I was getting tons of questions of Frequent Flier programs so we put together this quick guide to compare these programs. The chart is in 2 parts the award and redemption levels and the second is the fees.
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Airline
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Program
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Award Levels (per calendar year)
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Redemption Levels
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American Airlines*
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AAdvantage
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Gold – 25,000 miles or 30 segments
Platinum – 50,000 miles or 60 segments
Executive Platinum – 100,000 miles or 100 segments |
Domestic (48+ Canada) Coach – 25,000 – 50,000
Domestic Business/First – 50,000 – 100,000
Intl Economy – 25,000 – 180,000
Intl Business – 60,000 – 220,000
Intl First – 80,000 – 270,000 |
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Continental Airlines
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OnePass
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Silver Elite — 25,000 miles or 30 segments
Gold Elite — 50,000 miles or 60 segments
Platinum Elite — 75,000 miles or 90 segments |
Domestic Coach – 20,000 – 50,000
Domestic Business/First – 50,000 – 100,000
Intl Economy – 50,000 – 120,000
Intl Business/First – 80,000 – 300,000 |
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Delta Air Lines
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SkyMiles
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Silver Medallion – 25,000 miles
Gold Medallion – 50,000 miles
Platinum Medallion – 75,000 miles |
Domestic Coach – 12,500+
Domestic Premium – 22,500+
Intl Economy – 17,500 – 95,000+
Intl Premium – 60,000 – 185,000+ |
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Northwest Airlines
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WorldPerks
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Silver Elite — 25,000 miles or 30 segments
Gold Elite — 50,000 miles or 60 segments
Platinum Elite — 75,000 miles or 100 segments |
Domestic Coach – 25,000 – 50,000
Domestic Business/First – 50,000 – 100,000
Intl Economy – 35,000 – 180,000
Intl Business – 60,000 – 240,000
Intl First – 60,000 – 240,000 |
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United Airlines
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Mileage Plus
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Premier – 25,000 miles or 30 segments
Premier Executive — 50,000 miles or 60 segments
1K – 100,000 miles or 100 segments |
Domestic Coach – 25,000 – 50,000
Domestic Business – 45,000 – 90,000
Domestic First – 60,000 – 120,000
Intl Economy – 35,000 – 150,000
Intl Business – 60,000 – 220,000
Intl First – 80,000 – 270,000 |
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US Airways
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Dividend Miles
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Silver Preferred – 25,000 miles or 30 segments
Gold Preferred – 50,000 miles or 60 segments
Platinum Preferred – 75,000 miles or 90 segments
Chairman’s Preferred – 100,000 miles or 120 segments |
Domestic Coach – 25,000 – 50,000
Domestic Business/First – 50,000 – 100,000
Intl Economy – 30,000 – 160,000
Intl Business/First – 60,000 – 240,000 |
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Southwest Airlines
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Rapid Rewards
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A List – 32 qualifying one-way flights |
16 legs for free R/T flight |
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Alaska Airlines
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Mileage Plan
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MVP — 20,000 miles or 30 segments**
MVP Gold – 40,000 miles or 60 segments |
Domestic – 10,000 – 50,000
Domestic First – 20,000 – 90,000 |
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AirTran
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A+ Rewards
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Elite – 50 Credits or 20 credits in 90 days |
One-way Coach – 8 credits
One-way Business – 16 credits |
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Frontier Airlines
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EarlyReturns
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Ascent Level – 15,000 miles or 25 segments
Summit Level – 25,000 miles or 40 segments |
One-way Domestic- 15,000 – 20,000*** miles
One-way Costa Rica – 40,000*** |
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jetBlue
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TrueBlue
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(100 points for free+ travel) R/T |
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Hawaiian Airlines
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Hawaiian Miles
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Pualani Gold – 20,000 miles or 30 segments
Pualani Platinum – 40,000 miles or 50 segments |
Interisland/Domestic – 5,000 – 35,000
Intl Economy – 25,000 – 85,000
Intl Business/First – 37,500 – 105,000 |
