Caroline Yoder
Carrie Yoder spent ~5 years as a digital nomad with her husband Drew managing their points and miles travel blog, "Travel Is Free". Now she uses the content management, digital media, and design skills she learned then with Frequent Miler.
Which cards will be couponized next? | Coffee Break Ep51 | 4-1-25
There's been a trend where credit card issuers increase annual fees on rewards cards, and attempt to make up for it by adding credits and rebates for somewhat random things (which often require a lot of mental effort and organization to put to use.) Today, we'll speculate how far this trend is going to go...
Passenger offers $150 to swap seats, Amtrak’s Texas Eagle gets a Sightseer car, and...
This week an economy passenger offers a fellow passenger $150 for a seat swap, we see the return of the Sightseer Lounge observation car to the 32-hour Texas Eagle route, and we learn how...
Complete Guide to United’s Couponized Cards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep299 |...
A few years ago American Express introduced this kind of model for their Platinum card where they increased their annual fee, but attempted to make up for it by offering a whole collection of...
Wyndham’s Excellent Point Sale | Coffee Break Ep50 | 3-25-25
Wyndham is having an excellent point sale that lasts until April 15th (2025). Read more about it here or listen to this episode for details.
Coffee Break: Wyndham's Excellent Point Sale
Watch the full episode below,...
No-go for Capital One / Discover acquisition, a power outage at London’s Heathrow Airport,...
There's not a whole lot of suggested reads for this week, but a little of everything - from news about the hopeful Capital One / Discover acquisition, a massively disruptive power outage at London's...
Mastering AwardTool’s 32 degrees of freedom (Video)
AwardTool is a popular award search tool that's very useful - especially for anyone with flexibility since its features help to explore different destination or departure options, among other things.
Mastering AwardTool's 32 degrees of...
Getting started with points & miles | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep298 |...
Winning the game doesn't have to be hard. Points & miles is like complicated board game -- seems overwhelming at first. But the rewards for winning are incredible. In today's main event we'll show...
Loyalty Point Changing Fortunes | Coffee Break Ep49 | 3-18-25
In this episode we talk about the airline rewards programs and hotel rewards programs that seem to be changing in value. Some of them are going up in value and some are going down.
Coffee...
Possible TAP acquisition, false advertising from KLM, a bait-and-switch from Fairfield Toronto Airport, and...
The internet was busy this week with more talk of potential mergers, and some shady behavior from airlines and hotels alike with a story about false advertising from KLM and bait-and-switch tactics from Fairfield...
How to find impossible awards with PointsYeah
Award search tools make it so much faster and easier to find awards that you might have thought would be impossible to book. In this how-to video, we'll look at PointsYeah's ability to do...
Best uses for Bilt points | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep297 | 3-14-25
Bilt Rewards is a program that became famous for giving you rewards for your rent payments, but these days there are many ways to earn Bilt rewards. In this episode, we'll pay special attention...
Best hotel programs, Alaska quirks, the EVA experience and more | Ask Us Anything...
What do we think are the best hotel programs for outsized value? Have we noticed some of the same Alaska Airlines quirks that our listeners have? What have our experiences with the EVA Air...
Southwest takes the luv out of flying | Coffee Break Ep48 | 3-11-25
Starting May 28 of this year, Southwest will be making some major changes to the things we've known and loved. For example Most people will be losing free checked bags on Southwest starting May...
JetBlue’s partnership dreams, an unfortunate 8 hour flight to nowhere, and a “new” Native...
We've got a few little noteworthy things for you from this week with some discussion about JetBlue's partnership dreams, an unfortunate 8 hour flight to nowhere, and a "new" Native American mound in Ohio.
JetBlue...
