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.
Why welcome bonus spend is not my everyday spend
Common advice in points & miles circles is to always use new credit cards with big welcome bonuses for your everyday spend. Most card offers require thousands of dollars of spend in order to...
Bilt introduces unrewarding Milestone Rewards
Bilt has a history of surprising us in a positive way. Early on, they somehow secured American Airlines, Hyatt, and United (among others) as transfer partners. I would have bet big, big money against...
A waitlisted Delta Regional Upgrade actually cleared
Wow. I just had a waitlisted Delta Regional Upgrade actually clear into first class! This shouldn't be worth reporting, but I think its the first time it has ever happened to me.
Delta's Regional Upgrade...
Should I keep or cancel my Delta cards?
My wife and I currently have four Delta cards. We each have a consumer Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card and a Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card. With the latest Delta credit...
Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) ditches Hyatt for Hilton
This morning, Hilton and Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) announced their new "exclusive strategic partnership." The word "exclusive" within the announcement was clearly intentional. We reached out to our Hyatt contact who...
Big changes to Delta Gold, Platinum, and Reserve cards
With no advanced warning, Amex today introduced big changes to their suite of Delta SkyMiles cards. Annual fees have increased, but Amex has made up for that by throwing in "coupon book" rebates plus...
About that Necker Island piss-poor review…
In Tim's recent Saturday Selection post where he announced that Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island is once again bookable with Virgin Atlantic points, he linked to a review of the island that concluded that it's...
Delta SkyMiles Complete Guide [2024 Edition]
This post has been updated to reflect many changes to the SkyMiles program that are in effect as of January 2024.
Delta SkyMiles Overview
While Delta is often lauded for their flight performance and customer service,...
Are you eligible for a new Marriott card?
Marriott has several different credit cards across two different issuers, some of which can be very attractive. You might be considering signing up for a new card, but if you've ever signed up for...
Flying Blue Multi-Stopover Experiment
In the post "Flying Blue Free Stopover Awards: The Rules," I documented the rules of Air France / KLM's free stopovers... at least to the extent that I could figure out from meager online...
Delta’s excellent 2024 status match (status for up to 2 years)
Delta is out with a new status match challenge for 2024 and it's pretty darn generous. If you have elite status with a competing airline and have plans to fly Delta this year or...
Sampling Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) thanks to Citi ThankYou Rewards
Last year Citi ThankYou Rewards added Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) as a transfer partner. Points transfer 5 to 1 from Citi to LHW. And since LHW points are usually worth around 8...
How we traveled to Cape Town and back
In my recent Qatar QSuites review, I mentioned that my wife and I flew QSuites on our way to Cape Town, South Africa. But I didn't then report how we got back or where...
Flying Blue Free Stopover Awards: The Rules
In December 2022, Air France / KLM Flying Blue added free stopovers to Air France and KLM award tickets. Then, in July 2023, they added free stopovers to partner awards. This is potentially amazing....
