Eavesdrop on conversation in a typical airport gate area and you’ll think that grousing about frequent flyer programs has become a national pastime. The airlines keep finding new ways to give away miles and just about as many ways to prevent their customers from ever cashing in those miles for flights.
While passengers have long been offered redemption options beyond free flights and upgrades, they are spending their miles more often these days on non-flight services as the airlines reduce capacity, leaving fewer seats redeemable for miles. The airlines are doing all they can to recruit and keep passengers in frequent flyer programs, offering promotions and making it easier to redeem miles for hotels, car rentals and even theatre tickets.
We’d love to know…do you choose your flights now based on which airline you earn the most miles with, or are you more price driven?
Written by: C Kennedy
kennedy@atlastravelweb.com
Planning Your Next Trip with Atlas Travel Center
At Atlas Travel Center, we’ve spent over 35 years helping travelers turn ideas like the one in this post into fully realized journeys. Whether you’re reading this as inspiration for a trip you’re already planning or as the first seed of a travel dream, our advisors are here to take it from concept to confirmation — handling every detail along the way.
What sets Atlas apart isn’t just our longevity in the business — it’s the depth of expertise we bring to every booking. Our agents are specialists, not generalists. Many have personal experience at the destinations they recommend, onboard the ships they book, and with the tour operators they partner with. When you work with an Atlas advisor, you’re getting counsel grounded in real experience, not just what’s on a website.
Why Work with a Travel Advisor in the Age of Online Booking?
Online booking tools have made it easier than ever to assemble a trip — and also easier than ever to make an expensive mistake. The lowest price on a comparison site often omits a resort fee, books a room category you wouldn’t choose if you saw the photos, or locks you into a cancellation policy that offers no flexibility. Our advisors know the inventory, the fine print, and the suppliers well enough to navigate all of it on your behalf.
More importantly, when something goes wrong — a flight cancels, a ship changes its itinerary, a resort overbooks — a travel advisor is the difference between hours on hold with an 800 number and a quick call to someone who knows exactly who to call. We’ve been solving those problems for clients since 1987, and we’re very good at it.
Start Planning with Atlas
Contact Atlas Travel Center to speak with one of our experienced travel advisors. We’re CLIA-certified, ARC-accredited, and have maintained an A+ BBB rating for over 35 years. Whatever kind of travel experience you’re envisioning, we’d love to help you make it happen.
