Exactly eight years ago, I flew SAS Scandinavian flight SK 626 from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Copenhagen (CPH). Not a really special flight – I had the connection a couple of times before and a bunch of times later. However, on…
My Loyality Program Portfolio 2024
In early April 2023, I gave you an insight into my loyalty program strategy for 2023. The posting Thumbs up or down also explained, why I was aiming for certain shifts during the next year(s) and which companies stay in…
Thumb Up or Down? A Personal View on my Loyalty Program Portfolio
A major part of optimizing your travel portfolio is to determine the loyalty program which suits best to you. Thereby, I do not only look into the benefits (like quick status increase or good awards), but also into a mid-term…
Loyalty Programs – Are We Too Committed To Stay Rational?
I recently ran into a very interesting discussion of the German aviation travel channel Frequent Traveler TV. Lars Costen, the head of the channel, and one of the channel supporters discussed whether loyalty programs and airlines and hotel groups are…
The New 2021 Miles & More Points – Back to FREQUENT Flying?
In an evening session with German aviation experts and frequent travelers in Frankfurt, Lufthansa today revealed their new Miles & More status points system, which will become effective at the beginning of 2021. It is quite a simplification, which is…
How to buy a Hotel Group Status
Similar to frequent flying, there is a straightforward option to become a status member in all major hotel chains: frequent sleeping. Very often, the requirements are comparably high to reach that target. However, there are much more (and convenient) shortcuts…
Flyctory.com’s Introduction on Mileage Pooling
With Miles & More, Lufthansa Group’s widely used loyality programme, introducing the concept of Mileage Pooling to their program just about a week ago, travel blogs were flooded with different articles on mileage pooling. As these articles are typically in…