Frequent Flyer Program News.Airlines hope fliers use miles to buy items. Some airlines hope travelers will want to trade their frequent-flier miles for digital cameras, golf clubs or cookware, Washington Post columnist Keith L. Alexander writes. United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are expected to announce incentive programs that allow fliers to redeem miles for a variety of goods. Mar 7, 2006 Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. Mileage Plan Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members will earn double miles through April 30, for paid flights on Alaska's newest airline partners, Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde and KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) . See http://alaskaair.com/www2/Promo/Registration/PromoEntry.asp?pid=KL0601 Mar 15, 2006 America West, US Airways Current elite members of the America West and US Air frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons programs will retain their benefits beyond the February 2006 expiration date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist. Notes: The expiration date for all listed stock options in the U.S. until some time this spring (exact date TBD TBD abbr. to be determined ). The extension gives the two merged carriers time to finalize the integration of their programs, scheduled for "late spring 2006." Details are at http://www.usairways.com/dividendmiles/preferredlevels/preferred06.htm. Mar 15, 2006 American AAdvantage AAdvantage members can earn up to 60,000 bonus miles between March 2 and May 26, on American's new flights from Dallas Love Field This article is about the airport. For the neighborhood, see Love Field, Dallas, Texas (Neighborhood). Dallas Love Field (IATA: DAL, ICAO: KDAL, FAA LID: DAL and DFW DFW Dallas/Ft Worth, TX, USA - Dallas Ft Worth International (Airport Code) DFW Department of Fish and Wildlife DFW David Foster Wallace DFW Drug-Free Workplace DFW Down For Whatever (song by Pretty Young Things) to Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , St. Louis, Austin and San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. . Fly three roundtrips to earn 30,000 bonus miles; six roundtrips nets 60,000 bonus miles. Registration is required. See http://www.aa.com/ Mar 8, 2006 Avis Wizard Avis Wizard members can earn up to three free weekend certificates, through June 25, one for each weekly rental of at least five days. Certificates can be redeemed for travel through December 17, 2006. Promotion details are online at http://www.avis.com/freeweekend. Mar 15, 2006 Conrad Hotels Conrad Hotels is a luxury hotel brand controlled by Hilton Hotels Corporation and is based in Beverly Hills, California. History The chain was founded in 1982. At that time, Hilton and Hilton International were completely separate companies. Members of the programs of 21 airline programs can earn triple miles for stays at 19 participating Conrad hotels through March 31. To receive the bonus, quote Promotion Code DM when booking. More information is online at http://conradhotels1.hilton.com/en/ch/specials/program.do?promo=luxurytriplemiles Mar 15, 2006 Delta SkyMiles SkyMiles members can earn a one-time 2,500-mile bonus by charging a roundtrip Delta Shuttle ticket on an American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. Card and flying between January 1 and March 31. Registration is required. To register, or for more information: https://www.delta.com/marketing/powerstopbonus/index.jsp. Mar 15, 2006 Diners Club Diners Club International, originally founded as Diners Club, is a credit card company formed in 1950 by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider and Casey R. Taylor. When it first emerged, it became the first independent credit card company in the world. Rewards Diners Club Rewards members will receive a 20 percent bonus, between February 1 and March 30, when redeeming points through the Tailored Travel program. Tailored Travel allows Diners Club members to use points to purchase travel through a Club Rewards Personal Travel Consultant (for a $15 fee), or through an online travel service, a travel agent or directly with a travel provider (for a $5 fee). The Diners Club Web site at http://www.dinersclubus.com has more information. Mar 15, 2006 Gold Crown Club International Gold Crown Club International members between February 12 and May 6, will earn one free night after every six nights at Best Western hotels. Only Sunday-Thursday nights qualify. See https://www.goldcrownclub.com/offers/freenight.asp for more. Mar 15, 2006 Hertz #1 Club Hertz #1 Club Gold members will earn a bonus when renting cars from the new Hertz Fun Collection - an additional 350 miles or two #1 Club Credits for Leisure Weekly rentals or an additional 200 miles or one Credit for Leisure Weekend rentals. Through March 31. The Fun Collection includes such cars as Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] convertibles, Mazda Miatas and PT Cruisers. They're not available at all Hertz locations. See http://offers.hertzgold.com/offer.aspx?offerid=237&UID (programming, database) uid - 1. user identifier. 2. unique identifier - of any sort, possibly following sense 1. Compare with SKU for sense-development. =403509332A322784 for more. Mar 15, 2006 Members of participating airline programs can earn an additional 500 miles from Hertz, through April 30, on qualifying Leisure Weekend Rate rentals of two or more days, plus save $5 per day, or earn 500 additional miles on qualifying Leisure Weekly Rate rentals, and save $20. Offer is valid on rentals of any car class, including Minivans and Sport Utility Vehicles This page lists sports utility vehicles currently in production (as of April 2007), as well as past models. The list includes crossover SUVs, Mini SUVs, Compact SUVs and other similar vehicles. , at participating locations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. or Canada. To earn the bonus and receive the discount, cite Promotional Coupon #959372 for Leisure Weekend Rate rentals, or #959383 for Leisure Weekly Rate rentals, Details