Wall Street Journal With so many points floating around, airlines have decreased their value. The average cost in points or miles for an economy flight has jumped 36% since 2019, according to an analysis of rewards pricing across six U.S. airlines from aviation consultant IdeaWorks. Only one of those – American Airlines – reduced the
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View from the Wing Jay Sorensen’s IdeaWorks is out with their annual study of airline frequent flyer award pricing, and he has interesting findings after making 1,200 flight searches in February 2025 for travel during between June and October. Looking at the cost of domestic roundtrip bookings with a Saturday night stay for one passenger, the
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American and Southwest offer lowest prices in the US Domestic Reward Report, which is the latest Pro Series Report by IdeaWorksCompany. Inflation has worked its way through every nook and crevice of the US economy. The Consumer Price Index posted a 24% increase since the pre-pandemic period of 2019. The average reward seat increase posted
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Low Cost Meets Loyalty was issued today as a 15-page report to analyze the FFPs of these ten airlines: Air Arabia, AirAsia, Azul, Frontier, GOL, IndiGo, JetBlue, Pegasus, Viva Aerobus, and Vueling. Decades ago airline executives predicted “low cost” and “loyalty” were an impossible combination. But today, loyalty is now firmly embraced by LCCs.
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CarTrawler sponsored report reveals how ten top LCCs have embraced full-feature loyalty programs with partner networks, elite tiers, and co-branded credit cards. Low Cost Meets Loyalty was issued today as a 15-page report to analyze the FFPs of these ten airlines: Air Arabia, AirAsia, Azul, Frontier, GOL, IndiGo, JetBlue, Pegasus, Viva Aerobus, and Vueling. Decades ago
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IdeaWorksCompany, a foremost consultant on ancillary revenue, frequent flyer programs, and airline retail, has released the 5th edition of its annual data compendium: The Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany. The new edition provides a world of data for individual airlines, regional compilations, airline alliances, employment data, and frequent flyer membership totals. The collection
IdeaWorksCompany releases 105-page report filled with passenger traffic, revenue, employment, and frequent flyer membership data for 239 carriers. The 2024 Big Book of Airline Data contains passenger traffic results for 168 primary airlines and 53 subsidiary airlines. The second portion contains revenue results for 136 primary airlines and 48 subsidiary airlines. The last airline sections
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Top-performing LCCs gain 13.1% on a per passenger basis, but traditional airlines drop 4.3% in the 2024 CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue. The 2024 edition of the CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue by IdeaWorksCompany, released today, describes ancillary revenue activities and results for 68 airlines in 2023, revealing divergences in trends and providing an assessment
The 2024 edition of the CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue by IdeaWorksCompany describes ancillary revenue activities and results for 68 airlines in 2023, revealing divergences in trends and providing an assessment of the industry as a whole. Here’s a guide to key features of the 2024 edition: • 68 pages of individual airline listings arranged by
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Wall Street Journal The lowest-priced reward flight with American on average was 25% cheaper in 2024 compared with five years earlier, according to airline-consulting firm IdeaWorks. Comparatively, the price of a rewards flight, in miles or points, across all of the carriers studied rose 28% on average since 2019. The IdeaWorks analysis was based on 600
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