Tim Winship: Tim Winship is a nationally known authority on the travel industry and frequent flyer programs. His 20-year travel industry career includes loyalty-marketing management assignments with Singapore Airlines, All Nippon Airways and The Hilton Hotel Corporation. During his tenure, he developed new frequent flyer programs (Goldpass and ANA Mileage Club), managed existing programs, and designed and implemented reward promotions. In 1997, Tim launched FrequentFlier.com, a Web site devoted to helping travelers choose, use and understand frequent flyer programs. And in 1998, he began publishing a weekly e- newsletter, The FrequentFlier Crier. The Web site and e-newsletter have won many awards including the BOOT (Best of Online Travel) award that reflects the opinions of more than one million online voters, as well as being featured in the current edition of McGraw-Hill's Guide to 500 Best Aviation Web Sites and net.people published by CyberAge Books. In addition to his own publications, Tim is a contributing editor for Frequent Flyer magazine and SmarterTravel.com. He also writes the syndicated monthly newspaper column, "The Extra Mile." His advice and analysis is regularly sought and cited by The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and CNN. Tim is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and a longtime supporter of the Frequent Travel Marketing Association. He earned an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of Southern California. Tim also holds a B.F.A. in design from California Institute of the Arts, and completed several years of graduate work in philosophy and symbolic logic at California State University, Los Angeles. Tim lives in Los Angeles where he has a choice of three airports: Los Angeles International, Burbank and Long Beach.
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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
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This book should be renamed "Mileage Amateur",
By Bergdorf_Blonde (New York City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mileage Pro: The Insider's Guide to Frequent Flyer Programs (Paperback)
I am sad to say that I found this book very disappointing. It claims to target "the middle level of the mileage earning community" however most of the information is so basic that I cannot see this being an interesting read for anyone but the complete novice. People interested enough in frequent flyer miles to purchase a book about it will surely be knowledgeable about most of the content.Examples of such topics include sections on the possibility of mileage being earned on airline program partners and not just the home airline, that extra miles are given for purchasing first- and business tickets, and how being loyal to a single airline or alliance is the way to earn elite status. There is nothing in this book that cannot be discovered by going to any given airlines home page and reading about benefits offered to elite members or how many miles are required for an award ticket. A lot of information on mileage maximization is neglected. Petersen's recommendation to join the program hosted by the airline that you will be flying most often is not necessarily the best idea- sometimes it pays to join one of their foreign partners who may be more generous (such as awarding full mileage on lower fares that don't qualify on the home partner). There is also no information on how to configure itineraries that will earn the most miles such as checking a ticket's rules to find out the maximum number of allowed connections or legal routing. While I feel that Randy Petersen's website, Flyer Talk, and his input in many other websites and publications are excellent, this book leaves much to be desired and contains no insider information or little known ways to maximize miles.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Frequent Flyer Help,
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This review is from: Mileage Pro: The Insider's Guide to Frequent Flyer Programs (Paperback)
This book should provide one who's new to using FF miles help. It will be a disappointment to longstanding users of FF miles - there are no new surprises in the book's contents.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Pre-school For Flyers,
This review is from: Mileage Pro: The Insider's Guide to Frequent Flyer Programs (Paperback)
Basic college courses are usually labeled 101. Sometimes remedial courses are necessary before enrolling in the 101 course. This book should be considered pre-remedial training. A minimum of research at just a few of the myriad on-line travel sites and blogs can uncover way more than is presented in this allegedly comprehensive bible. I can't imagine who could find this useful unless one is an absolute babe in the woods to airline travel programs.
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