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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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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Every frequent flyer program has a series of non-profit organizations that you can donate your miles to.
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Instead of collecting trading cards and other memorabilia some have grown up and now air miles is the adults' collectable.
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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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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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The Internet has brought a rise back in the business again.
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This year over 44,000 people cast their ballots, ... and it's the largest out there.
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They actually give away more upgrades than almost all other airlines combined.
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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.
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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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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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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.