What the &#** is wrong with loyalty programs?

If you needed any more proof that loyalty programs are a cancer on the economy, sabotaging our collective moral compasses and compelling us to spend money we don’t have, you might want to check out the latest Colloquy survey. The point of the research, of...

TSA Pre✓improved — now open for everyone

Until December, 2013 TSA Pre✓ (PreCheck) was limited to frequent fliers invited to participate by airlines, members of US government run “Trusted Traveler” programs and members of the US military. Beginning on December 4, 2013, TSA opened the Pre✓ Application Program....

How to “upgrade” the value of your frequent flier miles

I fly a great deal for business and pleasure, and like many of you, have accumulated gobs of frequent flier miles. I also have one of those airline credit cards and acquire miles that way as well. Unfortunately, the airlines have been systematically devaluing those...