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If I have status on one airline, can I transfer my status to another airline?
I've heard that if you have status on one airline and move to a new area and can't fly them any more, you can call up an airline and get them to match your status. Is this true? Which airlines offer ...
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How can I find out how many Miles I will receive on Royal Plus?
I'm flying from Zurich to Auckland with Cathay Pacific via Hong-Kong next year, and am considering getting the miles accredited to a Royal Jordanian Frequent Flyer account (Royal Plus), as they have ...
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Does Singapore Airlines offer any reward seats on their EWR-SIN route?
Singapore Airlines has an all-business class flight from EWR-SIN (Newark->Singapore), but I can't seem to find any reward Krisflyer flights for any dates.
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Converting Virgin Australia flights into AirNZ Airpoints
Evidently, Virgin Australia flights can be used to earn AirNZ airpoints, something I wish I'd found out a few months earlier so that I could have claimed a flight last year.
However, I'm struggling ...
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Can I earn SNCF Voyager points, for a booking made without the membership number?
Having now worked out what the SNCF Voyageur program is, I've gone ahead and joined it, as I've a number of TGV journeys coming up in the coming months.
The slight wrinkle is that most of these TGV ...
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Is there a database of hotels that shows what loyalty systems they accept?
When I travel I find it very difficult to find out whether I can accrue Delta or AA miles, or IHG or HHilton points. Often I have to call and talk to the hotel, and still sometimes the person on the ...
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Can a corporate credit card be registered to accrue points/miles?
I have a corporate AmEx card with my company, and travel a fair amount for work. How can I register that card for promotions/mile accrrual/etc?
Can I do that?
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United Premier member on a Continental flight operated by United
I am a silver premier member of United. One good thing being a premier member of United is that I can enjoy Economy Plus seating.
I found a ticket issued by Continental, but operated by United. In ...
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Can you share frequent flyer status with people in your travel group?
Does it makes sense to travel with someone with enough frequent flyer miles to enter airport lounges, if you don't have that required FF card status?
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Resource for information on airport lounges access for non-members?
I've been told sometimes you can get a club member with status to take you in as a guest.
I've also had a friend tell me, for example, in Santiago (SCL) he paid $30 to get in, which for a shower, ...
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Choosing an airline alliance [closed]
I never paied much attention to this. Is it worth being loyal to an airline alliance? What should I look for when choosing which alliance to be loyal to?
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How do I evaluate the HHonors "Earning Style" options?
Hilton gives one the option to earn points and points; fixed or variable miles with airline partners. How can I decide which one is better for me? I have Delta as airline provider.
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Will I receive Explorer card benefits if my employer pays for my flight?
My employer flies me out every couple of months and pays for my flight, and it always seems to be with United. I was wondering, if I get the Chase Explorer card, will I still be awarded miles for ...
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Claiming air miles for Air Alaska with codeshares
I flew from CHC to AKL with AirNZ, claimed the points.
Then from AKL to NAD to HNL with Air Pacific, claimed as partner of Qantas with OneWorld.
Then flew from HNL to SEA to YVR with Alaska Airlines. ...
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Changing Address to a US Address and Dollar Requirement
Suppose that as a non-US person, I have United Silver status. I thus have >25K PQM. However, what happens if I don't have $3K PQD but I change my address to a US address?
Do I lose the status?
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Which is the best frequent flyer program to join? [closed]
I am guessing it would be an airline in Star Alliance or One world based on the partner airline benefits. But which of these airlines would be better?
I choose United because it has quite a few ...
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How do I get the most use of my BA Executive Club membership with QatarAirways? [closed]
How do I get the most use of my BA Gold Executive Club membership with Qatar Airways?
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How does one search for flights with miles? Or is it simply a post-selection operation?
I have started to accumulate a few decent miles with some airlines. In the past, I've merely used miles to reduce the cost - choose a flight, apply points, voila.
However, I was wondering if there ...
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Do I have a fighting chance trying to avoid $50 charge for miles credit with United MileagePlus? [closed]
I (actually a friend of mine, but I will use myself here for simplicity) have created for United MileagePlus account. I have flown twice in the past year with United and figured that it would help to ...
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Will Alaska always give credit for flights if both marketing and actual airline are partners?
As an example, KLM flight 6162 is not on their list of KLM flights that they credit for mileage. But the funky thing is that both KLM (the marketing airline) and the actual airline (Delta) are both ...
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La Quinta Returns nightly rate
I stayed last year in a La Quinta Hotel and I have about 15000 points. I would like to make a reservation using those points but I don't understand if the nightly rate is, for example, (15000 points + ...
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Can I credit travel on one RailTeam member to the frequent traveller program of another?
I know that with airline alliances and partnerships, you can credit flights on one airline in the alliance/partnership to a frequent traveller program of another. Does the same thing apply for travel ...
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