Apr 24, 2014 | 2014 Freddie Awards
Voting for this year’s Freddie Awards was conducted from Feb. 15 to March 31 in three separate geographical ballots:
– Americas
– Europe / Africa
– Middle East / Asia / Oceania
There were over 19 million page views.
The top 10 cities travelers voted from included:
New York City, Bogota, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, Houston, Sydney, London, Melbourne and Istanbul
The top 5 countries that travelers voted from included:
United States, France, Australia, Canada and Colombia
There were 235 countries/territories represented.
Apr 23, 2014 | 2014 Freddie Awards, Best Redemption Ability
This is the sixth Best Redemption Ability Freddie Award win for Virgin Australia Velocity. Velocity members who plan in advance can get award flights for fewer points and they also have the option of using points for any available flight—including peak holiday travel times when the number of points is based on the cost of the fare.
Thomas Alberts accepts the award.
Apr 23, 2014 | 2014 Freddie Awards
The Freddie Awards were named after the late Sir Freddie Laker, who in 1978, was nighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to commercial aviation an the British economy. Known for his pioneering marketing ideas within the travel industry, Sir Freddie founded Britain’s first all-jet air carrier, Laker Airways Limited. He also founded the Skytrain service that revolutionized the airline industry by offering no reservation, low-cost air service.
When looking to name the awards representing the voice of the frequent flyer, Freddie Awards Founder, Randy Petersen, decided the awards should be named after the man who had represented the industry so very well.
- Sir Freddie Laker
Apr 18, 2014 | 2014 Freddie Awards
It’s almost time for the big event and the House of Miles is packing up the last of the boxes for Seattle. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the 2014 Freddie Awards!
Apr 14, 2014 | 2014 Freddie Awards, Best Promotion
Flying Blue’s Great Take-Off promotion took place in November 2013, and AIR FRANCE – KLM and their airline partners offered Promo Awards@, inviting Flying Blue members to save up to 50 percent on award miles required for award flights, with many more destinations and a full five-month travel period instead of the usual two.
Attending the Freddie Awards this evening from Flying Blue is Herbert Verschuren, Vice President Customer Marketing and Sébastien Reliat-Brunetière, Head of Loyalty Marketing and Communications. Herbert accepts the award for Flying Blue and says a very quick “Thank you.”
Feb 6, 2014 | Blog
This year’s Freddie Awards ballot will feature a new graphics interface to allow members of travel loyalty programs to vote by using a mobile device. Voters can click on up to three logos for the programs that have delivered the most value to them in the order of their satisfaction: 1-2-3. It’s easy, it’s fun and this year we expect nearly 50% of all voters to use their mobile devices when voting.
Denny, Alison and Rob working on the new ballot
Feb 5, 2014 | Blog
While we can never predict when a link might go bad on the Freddie website, we’ve prepared for that situation. A Error 404 is a status code that means that the page you were trying to reach on the Freddies website couldn’t be found on our server. Technically, an Error 404 implies that the error is your mistake, either because you typed the URL incorrectly or the page has been moved or removed from the website and you should have known. We can’t see how it could ever be your fault so we have designed a custom Error 404 page featuring none other than Sir Freddie himself. Here’s that page and if ever you want to try finding it on your own, simply click HERE.
Apr 29, 2013 | 2013 Freddie Awards
Here’s the list of winners for the 2013 Freddie Awards.
Congratulations!
Apr 25, 2013 | 2012 Freddie Awards
Thanks to Tommy, Gary and a guy you haven’t met. A guy who worked tirelessly while reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to his daughter. Thanks to Ed. Thanks to Karen and Melinda and the House of Miles staff. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen.
I’m about ready to round this up. We’re going to have dessert and a great after party. And I’m going to have my picture taken with all of you. Happy 25th Freddie Awards – bye now!
Apr 25, 2013 | 2013 Freddie Awards, Best Promotion
The four finishers in this category are Le Club Accorhotels, IHG Priority Club Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest, and Club Carlson.
Le Club Accorhotels reached out to its 10 million members with a Facebook game. Members who matched Le Club Accorhotels properties to their location on a map earned 50 points per correct answer. Members who answered all 10 questions correctly were entered into a lottery to win up to a million points.
