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What Are The Best And Worst Airlines For Using Rewards Travel?

So you’ve racked up a bunch of frequent flier miles or loyalty points or whatever your preferred airline calls them, but can you actually use those rewards to book free travel when you want? For some U.S.-based carriers, the answer ranges from “almost definitely” to “good luck.” [More]

The Hilton HHonors site recently added a CAPTCHA check to its login process, presumably to cut down on hackers' attempts to hijack accounts.

Hackers Now Stealing Your Loyalty Rewards & Points

While we hear almost daily reports of retailers having their payment systems hacked and customer records stolen, it looks like cybercriminals are increasingly realizing they can turn a profit by stealing assets many consumers treat as an afterthought — loyalty rewards. [More]

When Is A Free Ticket Not Free? When There Is A $350 Fuel Surcharge

When Is A Free Ticket Not Free? When There Is A $350 Fuel Surcharge

Even though it’s become increasingly easy to amass rewards travel points on most major airlines, it’s not only gotten more difficult to cash in those points for free tickets, those “free” tickets could end up costing you hundreds in taxes and fuel surcharges. [More]