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Over the past few years, many airlines have been switching their frequent flyer programs to award you miles based on your ticket price instead of distance flown – obviously this method kills earning a ton of miles on a cheap ticket (like mileage runs). However, thankfully, there are still plenty…
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Airline revenue management is a mystery to everyone and sometimes the way airlines price tickets is ridiculous, but on the other hand, there can be incredible opportunities if you know how to use the fare rules to your advantage and increase the earning of your miles. When it comes to…
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Redeeming miles and points for premium cabin tickets can be a great deal as you can often fly in First or Business Class, using miles/points you easily obtained, and experience true luxury. While miles and points from a frequent flyer program can be used for award tickets and many other…
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The way airlines price tickets is complicated – it all depends on a variety of factors including your origin, destination, dates, trip type, cabin, and much more. Airline revenue management and flight inventory will always be a mystery to me and every airline determines how they price their tickets and…
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There are three main types of frequent flyer programs and how they allow you to redeem miles – traditional region/zone-based programs, distance-based programs, and revenue-based programs. The first two types of a frequent flyer program have both their positives and negatives, while there are rarely any positive aspects about revenue-based…
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Revenue or cash tickets have more complex fares than award tickets – this is because award tickets are priced either dynamically or using a “is or isn’t available” model. Revenue fares have a bunch of other factors associated with them, all of which come together to form a final price…
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