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.
Rocking Chase Offers: Staples, Lowe’s, Whole Foods
Similar to Amex Offers, Chase Offers is a new way to earn cash back for purchases at a number of different stores. So far, I managed to buy Amazon gift cards for 20% to 40% off (and hopefully will earn more through linked rewards). How did you do?
Amex, Chase, Citi: How to Keep Points Alive
Amex, Chase, and Citi each have transferable points programs. Each program stores points in a slightly different way and therefore there are different ways of keeping your points alive if you decide to cancel a credit card. Here's the secret to...
How bad (or good) are American Airline’s AAdvantage miles?
Are American Airlines AAdvantage miles useless? Or, are they fantastic? Here I list many of the pros and cons. What's your opinion?
Points & miles changing fortunes. Which points are worth more (or less) than before?
I maintain point values (Reasonable Redemption Values) for each of the major travel and credit card points programs. Most of the values are derived...
What are hotel points worth? November 2017 reasonable redemption values.
Hotel points and airline miles vary in value depending upon how you use them. For example, you could spend 15,000 Hyatt points for a...
Rumor about new Marriott/SPG cards: 3 tiers and really good initial offer
When Marriott took over Starwood, they said that they would run parallel loyalty programs until 2018. More recently they have said that they hope...
Paypal bought the Tio bill pay service and shut them down
In July, PayPal announced that they had completed the purchase of the bill payment service Tio (formerly ChargeSmart). Now, via Business Wire, it was...
Citi ThankYou gets more valuable and adds a way out
Citi's addition of Avianca as a transfer partner makes the Citi ThankYou program more valuable than before. Additionally, for those who want to get out of the ThankYou program altogether, this is an excellent new option. Here's why...
ANA offering better award availability to their own members
Usually it's possible to book ANA awards with partner miles. For example, you can use United miles to book ANA award flights. In some cases, though, ANA is reserving award space for their own members. In those cases, the only way to...
[Expired] FTU Expo (free entry and free swag) and the FTU Signature spend corner
Greg and Nick will present at FTU Signature and FTU Expo in Chicago. FTU Signature will feature the first ever "MS corner" and FTU Expo will include a first ever Frequent Miler Lounge. We have a limited number of free tickets to the Expo to give away. Please click through for details.
Club Carlson for Business Ending. So I gave away two free nights.
Club Carlson is shutting down their Club Carlson for Business program in March 2018. Now I have some orphaned Club Carlson points looking for a good home. Who wants a free night? See the post for instructions.
Playing the Hilton Citi to Amex Conversion
Hilton Citi cards will be converted to new Hilton Amex cards in January. Should you sit back and allow the conversion to happen, or should you take action now to prevent it? Here are the pros and cons, and my top recommendations...
Playing the Hilton Amex to Amex Conversion
Hilton Amex cards will be converted to new Hilton Amex cards in January. Should you hurry and sign up now for the existing Hilton cards? Should you cancel your current Hilton cards before the conversion? Here are the pros and cons, and my top recommendations...
[Expired] Buy Marriott points for 0.7 cents each
Via a SPG buy-points promotion it is now possible to buy Marriott points for as little as .7 cents each. That's a huge discount off the usual cost to buy those points. Here's how to do it...
