The Economics of Airline Miles – Part II
The Value of Elite Status As I mentioned in part 1 of this series on the ‘Economics of Airline Miles – The Value of Airline…
Loyalty Program
The Economics of Airline Miles – Part I
The Value of Airline Miles Airline Miles are an asset. They hold true value. Like any collection of assets, your miles in the multiple programs…
Frequent Flyer Programs – Picking the right one
Picking the right Frequent Flyer program can have significant impact on your ability to earn or redeem Airline rewards and to earn and enjoy Elite…
Frequent Flyer Lingo – Part I of many
An airline will usually ‘op-up’ an economy passenger to an empty upper class seat to create space in economy for people on the waiting list. … Aircraft come in 1 class, 2 class or 3 class configurations. 2 class configurations have Coach (Economy) and First. 3 class have all three, Coach, Business & First.
Airline Alliances – Why all the fuss?
Continental Airlines is leaving SkyTeam and joining Star Alliance. Virgin Atlantic is considering joining Star Alliance after resisting joining any alliance all these years. Russia’s…
Free Airline Lounge access
I discussed Airline Lounges in detail in my previous post on this topic. This article is a follow up to discuss options available to get…
Why Starwood Preferred Guest is the best loyalty program
Starwood Preferred Guest or SPG for short is the Loyalty Program offered by the Starwood group of hotels. It is consistently voted as the Best…
American Express – The best Airline Miles Credit Cards
I have a simple rule with credit cards – I want something in return from the card vendor, every time I use the card (other…
It’s all about the Status Miles, silly!
This might be obvious to most people, but it was not to me when I was a novice frequent flier. I thought that every mile…
