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Airlines

American Airlines AAdvantage Complete Guide

American Airlines AAdvantage Overview American Airlines AAdvantage is the loyalty program for American Airlines. Given American's extensive reach within the United Sates...

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards Complete Guide (2026)

Atmos Rewards (previously Alaska Mileage Plan) is the combined loyalty program for Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines. The old Mileage Plan was...

Air Canada Aeroplan Complete Guide (2026)

Air Canada Aeroplan is a highly unique frequent flyer program in many regards. It has more airline partners than any other...

Complete Guide to Avios: British Airways, Finnair, Qatar, Iberia,...

"Avios" is the name of the points currency shared by several airline frequent flyer programs: British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Aer Lingus,...

Delta SkyMiles Complete Guide (2026)

Delta SkyMiles Overview While Delta is often lauded for their flight performance and customer service, their loyalty program has long been the...

JetBlue TrueBlue Complete Guide (2026)

JetBlue TrueBlue is the loyalty program for JetBlue Airways. The program can be a bit confusing, but it offers rich rewards...

Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Complete Guide

Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards is a loyalty program that shares some characteristics common of airline frequent flyer programs (like priority check-in...

United MileagePlus Complete Guide (2026)

The United MileagePlus program has changed pretty significantly in recent years, from the introduction of the valuable excursionist perk to the...

Hotels

Choice Privileges Complete Guide (2026)

Choice Privileges is the loyalty program of Choice Hotels International, Inc. and incorporates more than 20 different hotel brands and ~7,500...

Hilton Honors Complete Guide (2026)

Hilton Honors is the loyalty program for Hilton hotels & resorts and their many brands worldwide. Hilton has gotten a bit...

World of Hyatt Complete Guide (2026)

World of Hyatt is our favorite hotel loyalty program. Points are easy to earn, largely through its partnership with Chase, and...

IHG One Rewards Complete Guide (2026)

IHG One Rewards is the loyalty program of the InterContinental Hotels Group. This program encompasses brands from long-term-stay value-options like Staybridge...

Marriott Bonvoy Complete Guide (2026)

Marriott's rewards program, named "Marriott Bonvoy," offers better-than-average rewards for paid stays, a mediocre elite program, a huge selection of hotels...

Transferable Points

Complete List of Transferable Points Partners

In my opinion, transferable points programs are the most valuable points to accumulate. These points can often be used at better...

American Express Membership Rewards Complete Guide (2026)

Membership Rewards is American Express' transferable points currency. Points can be earned via credit card spend, new account welcome offers, credit...

Bilt Complete Guide (2026)

Bilt is a program where you can earn points in many ways: housing payments, dining out, shopping, using a Bilt credit...

Capital One Miles Complete Guide

Capital One "Miles" have become a premier transferable currency system over the past several years. In addition to having the ability...

Chase Ultimate Rewards Complete Guide (2026)

Chase Ultimate Rewards is a transferable points program available through a number of Chase credit cards. Ultimate Rewards offers a great...

Citi ThankYou Rewards Complete Guide (2026)

Citi ThankYou Rewards competes directly with three other bank-issued transferable points programs: Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, and Capital One “Miles.”...

Current point transfer bonuses for March 2026

The best points rewards programs, in our opinion, are those that allow points to be transferred to many different airline and...

Tutorials

How to move Avios points between British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair and Loganair (Video)

There are a whole bunch of airlines that all share the Avios currency: British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair, and...

How to find amazing award flights with Seats.Aero (Video)

Seats.aero is a tool for the real points and miles nerds that gives you the ability to find award flights across...

Booking Awards

Which hotel award search tool is best?

For those with hotel points and free night certificates across multiple hotel programs, finding the best places to use your points...

Airline Change Fee Quick Reference Chart

The details of the various domestic airlines changes fees can be hard to remember. Which fare classes apply?  Do we keep the...

Which award search tool is best?

It's possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business class to Europe for as few as...

Best options for domestic first class awards

Update 3/23/21 Best options for domestic first class awards: We have now added the best options for booking Alaska domestic first...

A new breed of award discovery tools

When I first wrote about Seats.Aero (see: Seats.aero: a wonderfully nerdy tool for finding Unicorn flight awards), it was one of...

Managing Miles

Banking transferable points and keeping them alive

Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Rewards have a lot in common between them, besides their similar sounding...

Credit Card Bonuses

Take the stress out of credit card bonus hunting:...

This post was originally published in 2018.  Since then, I've come to rely more and more on Travel Freely for managing...

Guide to Credit Scores, Reports, and Free Monitoring

If you often apply for credit cards in order to earn welcome bonuses (or even if you don't), then you've probably...

Complete Guide to Credit Card Application Rules by Bank

Is there anything better than a credit card welcome offer? You get approved, a shiny, new card arrives in the mail,...

Card-Linked Programs & The Networks They Run On (AKA...

There are tons of card-linked programs out there and it can be hard to know which ones stack with each other...

