United: Miles for unused gift cards
United is offering to trade points for unwanted gift cards
Frequent Flier & Loyalty Programs
Delta adds 'boarding lane' for lounges
As airport lounges become more crowded, Delta is adding a skip-the-line privilege for its most lucrative passengers
Flying Blue adds free stopovers
Stopovers of up to a year will be possible on award tickets issued by Air France and KLM
Airline has middle-seat prize lottery
Virgin Australia is running a fun lottery to make life a little better for those stuck in the middle.
Virgin Atlantic: All-in for SkyTeam
Virgin Atlantic is joining the alliance led by Delta and AirFrance/KLM, its close partners in the trans-Atlantic business
Four more airlines join PreCheck
Two European airlines and two from North America are the latest to join
Chase digging deeper into travel biz
Chase is planning to take a bigger role in marketing travel to its 66 million U.S. customers with a new portal.
AA adds a few tweaks to AAdvantage
American's loyalty program is redoing how status is earned, and extending expiration dates, but it won't join Delta and United on the no-expire list.
Qatar joins IAG's Avios, program gets new options
Qatar's Qmiles will become Avios, and Avios gets some new features...and some cautions.
Two African airlines in merger
South African Airways and Kenya Airways, which both have a history of financial difficulty made worse by the pandemic, will merge in 2023.
American Airlines locks out AwardWallet
American Airlines abruptly cuts off its cooperation with one of the most popular loyalty trackers.
Holiday is over for AAdvantage expiration
After a pandemic hiatus, American is going back to expiring its loyalty points after 18 months of no activity.
ITA joins SkyTeam, replacing Alitalia
Alitalia's replacement joins its old alliance giving the airline better connections and giving points holders more access to flights.
AA revaamps its AAdvantage program
A long-expected announcement of program changes didn't go in the direction many expected
Emirates adds 'pay-to-play' to loyalty plan
A new wrinkle in loyalty programs: Emirates is offering added benefits in return for hefty membership fees. Will it fly?