Sentences with phrase «flier programs such»

For example, you can not transfer miles earned from your United MileagePlus Explorer card to your Delta SkyMiles account but you can transfer your SPG Starpoints earned from your American Express SPG credit card to other airline frequent flier programs such as American, Delta and United.

Not exact matches

Although a combination of limited choice and artificial restraints such as frequent - flier programs often cause even completely dissatisfied airline customers to remain fairly loyal, the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty does resemble a competitive market on routes where several carriers offer flights at around the same time.

Most frequent flier programs have partnerships with other vendors, such as car rental companies, hotels and even restaurants.

While most other types of credit cards, even rewards and cash back credit cards, do not have an annual fee, the cost of airline frequent flier programs is such that an annual fee must be charged for it to be profitable for the credit card issuing bank.

You might not always be able to get points in your preferred frequent flier program, but it may be possible to make a redemption through a partner, such as using Singapore's KrisFlyer miles to travel on United Airlines.

They say alternatives such as raising fares is impractical «due to the highly competitive nature of the airline industry» and increasing the number of miles required for a reward would make award travel impossible for many frequent flier program members.