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When you travel regularly, frequent flyer programs are the first and most important item to sort out.
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Airline frequent flyer programs, seating, aircraft and computer systems vary widely from airline to airline, which can make redeeming miles or points across programs, or even gaining access to far-flung airport lounges, inconsistent and frustrating.
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The perverse result of frequent-flyer programs that award Million-Miler status is that they create a Doughnut Hole incentive for some of their best customers to fly on another airline.
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In 1992, according to Macdonald, Maritz began to offer services that would motivate consumers such as frequent-flyer programs and incentives for holders of credit cards in the form of membership points.
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Several credit cards offer frequent flyer points or other reward programs for the money you spend.
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There are three major frequent flyer alliances that bring together the loyalty programs from several different airlines: Star Alliance (United, Continental, US Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, and 21 more), One World (American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, and nine others) and Sky Team (Delta, Air France, KLM, plus 10 more).
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