Best Credit Card Offers for March 2026

Which rewards credit card is right for you? Find the best publicly available credit card offers all on this one page. We'll show you the best credit cards for spend, frequent flyer miles, hotel points, cash back, and more.

Credit Card Spend

Guide to increasing credit card spend

There are many reasons that you may want to increase credit card spend. You may need to meet spend requirements on...

Best Credit Card Category Bonuses: Which card should you...

Many credit cards offer impressive category bonuses. For example, the Chase Freedom Flex offers 5X points in rotating categories each quarter,...

Best options for buying Visa and MasterCard gift cards

Visa and Mastercard gift cards can be extremely useful tools to maximize rewards on credit card spend.  These cards are sold...

How to pay taxes via credit card, 2026 edition

You might not like paying taxes, but when you pay taxes via credit card it can be quite rewarding. The key...

Best credit cards for everyday spending (2026)

Which are the best cards for everyday spending? Many credit cards are great for certain spending categories, but not great for...

Best Credit Card Big Spend Bonuses

One way banks try to encourage spending on their credit cards is by offering bonus points or perks since you reach...

Plastiq Guide: Pay Bills via Credit Card

Plastiq is an online bill payment service that lets you pay almost all of your bills by credit card. This can...

Credit Card Benefits

Amex Airline Fee Reimbursements. What still works?

Several American Express cards offer annual airline fee reimbursements. These reimbursements can go a long way towards easing the sting of...

A checklist for cancelling credit cards

Before cancelling a credit card, especially a rewards earning card, there are a few steps you should take… 1. Stop using the...

Maximizing American Express credit card rebates & credits

Annual fees for American Express credit cards have continued to go up. And up. And up. In exchange for these increased...

Free Checked Bags via Credit Card Complete Guide

Many airline credit cards offer free checked bags to cardholders. However, the details vary a lot by airline. Are international flights...

Best Credit Card Purchase Protections

What is the best credit card to use for a large purchase? Often, the answer is driven by which card offers...

Credit card cell phone insurance compared

These days, your cell phone may be among your most expensive possessions. Having coverage in case of damage or theft can...

Guide to Ultra-Premium Credit Card Travel Protections

Ultra-premium credit cards, such as the Chase Sapphire Reserve and American Express Platinum Card®, have annual fees that commonly exceed $500/year. Despite those hefty costs...

Stacking Deals

Current Amex Offers

This post is designed to show current Amex Offers. If you have any Amex cards, even authorized user cards, then you're...

Card-Linked Programs & The Networks They Run On (AKA...

There are tons of card-linked programs out there and it can be hard to know which ones stack with each other...

Extreme Stacking Deals: What It Is & How To...

We're all about maximizing deals, so we write a lot about extreme stacking here at Frequent Miler. It's been a while since...

Instant Gift Card Deals: Save Money & Get Rewarded

When you're about to buy something, you may be able to save money or earn extra miles by first buying a...

More Ways to Save

Great ways to save money or miles on flights

Whether you plan to book flights with cash or points, it's great to pay less. This post is a high-level round-up...

Current Hotel Promotions for March 2026

All major hotel brands dangle various carrots in front of customers to incentivize their patronage. Bonuses for for elite status, loyalty...

How Park Whiz Saved Us $100+ On Parking In...

Anniversary free night certificates from credit cards are great. Expensive parking charges aren't. My wife and I recently celebrated our own 14th...

Guide to Airline Companion Tickets for 2026

If you ever travel with others, companion tickets offer the possibility of saving a lot of money or points for the...

Here’s How Hotel Best Rate Guarantees Work (Hyatt, Hilton,...

Hotel Best Rate Guarantees can be one of the most frustration-inducing features offered by hotel chains. They sound great on the...

How to find incredible flight deals with Google Flights

When great flight deals are reported online, on this site or others, I'm often interested, but it's exceptionally rare for me...

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John

Tried to status Match my new Wyndham Business Earners Card with Diamond to Caesars Diamond. Just got an email that because I already had a Caesars account I don’t qualify. It’s only for new accounts. Would closing my Caesars account for a while and trying again later in the year worth a try?

Andy ancar

This question is about A person with Delta life time silver medallion status. If one does not requalify for silver medallion status, will that person be eligible to rollover MQM on the basis of life time silver medallion status ?
Thank you.

Greg The Frequent Miler

That’s a great question but I don’t know the answer. My guess is that you would still have to requalify for Silver but I’m not sure

This is the closest I could find to an answer in Delta’s website: “ Members who receive complimentary or gifted Medallion Status are only eligible for rollover MQMs if they also earn at least Silver Medallion Status through the published requirements.”

MalMel

I am seeing the same as David. I’m looking for advice on canceling BOA Alaska credit card.

David

Thanks for all of the great resources. The “Credit Card Cancellation Strategy – When to Cancel Cards” is a broken link. Hoping to learn more about which/when to cancel cards. Thanks!