<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b91f9a69-4a9d-4309-a222-c73d7fa8feb2/3EB5AE39-A27F-44AC-B8B5-778F9E6C5058/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#"><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0"> Airlines Are Sweetening Frequent-Flier Programs </NYT_HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/9B2DF1CC-4076-4FE5-BE04-3E34F23E1B9F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#"><P class="caption"> Seth Miller is one of the elite frequent fliers airlines have been courting, having maintained top-tier platinum status in Continental’s OnePass program for 10 years. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#"><P>After years of shrinking benefits and increasing fees, frequent-flier programs are courting their most loyal customers again.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#"><P>In recent weeks, <A title="More articles about American Airlines." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/amr_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org">American Airlines</A> introduced new awards for one-way flights; <A title="More articles about United Airlines." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/united_airlines/index.html?inline=nyt-org">United</A> dropped its $75 to $100 fees for booking an award within three weeks of travel; and <A title="More information about Delta Air Lines Inc" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/delta_air_lines_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Delta Air Lines</A> made it easier for elite frequent fliers to retain their V.I.P. status.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#"><P>Carriers have also been dangling mileage offers, including double-mile promotions, and have even resurrected bonuses for booking online.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/25frequent.html?8au&emc=au#"><P>Those who follow the programs describe the changes as a slight shift in a more consumer-friendly direction, giving customers more ways to earn and redeem miles.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3EB5AE39-A27F-44AC-B8B5-778F9E6C5058/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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