loyalty programs

Over the years, I’ve developed a system to get an upgraded room at hotels every time. It’s so easy that I’m hesitant to share it with you. But I figure…

I’ve been traveling around the United States and the world using points and miles for a while. While I have never been able to take advantage of some of the…

For as long as I’ve been reading travel websites, one of the biggest advantages of having status with a hotel chain was getting free breakfast. At first, I wondered what…

You can oftentimes get perks for just signing up for loyalty programs. Hotels will give free WiFi to even base members of their program, and having a rental car membership…

The point of joining airline or hotel loyalty programs is to earn loyalty points or miles you can redeem in the future for flights or hotel nights. That’s not the…

Happy Sunday to all our travel friends, both near and far. Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, so…

Devaluations draw the ire of people who collect travel points more than any other negative thing a program can do. This anger intensifies when programs devalue points without notice. I…

Airline loyalty programs started in their present form in the 1980s. Airlines asked their advertising firms to come up with names for the new programs. It’s impressive that the first…

Back in 2018, Sharon received an unsolicited offer from American Airlines to upgrade her to Platinum Pro. At the time, this was a great offer for us. We had flights…

While there was much concern about how airlines and hotel chains were going to take care of their loyal customers during the travel slowdown, not much attention had been paid…