How many frequent flyers worldwide?

Sometimes it takes an article from India to learn about interesting frequent flyer facts here in the US.

    [W]orld-wide more than 120 million people were covered with frequent flyer programmes of various airlines. “There are over 500 to 500 million cards related to frequent flyer programmes possessed by air travellers,” he pointed out.

(The story was prompted because Randy Petersen was in Mumbai for the the launch of revamped Jet Airways frequent flyer program.)

About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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