Ke hoʻolilo nei nā mea kūʻai mokulele i nā hōʻailona lele pinepine i kēia makahiki, e ʻimi ana e pale aku i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe a me ka manaʻo ʻaʻole pono like nā mile.
Me ka nui o nā ala hou e loaʻa ai nā mile - ma nā mea a pau mai ka hoʻolimalima kaʻa a hiki i nā hale kūʻai - hopohopo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi noʻonoʻo e paʻakikī koke ke hele i kahi a lākou e makemake ai, ke makemake lākou me ka manuahi.
"Ua pau ka nani o ka makana frequent-flier," wahi a Jay Sorensen, ka mea nāna i hoʻokele i ka papahana kūpaʻa ma Midwest Airlines a ʻo ia ka mea kūkākūkā mokulele. "Ke ʻike nei ka poʻe he paʻakikī ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mile e hele ai i Hawaiʻi."
ʻO ka hoʻokele waiwai a me nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe paha ke koi nei i ka poʻe e hoʻolilo i kā lākou mau mile.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Randy Petersen, ka mea nāna i hoʻopuka i nā polokalamu lele pinepine ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopuka o ka InsideFlyer magazine, ke alakaʻi nei nā piʻi holo kaʻa hou i ka poʻe holo e puhi i nā mile ma nā huakaʻi haʻahaʻa ma mua o nā hoʻomaha i Hawaii a i ʻEulopa.
"E hele ana lākou i Boise, Decatur a me Bakersfield," wahi a Petersen. "Ke hoʻolimalima nei lākou i nā mile no nā pilikia pilikia ʻohana a i ʻole ke kipa ʻana i ke kupuna wahine."
Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe nā mokulele i nā koi mileage a kau i nā uku no ka hoʻohana ʻana iā lākou i loko, akā nui ka poʻe e hoʻolilo nei iā lākou.
Hōʻike ʻo Continental Airlines a hiki i Iulai, ua loaʻa nā mea kūʻai aku i 1.34 miliona mau makana i kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka 21 pakeneka mai ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.
Ma Continental, ʻo ia wale nō ka mokulele US nui e hōʻike i nā helu hoʻolaʻa mahina, hoʻololi nā luna i kā lākou pūnaewele i hiki i nā mea kūʻai aku ke ʻike i nā noho i loaʻa ma nā hui mokulele, hiki iā lākou ke puke me nā mile mai ka papahana kūpaʻa OnePass ʻo Continental.
ʻO American Airlines ka papahana kūpaʻa kahiko loa a nui loa i ka ʻoihana, ʻo AAdvantage, me 60 miliona mau lālā i hōʻemi i 200 biliona mau mile i ka makahiki i hala.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā makana ma ʻAmelika he palahalaha mai ka makahiki 2006 a hiki i 2007 akā ua piʻi i ka 10 a 15 pakeneka i kēia makahiki a hiki i ʻAukake, wahi a Rob Friedman, ka pelekikena o ʻAmelika no ke kūʻai aku no AAdvantage.
E like me Continental, ka paena pūnaewele i hōʻaiʻē ʻia e ʻAmelika e ʻike i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka manawa e hiki ai iā lākou ke hele i kahi ala a me ka nui o nā mile.
"Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i ka kalena a hana i nā kālepa," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Friedman. "Hiki iā lākou ke maʻalahi a kūʻai aku a puni no nā mokulele (e koi ana i nā mile liʻiliʻi), a i ʻole pono lākou e kūʻai hou aku i mau mile no ka huakaʻi i kahi lā kikoʻī."
No ka laʻana, i ka pule i hala aku nei ua hōʻike ka pūnaewele ʻAmelika i nā noho i loaʻa mai Dallas a i Honolulu i ka nui o nā lā a puni ka Thanksgiving no 35,000 mile. Akā inā makemake ʻoe e huakaʻi i ka Pōʻaono, pono ia he 90,000 mau mile.
E hōʻike ana ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi o ʻAmelika i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kēlā mau mokulele Pōʻaono. Makemake nā mokulele e hoʻopiha i kā lākou mokulele me ka uku ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku, akā pono lākou e kaulike i kēlā me ke kani ʻana o nā mea lele pinepine e makemake e kūʻai i kā lākou mau mile no nā huakaʻi manuahi.
Ma kahi o 6 a 8 pakeneka o nā poʻe holo kaʻa a pau e lele ana ma nā tiketi makana, e like me nā palapala mokulele.
Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka hapa nui o nā mea lawe kaʻa US i nā kūlana mileage a hoʻopau i nā manawa pau i kā lākou papahana kūpaʻa.
