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What are frequent-flyer schemes?
To all intents and purposes, they’re loyalty rewards programmes for airlines. Think Nectar card or Tesco Clubcard, but in the air. The basic theory is that you get points (or ‘miles’) per mile flown with an airline, that can then be used to buy future flights. And most airlines, barring the cheapest of the budget airlines, have such a scheme.