Travel Loyalty News

The U.S. is the most aggressive region in the world when it comes to ancillary revenue, with seven of the top 10 airlines in ancillary revenue totals. However, Asia-Pacific, with carriers such as AirAsia, Tiger Airways and Jetstar, is certainly no slouch.

Rocking the boat while going through a bankruptcy is unusual for an airline. And how many such frequent flyers are there anyway?

Finally, a way to make social media addiction pay. Every location-based update a user makes to linked social media accounts -- no matter the number of followers they have -- gives them loyalty points equal to what spending $20 does.

Clinton's current count is at 102 countries visited and she still has six months to rack up more stamps on her passport. If only she got loyalty points for her air miles ...

As airlines get better at passenger profiling they will drive greater loyalty among frequent flyers, but they should make sure the the gap between high-flyer and leisure traveler isn't so wide that potential customers get turned off.