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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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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They actually give away more upgrades than almost all other airlines combined.
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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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Midweek reward redemption has a lot more seats available the Saturday and Sunday.
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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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This year over 44,000 people cast their ballots, ... and it's the largest out there.
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The best use of your miles is international upgrades. Miles used in business class may have a value to 10 to 11 to 12 cents per mile versus one penny per mile when using them domestically.
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The world of expired miles is starting to change for a lot of frequent flyers out there. If you're traditionally worried about miles expiring... you're probably going to welcome this news.
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The policy doesn't look overly generous, but right now this is the only game in town.
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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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You're only going to need one ticket, only one set of check-in for baggage and everything else.
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As a result of people buying tickets so often, there's not much room for people cashing in their miles.
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Australia ranks in the five top destinations in the world for using your miles.
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This change if you will ... this may be one of the top two or three memorable moments in reward redemption history over the last 25 years.