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"The increase was not intended". Flying Blue apologizes, everything goes back to the way it was

Yesterday I wrote about the devaluation of Flying Blue points, a Christmas "bad surprise" that in a few hours had become...

December 27, 2024

1 min by theflyer - 2 weeks ago

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Nightmare (during) Christmas: Flying Blue devalues prize tickets with partners on Christmas night

Update Dec. 27. It was NOT an intended devaluation: here's what happened. At Christmas you expect presents, not the...

December 26, 2024

2 min by theflyer - 2 weeks ago

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Qatar Airways raises taxes on award tickets. It's a devaluation, but it could have been much worse

In the last few hours there has been a real uproar in our FB group (and everywhere else) and...

September 16, 2024

2 min by theflyer - 4 months ago

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SAS lands in Skyteam and here's the first depreciation of Eurobonus miles

As of today SAS, or Scandinavian Airlines, is a full-fledged Skyteam member. As of today, FFs with Elite status...

September 1, 2024

1 min by theflyer - 4 months ago

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Emirates cuts mileage accrual on economy tickets

He had anticipated this, but the banner in the header of the site was certainly not noticed by most, and now instead...

June 3, 2024

1 min by theflyer - 7 months ago

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Italo Più collection restarts: program becomes revenue based, and it's not good news

As announced today, the new edition of the Italo Più loyalty program, i.e., the points collection dedicated to...

April 30, 2024

2 min by theflyer - 9 months ago

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Nooooo!!!!! You will no longer be able to book RTW tickets with Singapore Airlines Krisflyer points.

This is one of those news items that I would never want to write, it is not just a devaluation, but a...

April 11, 2024

1 min by theflyer - 9 months ago

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Accumulating Miles & Smiles points? Get ready for a monstrous devaluation from Turkish Airlines

Miles & Smiles is a very popular loyalty program in the Italian market, especially for all passengers who have taken advantage...

February 8, 2024

2 min by theflyer - 11 months ago

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New devaluation in sight for Skywards points: partner award tickets affected this time

Over the past 18 months we have seen a series of devaluations of Skywards points, the currency of the program...

October 18, 2023

2 min by theflyer - 1 year ago

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British Airways prepares for Avios revolution and launches "points-only" flights to Florence as well

We are 10 days away from the revolution, in a negative key, of the Executive Club loyalty program. Starting next October 18, all...

October 9, 2023

2 min by theflyer - 1 year ago

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British Airways devalues (overnight) award tickets on JAL and Cathay Pacific

There are proper loyalty programs that warn members in good time of incoming bad news, e.g. Cathay Pacific...

September 24, 2023

2 min by theflyer - 1 year ago

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Cathay Pacific also joins the list: devaluation of Asia Miles points from Oct. 1

Point devaluation is the nightmare of all serial accumulators of points and miles, and today, unfortunately, we have to give...

July 6, 2023

2 min by theflyer - 2 years ago

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Another devaluation in the world of points: United cuts the value of miles effective immediately

The devaluation season seems to have begun, in some ways it was a predictable thing since in the last 12 months...

May 18, 2023

2 min by theflyer - 2 years ago

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Finnair devalues points and raises fees and surcharges for award tickets

Points depreciation is the companion of every points traveler. Sooner or later it comes to every...

May 16, 2023

2 min by theflyer - 2 years ago

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Emirates, dreaded devaluation also hit flight from Milan to New York

We had written about it in recent days and finally, as expected, the devaluation of Emirates' Skywards points hit...

January 23, 2023

2 min by theflyer - 2 years ago

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