are at http://offers.hertz.com/20savingsand500miles04/index.cfm?uniqueid=5854. Mar 15, 2006 Marriott Rewards Marriott Rewards members can earn up to 10,000 bonus points for multiple stays at Marriott, JW Marriott, Renaissance, Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn, TownePlace Suites, SpringHill Suites hotels and Marriott Vacation Club. Members earn 2,500 bonus points for the second stay, another 2,500 for the third stay, and so on up to a maximum of 10,000 bonus points for five or more stays during the promotion period. Between February 15 and May 15. Visit https://marriott.com/rewards/promotionRegistrationInstructions.mi?promotion=MGS MGS Mars Global Surveyor MGS Metal Gear Solid MGS Microsoft Game Studios MGS Ministry of Government Services (Ontario, Canada) MGS Maryland Geological Survey MGS Malaysian Government Securities MGS Minnesota Geological Survey 6&psrc=MRWS MRWS Managing Radioactive Waste Safely MRWS Mentally Retarded Welfare Society (Andhra Pradesh, India) to register or for more information. Mar 15, 2006 Marriott's new DreamRewards Tracker lets Rewards members establish award goals and then track progress as points accumulate toward meeting those goals. Targeted awards can be hotel stays or partner offerings. Details are at http://marriott.com/rewards/dreamRewardsTracker/overview.mi. Mar 15, 2006 Marriott Rewards members beginning April 1, will earn two miles for every dollar spent at Marriott, JW Marriott and Renaissance hotels and Marriott Vacation Club International  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . That's a full 33 percent decrease from the current three-points-per-dollar earning rate for members electing to receive miles instead of points. The one-mile-per-dollar earning rate at Courtyard, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites, TownePlace Suites and Fairfield Inn hotels remains unchanged. The program's Web site is at http://www.marriottrewards.com Mar 8, 2006 Midwest Airlines Midwest Airlines partnered with rival Northwest Airlines on a loyalty program initiative that will allow members to earn and redeem miles on each other's flights. Midwest members can redeem miles on KLM flights as well. Mar 6, 2006 Northwest WorldPerks Coach Choice seats will be offered to all Northwest customers beginning 24 hr. prior to departure. WorldPerks and SkyTeam Elite members will have access 36 hr. before departure, however. The product will be rolled out on transborder and Caribbean flights this summer. Seats may be purchased only at nwa.com or a self-service airport kiosk and are nonrefundable unless NWA cancels flights, changes aircraft or creates a missed connection. It will continue to provide Premium Select seat upgrades for Elite-level flyers and full-fare travelers free of charge, subject to availability. Mar 15, 2006 Northwest WorldPerks members can earn up to 10,000 bonus miles for roundtrip Northwest/KLM flights between Newark or JFK and Amsterdam. Members earn 10,000 bonus miles for World Business Class roundtrips (J, C, Z classes); 5,000 in Y, B, M coach; 2,500 in H/K H/K Housekeeping H/K Hunter/Killer coach; and 1,500 in Q/L/T coach classes. Through March 31. See http://www.nwa.com/offers/bonusewrams/ for more. Mar 15, 2006 WorldPerks members can earn up to 100,000 bonus miles through May 31, by completing selected transactions with Northwest and WorldPerks partners. Points are awarded for various activities, which can then be converted into miles. A nonstop flight on an unrestricted ticket, for example, earns 60 points. Online bookings or check-in net 10 points. Stays at WorldPerks hotels or rentals at car partners earn five points each. Conversions range from 500 miles for between one and 19 points to 100,000 miles for 2,500 or more points. The three top points earners from each WorldPerks tier (non-elites and three elite levels) will receive additional prizes, ranging from bonus miles to free trips. Registration is required. Promotion details are at http://www.nwa.com/offers/dash/ Mar 8, 2006 Southwest Rapid Rewards Southwest's Rapid Rewards program terminated what many considered its best feature: unrestricted access to award seats. According to Southwest's Web site: "Any Awards issued on or after February 10, 2006 will be subject to capacity controls, meaning seats for travel on those Awards will be limited and not available on all flights." Details of Southwest's program are at http://southwest.com/rapid_rewards/. Mar 15, 2006 Swiss TravelClub Swiss TravelClub becomes Miles & More. April 1 marks the start of a new travel era as the Swiss TravelClub becomes Miles & More, the new SWISS frequent flyer program. The large majority of Swiss TravelClub members have already signed up to transfer to Miles & More, which is Europe's leading frequent flyer program. Mar 31, 2006 TripRewards TripRewards members will earn double points or airline miles for up to four qualifying stays at Days Inn, Ramada ra·ma·da n. Southwestern U.S. 1. a. An open or semienclosed shelter roofed with brush or branches, designed especially to provide shade. b. An open porch or breezeway. 2. , Super 8, Howard Johnson, Wingate Inn, AmeriHost Inn and Knights Inn hotels in the United States and Canada or any Travelodge hotel in the United States. To qualify for the bonus, stays must be booked online at www.triprewards.com or one of the participating hotel brand's own Web sites. There's also a 250-point bonus for booking stays online. Through May 3. Visit http://www.triprewards.com/ip-tr/PromoReg.jsp?brandcode=NA for details. Mar 15, 2006 United Mileage Plus United Mileage Plus members can earn up to 15,000 bonus miles on roundtrip United flights from the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands to Australia. Members earn 15,000 bonus miles for first-class roundtrips (F booking class); 10,000 for business (C/D classes); 7,500 for coach (Y/B/M/H classes); and 5,000 bonus miles for discount coach (Q/V/W classes). Between March 1 and April 30. See United's Web site at http://www.united.com/ for more. Mar 15, 2006 |
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