McCartney’s The Middle Seat column in the Wall Street Journal so I was excited to read his post...
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So, Virgin America is coming to Philly
I’ll be the first to admit that I was definitely betting against Philadelphia scoring service from Virgin America in their announcement yesterday. There were a...
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JetBlue, WestJet win slots at LaGuardia and National
JetBlue and WestJet were the winners of the auctions for landing slots at New York City‘s LaGuardia airport and Washington, DC‘s National airport according to...
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New York/Washington slot swap approved
The deal for US Airways and Delta to trade large chunks of their operations at New York City‘s LaGuardia and Washington, DC‘s National airports has...