Jul
24
2022
Status passes both engender loyalty and protect the loyalty relationship. That’s a strategy more programs should think through.
Airlines Must Allow Top Elites To Gift “Status For A Day”
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Why Every Rewards Program Has The Same Two Components
Jul
11
2022
American Airlines’ own data shows that following devaluations of the AAdvantage program elite members moved flying away from the program. AAdvantage itself generated more revenue, because its credit card deals became more lucrative. That earn-burn program grew, while the most engaged members stepped back.
That may even be the right business decision! Flying has frequently been unprofitable for American while net revenue has been driven by selling miles to banks. Maybe they should reward flying less if they’re not making money on it.
10 Ways To Make Southwest Rapid Rewards Better
Jun
11
2022
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards will never be the stuff dreams are made of. There are no first class upgrades (Southwest has no premium cabin). You can’t redeem your miles to the Maldives or Seychelles (no partner airline redemptions). But there are some simple changes that could supercharge the value of the Rapid Rewards program.
Cathay Pacific Merging Elite Status And Points Into A Single Brand
May
30
2022
Cathay Pacific will retire the Marco Polo Club brand. Instead of having a separate elite program (Marco Polo Club) and points program (Asia Miles) the two will be combined in July. This means big changes for the entry level status of the program, and potentially for their U.S. credit card as well.
Air Canada Announces Credit Card Spend To Keep Elite Status
May
10
2022
2022 is a weird year. Travel is booming, but only in certain places and only certain kinds of travel. What’s more, the Omicron surge meant the year started off slow for many members. So while we’ll see plenty of frequent flyers earning elite status, there are many still on the sidelines.
Aeroplan is out with a way for members to keep their status through 2023: earn 30,000 points with an Aeroplan co-brand credit card between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. This is on top of elite status accelerators announced in February.
Earn American Airlines Status Credits With Uber
Apr
08
2022
If you’ll pay for up to 4 Uber charges using a Mastercard you can earn American Airlines redeemable miles and loyalty (elite qualifying) points for the transactions.
Alaska Airlines Offering Some Credit Card Customers Ability To Earn Elite Status From Spend All Year
Mar
11
2022
A few months into the pandemic Alaska Airlines started running promotions offering elite qualifying miles for credit card spend. That’s a trick they repeated. And they’ve brought it back for the rest of 2022.
If You Have Status American Airlines No Longer Considers You “Elite”
Mar
06
2022
According to internal American Airlines documentation issued to coincide with the official launch of ‘Loyalty Points’ as the new way that frequent flyer tier status is earned, customers will no longer be called elite. Instead “[t]he term “Status” replaces Elite.”
United Makes Earning Status In 2022 Easier, After Already Having Made It Easier
Feb
10
2022
In what no doubt will not be the last concession to make status-earning easier this year, United will let members know on Friday they’re getting deposits in their accounts of 15% – 20% of the qualifying dollars they need to keep their current status. And in typical United fashion, it’s complicated…
Delta Celebrates One Delta Diamond Family’s “Double Qualification” In The Atlanta Sky Club
Jan
27
2022
In the fictional book Up in the Air Great West Airlines counted all miles towards lifetime status and Ryan Bingham was on a quest for 1 million miles. He was being tracked by the airline along his quest and they celebrated his achievement when he reached it.
In the film version, George Clooney’s Bingham was an American Airlines flyer and on a quest for 10 million miles. Here he describes that when you hit 10 million “lifetime executive status, you get to meet the chief pilot Maynard Finch, and they put your name on the side of a plane.” Sadly none of that is true, but celebration moments do happen.
