frequent fliers

Profiles of the unemployed, perks offered to the most frequent fliers, tips for teacher gifts and other consumer-focused items from Tuesday's Times.

If you've redeemed frequent flier miles lately, you may have found airlines are adding fees to them. The idea behind frequent-flier programs was to build customer loyalty.

How long can the fees continue before the loyalty disappears? Alisa Roth reports.

Desperate for lower fuel prices, airlines have asked their customers to lobby Congress to rein in oil speculation.

Jeremy Hobson reports.