frequent flyer miles

A homeless man in Orange County, California is living a hotel version of the movie "Up in the Air," using frequent flier miles and hotel reward points to live in hotels while he looks for a job. Jim Kennedy, 46, turned 7,000 points from United Airlines and $100 in cash into a four-night stay this...

The New York Times reports that while even complimentary mini bags of pretzels inch closer to extinction, airlines are dreaming up new elite categories for frequent fliers -- complete with perks and prestigious titles. A quick sampling of the new clubs: Continental Airlines' Presidential Platinum...

The allure of frequent flier miles, or perhaps just the game of chasing them, has resulted in many inspired schemes taking advantage of thoughtless merchants. According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), the latest deal comes courtesy of the U.S. Mint, and at a slight cost to the...

With an estimated 180 million members of frequent-flier programs and 10 trillion unused frequent-flier miles in circulation, what are the best airline rewards to spend your miles on? If you've done the right thing and accumulated most of your miles with one airline to maximize your redemption...

Realizing they can no longer gouge slow payers with rapid interest rate hikes and questionable fee practices once the new Federal Reserve rules take effect, possibly even sooner if the credit card reform bill passes Congress, credit card companies are looking to make up for their profit shortfall...

In 2008, the airlines told us what they think of us, and they rolled out various extra fees designed to bleed us. Baggage fees. Change fees. Water that costs $2. "We'll haul your body around," the airlines told me, "but you're going to pay extra for every other thing you want from us."Fine. I'm...