2024’s Best Frequent Flyer Programs
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WalletHub releases a study revealing the best frequent flyer programs of 2024.
Three years, airfare savings will be increasingly important in the months ahead. To help travelers make the best decisions for their wallets, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2024’s Best Frequent Flyer Programs, which ranks the 10 largest domestic airlines based on 21 key metrics, ranging from the value of a point/mile to blackout dates for reward flights.
WalletHub’s report also features a custom calculator that allows travelers to personalize the results based on their own budget. You can check out some overall highlights below.
- Best Frequent Flyer Program: Alaska Mileage Plan is the best frequent flyer program of 2024, beating last year’s winner United MileagePlus.
- Savings Available to Frequent Flyers: The average airline rewards program saves frequent flyers nearly 9% on airfare, and these programs are all free to join.
- Increased Rewards in 2024: Seven of the 10 largest airlines are offering more rewards value in 2024 than in 2023. On average, the top 10 airlines are offering 18% more value than they did last year.
- Earn and Redeem with Partner Airlines: Six of the 10 largest U.S. airlines allow program members to earn and redeem miles with partner carriers.
- Best Airline Credit Card: The JetBlue Plus Card is 2024’s best airline credit card, according to WalletHub’s editors.
