frequent-flyer

We have become a nation of frequent-flyer junkies.

Blake Fleetwood: Frequent-Flyer Programs Are Convoluted, Mysterious, and a Maddening Fraud Blake Fleetwood 2011

More than 40 million frequent-flyer tickets were issued last year.

Blake Fleetwood: Frequent-Flyer Programs Are Convoluted, Mysterious, and a Maddening Fraud Blake Fleetwood 2011

Corporate travel managers are driven crazy when their negotiated lower fares are ignored by business travelers who refuse to go along because they won't earn the right type of frequent-flyer miles.

Blake Fleetwood: Frequent-Flyer Programs Are Convoluted, Mysterious, and a Maddening Fraud Blake Fleetwood 2011

The Internal Revenue Service had been considering regulations to treat frequent-flyer benefits as taxable income.

Blake Fleetwood: Frequent-Flyer Programs Are Convoluted, Mysterious, and a Maddening Fraud Blake Fleetwood 2011

Nearly 50 percent of households participate in one or more of these loyalty programs and no one wants to give up even one frequent-flyer mile.

Blake Fleetwood: Frequent-Flyer Programs Are Convoluted, Mysterious, and a Maddening Fraud Blake Fleetwood 2011

While looking ahead to the May 10 release of "The Ordeal of Civility," a new album with his band Gods and Monsters, and a release party Saturday at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, Mr. Lucas was racking up his frequent-flyer points.

Gods, Monsters and Guitars Steve Dollar 2011

Despite the hazards, many of these entrepreneurs turn a small profit—between $400 and $1,300 per trip, plus frequent-flyer miles, Mr. Mathews reports—and repeat the process.

Commerce in the Rough Paul Karl Lukacs 2011

Despite the hazards, many of these entrepreneurs turn a small profit—between $400 and $1,300 per trip, plus frequent-flyer miles, Mr. Mathews reports—and repeat the process.

Commerce in the Rough Paul Karl Lukacs 2011

And there's good news if you are a member of the airline's Diamond Club frequent-flyer program: you will get double miles for trips on the new routes between April 1 and May 31.

Iberia Adds Routes to Brazil; Visit Saudi on a Budget Jeff Mills 2011

Employees are often more loyal to their frequent-flyer program than to their employer.

Blake Fleetwood: Frequent-Flyer Programs Are Convoluted, Mysterious, and a Maddening Fraud Blake Fleetwood 2011