Hāʻawi ʻo Delta i nā lālā i kahi hiki ke kūʻai lilo i mau mile no kahi huakaʻi manuahi akā ma ke kumukūʻai o nā mile he nui. I kēia mahina, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ʻAmelika e uku i $50 - me 15,000 mau mile - e hoʻomaikaʻi mai ke kumu hoʻokele waiwai ma kahi mokulele i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
"ʻAʻole maʻalahi a kaulana paha kēlā mau hoʻoholo, akā ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā kumukūʻai wahie, pono lākou," wahi a ka American Friedman no ka uku hou.
ʻO kēlā mau uku a me nā lula hoʻopau ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā uku.
Ua puhi ʻo Shaun Black, he loea polokalamu ma Atlanta, i kāna mau mile Delta a pau ma kahi huakaʻi e lawe ai ʻo ia a me kāna wahine i Helene i ke kauwela aʻe. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i nā noho ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Delta e kau i ka uku wahie ma nā tiketi uku i ʻAukake.
"ʻAʻole mākou i ʻimi e hele i kahi huakaʻi," wahi a Black. "Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi - ʻaʻole wau e uku i kēlā uku."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Black ua hopohopo ʻo ia e pāpālua koke ʻo Delta i nā mile e pono ai no nā huakaʻi manuahi no ka mea he nui nā poʻe i kēia manawa e loaʻa mau mile ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kāleka hōʻaiʻē, hoʻolimalima i nā kaʻa - nā mea āpau akā lele.
ʻO ka hapalua wale nō o nā mile i loaʻa e ka poʻe lele lele pinepine o ʻAmelika e hele mai ana mai ka lele ʻana, me ka hapalua mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi kāleka hōʻaiʻē Citigroup kūikawā a i ʻole ke kūʻai ʻana mai nā hoa kūʻai kūʻai 1,000 o ka mokulele.
A ʻo ia ka pilikia me kēia mau papahana, wahi a Tom Farmer, ka mea nāna e hoʻokele i kahi ʻoihana kūʻai liʻiliʻi ma Seattle - he nui loa nā mile e hahai ana i nā noho liʻiliʻi. He mea lele elite-level lōʻihi, ua lawa ʻo ia.
"Aia kahi pilikia i ka manaʻoʻiʻo me nā mile - ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa mau nei lākou," wahi āna. "He nui ka poʻe, ʻo wau pū kekahi, ua hoʻoholo ua piʻi ka pāʻani a ke hele nei lākou."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Farmer ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i 450,000 Northwest Airlines mau mile no ke kākau ʻana i nā noho papa ʻoihana no ka hoʻomaha ʻohana i ke kauwela aʻe i Australia a me Tahiti a he 2,000 mau mile wale nō i koe. I kēia mau lā, ua hele ʻo ia i nā huakaʻi he nui ma JetBlue, akā ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻo ia e kūʻai i nā mile ma mua o ka pau ʻana - ʻaʻole pono ka "pāʻani", wahi āna.
Ke ʻimi nei nā mokulele i nā ala e hoʻonanea ai i nā polokalamu kūpaʻa. Ua hoʻolaha aku nei ʻo ʻAmelika a me Southwest e hoʻonohonoho lākou i nā ala hoʻokaʻawale ʻokoʻa ma kekahi mau mokulele e kōkua i nā lālā o ka papahana e hele wikiwiki i ka palekana.
"Ke hāʻawi nei i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ka pono nui, ʻoi aku ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana," wahi a Ryan Green, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka mea kūʻai aku ma Southwest. "Ke hōʻike nei kā mākou mau noiʻi ʻana he kūlana kiʻekiʻe nā papahana lele pinepine me nā huakaʻi ʻoihana."
A hoʻohana pinepine nā papahana i ke kumu i hana ai nā mokulele iā lākou - e mālama i kā lākou mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa mai ka holo ʻana i kahi mea lawe ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Mark Pankow, he luna kūʻai mai Wisconsin, i nā mile ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻewalu mau noho papa ʻoihana i Kelemania i ka Kalikimaka i hala, ʻeono mau tiketi i Orlando i ʻAukake, a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ʻelua mau huakaʻi i Costa Rica.
Hāʻawi nā mokulele nui ʻē aʻe i nā papa manawa e kūpono ana i nā pono o Pankow, akā mahalo ʻo ia i kāna kūlana platinum mana me ʻAmelika.
"He mea e hoʻololi i ke ola noʻu e hoʻololi i United," wahi āna. "Pono wau e lele kaʻi no hoʻokahi makahiki e hoʻi hou i ke kūlana elite."
