Tagged: points

5 Perks that Even Infrequent Travelers Can Get from Loyalty Programs

Even if you only travel once or twice a year and you stand no chance of earning power status, loyalty programs can still offer you some great benefits. For a long time, hotel, airline,…

Airline Miles Programs Are Essentially Pyramid Schemes Now

What went wrong with airline frequent flyer programs? Dissatisfaction with loyalty programs has reached a fever pitch. It has become crystal clear that for many airlines, the loyalty…

Free Cruises for Casino Lovers: How Gamblers Get Invited to Cruise for Free

If you’re the kind of cruise passenger who loves finding generous discounts, you might want to take a moment before reading this next sentence. You’ve almost certainly sailed…

As Most Travel Companies Slash Point Value, Southwest Airlines Does Flyers a Favor

Almost a year ago, Frommer's warned readers that big corporations were preparing to reduce the value of loyalty points and frequent flyer miles.Since then, we've seen the predicted…

Hackers Can Steal Your Frequent Flier Miles: How to Protect Your Travel Loyalty Accounts

Imagine getting ready to redeem your hard-earned travel points for a dream vacation, only to find that a cybercriminal has drained your account. That’s exactly what happened to Tracy…

Times Are Changing: Why You Should Use Your Loyalty Points As Soon As Possible

The corporations that dominate the world responded to the aftermath of the pandemic downturn in their own ways, but there's a common impulse among most of them: recover as much lost…

Want to Use Your Frequent Flyer Miles? Guess How Many You'll Need. No, Really, GUESS, Says One Airline

How would you feel if you walked into a grocery store and underneath the butter, the broccoli and the babaganoush were signs with question marks rather than prices?Well, Delta has…

Delta's Big Announcement: Mileage Awards Will Soon Be Tied to Money Spent Rather Than Miles Flown

Delta Airlines announced a game-changing move today: instead of giving award miles based on the number of miles a passenger has flown, it will link mileage to the cost of the ticket.…

That's Ridiculous! Whatever Happened to the Journey?

What's more important to you -- the journey or the destination? This is as good a time as any to ask the question (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson). Change is in the air,…

See Africa Through Festivals, Photo Safaris, Bushwalks and More

Africa continues to grow in popularity as at travel destination, but usually what you see are just safari trips to the usual destinations, city breaks to places like Johannesburg, or…

The Best National Parks for a Family Vacation

Approaching a cross-country, or even regional, family vacation to a national park can be daunting if your family includes finicky toddlers, demanding "tweens," or seemingly…