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As Airlines Crack Down, You Can Rack Up Your Frequent Flier Miles, George Clooney-Style

As George Clooney’s frequent flier miles-hoarding character says in “Up in the Air,” “The miles are the goal.”  But for real-life travelers accustomed to racking up as many miles as possible to earn heavily discounted (or completely free) fares, that goal is getting far more elusive.  Last week United Airlines announced that starting next year, it will calculate loyalty rewards points, or miles, based on how much fliers pay per ticket, instead of how many actual miles they fly. Delta recently a