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AA’s Loyalty Point Pursuit game: Earn status w/out flying

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Let the game begin!  As of January 1st, 2022, American Airlines has moved to a new way for members to earn elite status.  The...
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The many ways to earn American Airlines loyalty points announced

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Yesterday, View from the Wing covered the release from American about what does and does not count for loyalty points in the new AAdvantage...
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Minor Marriott Changes: Fewer Award Bookings For Others, Reinstated Ambassador Spending & More

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Marriott has made a few changes to the Terms & Conditions of their Bonvoy program to kick off the New Year. These changes will be...
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(EXPIRED) Free miles: EVA offering 1,000 miles for new members, up to 1,000 bonus...

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EVA Air Infinity MileageLands is offering 500 free miles to new members who sign up for the loyalty program and an additional 500 miles...
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Get a Hyatt suite upgrade that’s good until 2024 by procrastinating

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Miles Talk published a piece of brilliance that I wish I had seen right away yesterday: the short story is that if you are...
Frontier Status Match

(EXPIRED) Frontier Status Match: Match From Hotel Or Airline Programs (Promo Ends 12/31/21)

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When writing about the Alaska Airlines status match/challenge earlier, I realized that we'd never written about the Frontier status match promotion that's been running...
Alaska Airlines Status Match Challenge

Alaska Airlines Offering 90 Day Status Match, Ability To Extend With Challenge (Now Comes...

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Back in February Alaska Airlines offered a status match opportunity for Delta, United and Southwest elite members. That offer ended in April, but their...
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Get Hilton Diamond Status After 9 Nights With Status Match (Good Through March 2023)

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Update 12/29/21: Hilton paused their status match program a few months ago, but AwardWallet noticed that they recently relaunched it. What's interesting is that Hilton's...
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(EXPIRED) (Update: Extended) ITA Airways Offering Status Match From Most Airline Programs

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ITA Airways - the airline that's replaced Alitalia as Italy's national airline - is offering to status match customers from many other airline loyalty...
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It’s Time: Get Your Southwest Companion Pass [100K Offers Expired]

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Now is the time to set the wheels in motion towards your Southwest Companion Pass.  The end of the calendar year is the ideal...
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Delta’s end of year luxury mileage run

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Yesterday, I described Delta's business class (Delta One) award sale to Europe as "ridiculous" because they've merely lowered their best Delta One award rates...
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United Extending Status For Some, Reducing Elite Status Requirement For All For 2022

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United is reducing elite status earning requirements for all MileagePlus members for 2022, while also extending status for some members. Status Extension Only certain MileagePlus members...
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Aeroplan Encourages Gaming: Ready Player 1?

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This week, Air Canada introduced a new credit card to the U.S. market and it's surprisingly interesting!  The card seems to be specifically designed...
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About that Air Canada Aeroplan status match… [An interview with Prince of Travel]

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Remember Air Canada Aeroplan's status match?  The idea is that you can easily get temporary elite status with Air Canada by providing proof of...

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