Most airlines offer elite status to frequent fliers that comes with a variety of well advertised benefits. But one perk flies beneath the radar, and, in my opinion, it’s one of the most valuable.
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Why Can’t Airline Search Engines Search?
It’s the classic complaint: “You had one job…” (and you didn’t do it!) Airline search engines have only one job: to search for flights. Yet they don’t do it. Why not? Earlier this week, Nick at Frequent Miler observed that United’s search engine misses a huge portion of flights when you ask it to search […]
Keep reading »Vendor Pay: Mysterious, Promising New Bill Payment Service From American Express?
American express just announced “Vendor Pay,” a joint venture with Bill.com that seems too good to be true: You can pay bills with your business Amex for only $1.99/transaction, but…
Keep reading »A Surprising Conclusion About What Points and Miles are Worth
“Are points worth what they buy or what they save?” Nick asks at the Frequent Miler. Neither, if you ask me, because what something’s worth depends on how you get it, not just on what it is, according to Nobel-prize winning research. Here’s what I mean and how it applies to points and miles.
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