The unexpected upgrades surfaced this month.

Some lucky loyalty program members are being gifted status from airlines, even if they didn't requalify organically.

United Airlines announced significant changes to its MileagePlus loyalty program on Monday, delivering a mixed message to frequent flyers. While elite status qualification requirements remain ...

For most of my career as a travel editor, airline elite status was the goal. I planned trips around it, tracked progress obsessively and flew airlines I didn’t always love because it helped achieve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A California man named Stephen devised an ingenious way to achieve United Airline's coveted Platinum status before the year's end ...

A look at the perks of the carrier's loyalty program.