Randy Petersen
Randy Petersen
Randy Petersen is the editor and publisher of InsideFlyer magazine, the founder of FlyerTalk, an online travel bulletin board and the idea man behind BoardingArea, milepoint and several other frequent flyer/business travel web sites. Petersen is frequently called upon by news media for opinions about the frequent flyer and travel industry and is often referred to by The Wall Street Journal and Condé Nast Traveler as the "frequent flyer guru". He has been following frequent flyer programs since their inception...
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Every frequent flyer program has a series of non-profit organizations that you can donate your miles to.
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But what airlines won't tell you is that when you try to redeem your free ticket you're competing with 40 million other frequent fliers for the same ticket. We all want to go to the same place and there aren't enough upgrade seats to go around.
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If you're feeling a little guilty at the end of the year and you got some extra miles, ... I highly encourage you to contact your local frequent flyer program and give.
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If US Airways survives, as that date gets closer, you can pay your $40 and put the miles back in your US Airways account, ... If they don't make it, you've got something you can use that far out. It might be better than having nothing at all.
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The mistake everyone makes is that they do not do figure out what benefits they want from airlines first, some are more generous with upgrades than others.
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Hotel rates are going up, and hotels haven't yet adjusted redemption rates.
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Midweek reward redemption has a lot more seats available the Saturday and Sunday.
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You're only going to need one ticket, only one set of check-in for baggage and everything else.
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For the past 18 years the Freddie Awards have honored the best among the airline and hotel loyalty programs, and I couldn't be more thrilled than to have Rolfe, Steve and Bob, men who were quite active in the start of these programs, share their experiences and insights with the audience.
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If someone's got 400,000 miles due to expire and it's a choice between $4,000 and the possibility of losing them, the person might take the money. If he gets caught, he was going to lose the miles anyway.
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Australia ranks in the five top destinations in the world for using your miles.
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Actually, it's a pretty good deal. For most people, $25 is a very cheap price to get home hours and hours sooner.
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They actually give away more upgrades than almost all other airlines combined.
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Instead of collecting trading cards and other memorabilia some have grown up and now air miles is the adults' collectable.