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Ever flight 1939 after the year in which it was founded. the plane touched down in philadelphia this morning, marking the end of an era. and the completion of a merger that has been 22 months in the making. brian yennis is reporting live from laguardia airport. brian, why should passengers be concerned with this merger disrupting their travel plans now? >> reporter: hi, julie. look, u.s. airways and american really joined forces in 2013. but these things take time. since then frequent flier programs have come together. even last night workers were taking down the u.s. airways signage at airpor...

Rebecca jarvis has the details. >> reporter: you remember george clooney in "up in the air" counting his miles and who hasn't done that? >> i don't spend a nickel if i can help it unless it somehow proves my mileage account. >> reporter: for every mile you flew you earned a frequent flier now. now with united's changes it's based on what you spent, not the miles you travel. take one flight, the people in the front of the plane that pay more will be getting more miles than the people in the back. >> they're in longer frequent flier programs. they're frequent spender. >> reporter: it's a boon fo...

>> reporter: you remember george clooney in "up in the air" counting his miles and who hasn't done that? >> i don't spend a nickel if i can help it unless it somehow proves my mileage account. >> reporter: for every mile you flew you earned a frequent flier now. now with united's changes it's based on what you spent, not the miles you travel. take one flight, the people in the front of the plane that pay more will be getting more miles than the people in the back. >> they're in longer frequent flier programs. they're frequent spender. >> reporter: it's a boon for business travelers but not for...

Miles sitting on my couch. >> reporter: bryce says it's not about being rich. >> it's not something that's exclusive to higher incomes, either.ç as long as you have a decent. credit score and can manage that and stay on top of it, anyone can do it. >> reporter: his secret, credit cards and lots of them. >> i currently have 23 credit cards. >> reporter: 23? >> 23, yes. >> reporter: what financial effect do all those credit cards have? bryce said his score increased after signing up for those cards. >> it's not that having 50 credit cards is in and of itself a bad thing but of course you want ...

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