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United Downgrades Frequent Flyer Program Just Another Smidge

United tightened the screws on its frequent flyer program another turn, writes Upgrade: Travel Better:

For years, Premier members of the Mileage Plus program have received "500-mile" coupons...that upgraded your North American flights from coach to first class. ...If you couldn't use your 500-milers, they'd expire after one year, but all was not lost: They converted to 500 redeemable frequent flyer miles in your account.

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10:41 AM on Mon May 21 2007
By Ben Popken
1,311 views, 11 comments

travel

Even More Ways To Actually Use Your Miles

Our buddy Mark over at Upgrade Travel was a great help to us when we put together our recent How-To: Actually Use Your Frequent Flyer Miles. More »

6:00 AM on Fri Aug 4 2006
By consumerist.com
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frequent flyers

HOWTO: Actually Use Your Frequent Flyer Miles

You're broke. Your woman has left you. But bigger than your heap o' troubles is a pile of Frequent Flyer miles, sitting in neat, invisible little stacks, to be exchanged for a trip to Hong Kong, Amsterdam or any other far-flung clime with easily accessible and cheap companions. More »

4:32 PM on Wed Aug 2 2006
By consumerist.com
2,286 views, 2 comments

continental airlines

Continental Airlines: Eliter Than Thou

When checking the status of his Continental Frequent Flyer miles, Upgrade Travel discovered that he had been subjugated to a cattle car with the rest of Continental's social refuse, a tattoo brand of 'Non-Elite' scrawled across the skin of his metaphorical forearm. More »

5:39 AM on Mon Jul 31 2006
By consumerist.com
257 views, 3 comments

frequent flyers

Gaming Frequent Flyer Miles From Your Credit Card

Making a luxury purchase like a new car, a Nokia bling-phone, a face lift, a funeral, a blackmarket baby? Why not charge it to your airline-branded credit card and get yourself some free miles to boot? More »

12:56 PM on Fri Jun 23 2006
By consumerist.com
48 views, 5 comments

travel

Airlines Owe Frequent Flyers 27M Free Trips

Thoroughly filed in the 'old news' department, there's a USA Today article up complaining about just how gosh darn difficult it is to redeem your frequent flyers miles these days. There's no new information in the article, except a statistic we didn't know that makes airline stinginess seem even worse: growth in frequent flyer programs increases at a rate of about 13% per year, even as it gets harder and harder to do anything with your points. More »

12:16 PM on Fri Jun 2 2006
By consumerist.com
110 views, 2 comments

Latest by Morgan: I'd like to second Southwest rocking for their frequent flyer program. My girlfriend and I are flying to New Mexico for a wedding tomorrow; my mom, being the nice lady she is, decided she'd use up some of her more »

airlines

Frequent Flyers Can't Get Seats

Consumer Affairs has an article up, detailing the airline industry's attempts to severely limit Frequent Flyers' ability to cash in their miles for seats. More »

5:05 AM on Wed Mar 15 2006
By consumerist.com
36 views, 5 comments

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