Greg The Frequent Miler
Greg is the owner, founder, and primary author of the Frequent Miler. He earns millions of points and miles each year, mostly without flying, and dedicates this blog to teaching others how to do the same.
It’s Back: Brex Bonus now 105K transferable points without a credit inquiry
The Brex Cash 110K offer is now officially dead, but in it's place is a shiny new almost-as-good 105K offer. And this time, there's a real landing page that shows the offer!
Update from Nick...
Free(ish) round trip flight w/in California for California residents
Alaska Airlines is offering a free (after taxes & fees) round-trip flight within California exclusively for California residents who signup up for Alaska's Mileage Plan loyalty program through this link. For everybody else, there's...
SoFi $100 bonus for direct deposit
SoFi Money is once again offering a $100 bonus for setting up direct deposit totaling $1,000 or more in a 30-day period.
The Deal
SoFi Money is offering a bonus of $100 when you set up direct deposit...
Marriott double elite nights not (yet) working as expected
Bonvoyed again? Remember Marriott's current double points & double elite nights promo? And remember that we posted confirmation that stays with a combination of paid nights and award nights will earn double elite credits...
Amex adds cell phone protection to most ultra-premium cards
Beginning April 1 2021, select Amex cards gain cell phone protection. Eligible cards include Centurion cards (consumer and business), Platinum cards (including the business Platinum and co-branded consumer variants), Delta Platinum (consumer and business),...
My Round the World business class adventure (planning phase)
I have 269,000 miles set to expire soon, and there's no practical way to extend their life other than to use them to book future award flights. I previously wrote about my dilemma here:...
Transfer Partner Master List
Updates:
This post now includes indirect transfer partners (transfer to one program in order to then transfer to another)
Added Brex transfer partners
In my opinion, transferable points programs are the most valuable points to...
The most promiscuous airline programs
My favorite points programs, by far, are transferable points programs. These are programs where points can be transferred to airline and hotel programs. This makes it possible to cherry-pick the best opportunities. If you...
My top 4 dream uses for 110K Brex points
Brex Cash is offering one of the best deals in miles & points right now. You can sign up for a free account, with no credit pull, and earn 110,000 transferable points after $3K...
Last call to lock in SeatSpy discounts (offer extended)
Update 2/23/21: SeatSpy has temporarily extended this offer "for a few more days", but they haven't given us a specific new end date or time for it.
Today is the last day to lock in...
Amex Offer Cheat Sheet
Update 2/22/21: Added Dell Offers
Often, there are many great Amex Offers available to cardholders. Some are available to all cardholders. Some are for those with specific cards. Many are targeted to specific people. The...
The Tools We Use (for playing the points and miles game). 2021 Edition.
The post "The Games We Play," outlines some of the top tools for earning more points & miles, for getting more out of our points & miles, for saving money, and getting elite perks...
Dell Amex Offer: Spend $500, Get $100
A new Amex Offer for Dell has appeared on personal Amex cards: Spend $500 at Dell, Get $100. My wife found this offer on all of her personal cards, but I haven't yet seen...
Which award search tool is best?
Airline miles offer us flying experiences we would never dream of paying cash for. Pictured above is me flying Etihad's First Class Apartment last year. While other passengers probably paid around $7,000 for the...
