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.
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....
Qatar QSuites Bottom Line Review
Qatar Airways’ QSuites is widely considered to be one of the best business class products available in the world. And, thanks to the power of miles & points, flying QSuites can be affordable. I've...
What’s in Greg’s Wallet? 2024 Edition
In the latest Ask Us Anything livestream, a participant asked how many credit cards we each had. I estimated that between my wife and I we had over 80 cards open. Yes, wow. But...
(Update: Now live) Huge (mostly positive) changes to Hyatt’s Milestone Rewards
Update 1/3/24: These Hyatt Milestone Rewards changes are now live. You can transfer suite upgrade awards and club access awards to others, plus there are now Guest of Honor Awards that can either be...
My elite plans for 2024 (On my mind)
Welcome to 2024. January 1st is the day in which you can revel in the elite status levels you've attained (while simultaneously fretting because the airline, hotel, cruise, or train program hasn't yet updated...
The games we play
What is this points & miles stuff all about? There's no good name for our miles/points/deals hobby. Some call it "the game." Others call it "the hobby." Regardless of what you call it, there...
Frequent Miler’s 2023 State of the Business Report
At the end of 2022 I published the first annual "state of the business" post detailing how Frequent Miler has been doing in terms of blog readers, podcast listeners, revenue, etc. Now, once again,...
Frequent Miler’s Reader’s Choice Bonvoyed Awards 2023 Edition
This is the moment you've been waiting for! On our podcast we announced our picks for the 2023 Bonvoyed Awards, but now it's your turn. Who do you think deserves the nod for the...
