Can you believe that the introduction of the first frequent flier loyalty program by American Airlines was launched 30 years ago on May 1?

What better way to celebrate 30 years of obsessing over miles, points, elite status and travel overall than to spend it with the one and only founder of FlyerTalk at The Randy Petersen Travel Executive Summit, April 29th in NYC?

Included for US$49.00 is a round-table discussion with Randy Petersen and at least three industry leaders, as well as lunch.

This event is hosted by The Frequent Traveler Education Foundation.

You may want to take advantage of this Exclusive Invitation: The 2nd Frequent Traveler Awards, Citi Field NYC April 28th, 2011 at 6:00 in the evening at the home stadium of the New York Mets baseball team.

The evening starts with:

• A welcome cocktail party, then
• Dinner at 7:00, followed by
• The awards at 7:30, and then
• An after-awards party with an open bar starting at 10:00 in the evening

$50.00 gives you access to all of the above, and drinks are included.

However, decide quickly if you do want to attend, as this year a limit of only 50 frequent travelers can attend, and seats are expected to fill up quickly…

…and the winners have been announced.

Winning 11 of the 16 hotel award categories, Marriott nearly swept The Frequent Traveler Awards. Meanwhile, Lufthansa swept all of the Europe and Africa airline categories and — with the exception of Singapore Airlines capturing the award for the best redemption promotion — Kingfisher Airlines swept all of the Middle East & Asia/Oceania airline categories.

The next awards ceremony of The Frequent Traveler Awards is expected to be in New York on April 28, 2011.

Gary Leff of View From The Wing and Brian Cohen of The Gate are live at The Frequent Traveler Awards right now in Houston, Texas and will report summarized team coverage of the event as well as the results.

You have a chance to attend the awards ceremony of The First Frequent Traveler Awards. Houston November 4th. Everyone is welcome!

Take advantage of the opportunity to attend the awards ceremony of what is now the replacement for the now-defunct Freddie Awards. The US$40.00 cost for the evening includes an open bar and dinner buffet.

There are only 250 openings available to FlyerTalk members and those openings are disappearing quickly, so please register today so that you may see first-hand and in person which frequent traveler programs will win which award categories in 2010.