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Points are earned in the American Express Membership Rewards program, which offers transfers to miles with 17 different frequent flier programs.

Peter Greenberg: We've seen some movement in the frequent - flier programs in which Southwest Airlines revamped their program.

Which hotel loyalty program you choose depends partly on your travel budget, of course, but just to give you some idea of your fellow travelers» preferences, here's a look at the hotel loyalty programs and credit cards frequent fliers ranked highest at the 2013 Freddie Awards.

«The price airlines charge typically is about 3 cents a mile when everything is factored in — but, these days, the average value of a mile is about 1.2 cents,» says Tim Winship, publisher of FrequentFlier.com, which offers tips and information about frequent flier programs.

It's easy to fall under the misconception that because nearly every airline are Starwood transfer partners that you can also use your SPG points to transfer to United Airlines (which is one of the most common frequent flier programs of interest for most US - based travelers), but this is a mistake — you do NOT want to transfer SPG points to United.

Wideroe does not have any U.S. partners for its loyalty program, but fliers can rack up miles in the SAS Euro Bonus program, which can be redeemed for Star Alliance flights.

United Continental Holdings has unveiled a new auction program, MileagePlus Headliners, which allows United and Continental frequent fliers to bid on atypical experiences These experiences include United flight simulator training in Denver, and flying aboard a United Boeing 787 Dreamliner delivery flight.

Additionally, members do not have to choose how to spend their rebate checks in advance, unlike some airline reward cards which lock the customer into a specific frequent flier program.

Ever since airlines began to devalue their frequent flier programs, it's that much more important for us to diversify and find smart - although, not always obvious - ways in which to earn miles and points.

Here's how you can earn miles, attain elite status, and book award flights on more than a dozen domestic and foreign frequent - flier programs — each of which has at least one major U.S. partner.

The award - ticket fees apply only to cards connected to airlines» frequent - flier programs, which are known as co-branded cards.

If the fees are too high, they risk driving off cardholders and devaluing their frequent - flier programs, which are big sources of revenue.

Each major airline's frequent flier program is different, so you will need to review the terms and conditions of each type of offer before deciding which suits your needs best.

Cardholders can't transfer miles to airlines» frequent - flier programs, though, which is a disappointment for frequent travelers.

Under its new program, which will apply to most flights departing on or after March 1, 2015, the number of miles you receive for a flight will be the fare price multiplied by a number between five and 11, depending on whether you have elite flier status.

See related: Debit card rewards programs gaining acceptance, Which is better: Frequent flier or cash reward programs, Trips and traps of credit card rewards programs

Back in the old days, the only option you had for free travel was the airline card, which earned miles in an airline's frequent flier program.

With Southwest's dining program, members of the airline's Rapid Rewards frequent flier program can earn 3 extra Rapid Rewards points per $ 1 spent at certain restaurants, regardless of which credit card is used.

MileCards.com looked at award data for 5 U.S. frequent flier programs, which cover about 90 % of U.S. airline mile program membership (American AAdvantage, Delta SkyMiles, United MileagePlus, Southwest Rapid Rewards, and JetBlue TruBlue.

I'm no expert, but it seems to me like this significantly devalues the benefits for the few U.S. Airline frequent flier transfer programs, which are listed below.

It's important to note that each airline frequent flier program and hotel loyalty program has it's own points expiration policy, which will be the subject of a future post.

In January, the airlines, which will operate under the American Airlines name, will begin merging their frequent flier programs.

If you didn't earn actual frequent flier miles directly with an airline — if you earned, for instance, American Express Membership Rewards points, which can be converted to frequent flier miles — then you would lose any of those points if you close your card or downgrade to a card that is unattached to the Membership Rewards program.

Dear Sam, I'm assuming in this case that you are referring to the option to enroll in the AmEx Membership Rewards program, which allows card members to earn points and redeem them for any number of reward opportunities, including conversion to frequent flier and guest program accounts.

Dear Julia, This is always a good question because the answer can help many people in your situation — no matter which frequent flier program they belong to.

In the case of airline frequent flier programs and their credit card - based programs, attempts to regulate them years ago through the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) failed as it kicked the regulatory process back to Congress, which pretty much gave airlines immunity from these types of laws.