A frequent-flyer program (FFP) is a loyalty program offered by an airline. Many airlines have frequent-flyer programs designed to encourage airline customers enrolled in the program to accumulate points (also called miles, kilometers or segments) which may then be redeemed for air travel or other rewards. Points earned under FFPs may be based on the class of fare, distance flown on that airline or its partners, or the amount paid. There are other ways to earn points. For example, in recent years, more points have been earned by using co-branded credit and debit cards than by air travel. Another way to earn points is spending money at associated retail outlets, car hire companies, hotels or other associated businesses. Points can be redeemed for air travel, other goods or services, or for increased benefits, such as travel class upgrades, airport lounge access, or priority bookings.
Frequent-flyer programs can be seen as a certain type of virtual currency, one with unidirectional flow of money to purchase points, but no exchange back into money.
Frequent Flyer is a 1996 made-for-TV movie starring Jack Wagner, Shelley Hack, Nicole Eggert, and Joan Severance about a commercial airline pilot and his attempt to be married to three different women at the same time. The movie is based on the true story of commercial airline pilot (and later promoted to captain) John Charles Lutter (aka Jack Lutter, 1943 - ?), who married six different women and fathered at least fifteen children.
Wagner plays Nick Rawlings, a pilot for a major commercial airline who is based in Dallas, Texas with his wife Jo Beth, an antiques store owner, and their son Eric.
Nick is also married to Allison, a business executive from Chicago, and has been so for three years. Nick is also engaged to, and plans to marry, Miriam (Eggert), a young woman living with her father in Hawaii.
Nearing he and Jo Beth's 16th anniversary, Nick wanders into a jewelry store and purchases a silver picture frame for $349, and an engagement ring for $8,250. Jo finds the credit card receipt and is all jacked up thinking the two gifts were for her anniversary. However, she is let down when she only gets the frame and further investigates with her business partner what the rest of the money was spent on. Upon finding out about the ring, she starts getting suspicious about Nick.
The terms "frequent flyer" or "frequent fly program" may refer to:
Would you help me pack my bags
I might be leaving
I need some sweet assistance
While I'm stealing
Some of your time
I hope that's fine
And I've got photographs
Of all you all I'm needing
Forgiveness if I
Left you all believing
That I'm the one
Cause I feel like none
And I need something
To direct me to it
Cause I'm a frequent flyer
A notorious liar, ohh
But I can't get close enough
I never get close
I can't get close enough
I would love to tell my story
From the ending
But the story's getting thin
From heavy spending
And I need my man
And I need a fence
And I need someone to protect me
From the wench
I'm a frequent flyer
A notorious liar, ohh
But I can't get close enough
I never get close
I can't get close enough
To the ending
I can't get close enough, I, I, I
I can't get close enough
To the sun
I can't get close enough
I'm a frequent flyer
A notorious liar, ohh
But I can't get close enough
I never get close
I can't get close enough