By Meghan Coyle, NerdWallet The free flights and elite status perks offered by airline loyalty programs are ultimately designed to do one thing: Get you to spend more money with the airline. But in ...

In general, airline loyalty programs ... have been economy flyers. Corporate travelers, who pay more per ticket, have fared better. “The airlines changed their mileage programs to award people ...

But strategic flyers can still enjoy the best parts of these loyalty programs while avoiding their ... a fixed value across all redemptions. For example, a $100 flight might cost 10,000 miles ...

Airline loyalty programs, also known as frequent flyer programs (FFPs), have gained ... and FFPs of various international airlines (for example, Singapore Airlines FFP KrisFlyer).

where frequent-flyer status is critical. The campaign urging customers to switch to United's loyalty program is another example of how the Chicago-based carrier is trying to take market share from ...