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A New Strategy for Earning and Keeping Airline Elite Status in 2015

Grant Martin

Photo Credit: The American Airlines Admirals Club lounge in San Francisco. American Airlines

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Next year’s traveler will need to be both diligent with their travel partner and smart with their wallet to hit their milestones – but as always with elite status, where there’s a will there’s a way.

As the year begins to close and frequent travelers lock in their status for the 2015 travel year, many are now looking forward towards their strategies for the year to come. For most, that game will change significantly. No longer will points be earned by simply flying from point A to point B. Now, each reward will be based on the distance of travel and the cost of the ticket. The minimum costs to play the game are also going up, changing the loyalty program focus from leisure to business traveler. Between those two changes, many r

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