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Frequent-flyer programs (or Frequent-flyer programmes) are customer loyalty programs used by many passenger airlines.This is a list of current airlines with frequent-flyer programs, the names of those programs and partner programs (excluding earn-only, spend-only and codeshare arrangements).
Head for Points is a British travel website covering discussion of airline frequent-flyer programs and hotel loyalty programs in the UK. It has been referenced by National Geographic, [1] CNN, [2] and the BBC. [3] The site has a predominantly UK-based readership, and served up 3.2 million page views to 732,000 unique users in October 2024. [4]
United MileagePlus cards. A frequent-flyer programme (FFP) is a loyalty program offered by an airline.. Many airlines have frequent-flyer programmes designed to encourage airline customers enrolled in the programme to accumulate points (also called miles, kilometers, or segments) which may then be redeemed for air travel or other rewards.
Points are earned on purchases at participating merchants and can be redeemed against flights with specific airlines. In 2023, the owner of the name and concept used by Air Miles filed for bankruptcy. On 1 June, the Bank of Montreal (or BMO) acquired the loyalty program and the international right to use and license its name. [2]
AAdvantage is the frequent-flyer program of American Airlines.Launched May 1, 1981, it was the second such loyalty program in the world (after the first at Texas International Airlines in 1979) and remains the largest, with more than 115 million members as of April, 2021.
It was announced in July 2018, that Avios.com would close to British Airways Executive Club members, with all points automatically transferred to British Airways. [93] Qatar Airways, the largest shareholder of IAG, switched to Avios as its frequent flyer currency in March 2022. [94]
Booking codes are the identifiers used by the airline's revenue management department to control how many seats can be sold at a particular fare level. For example, a plane may have 25 economy seats still available and the airline may show it in a reservation system as Y7 K5 M4 T6 E3 which indicates how many of each booking class can be reserved.
The "Superior" mark is to flag extras beyond the minimum defined in the standard, but not enough to move the hotel up to the next tier ranking. The Swiss hotel rating was the first non-government formal hotel classification beginning in 1979. [3] It influenced the hotel classification in Austria and Germany. [3]