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.
Credit card bonus complexity
Last Friday, I published results from my successful retention call with Citi: My 130K phone call. That made me realize that I should write...
United 75K approved, Ink Plus 60K pending
When a targeted 70K United MileagePlus offer first appeared, I logged into my United account but was disappointed to find that I wasn’t targeted.
Then,...
My 130K phone call
June 4th was approaching quickly. That’s the day that my Citi Forward card was scheduled to turn into a pumpkin. Starting June 4th, the...
Free Experian Credit Monitoring with AAA membership (for many)
You’re probably aware that many credit card companies provide credit scores to their members for free. And, recently, Discover has begun offering free FICO credit...
Amex Platinum for less
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Bet You Didn’t Know: American Airlines Still Offers Free 24 Hour Holds
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
When American Airlines announced the end of their free 24-hour hold policy last month, it was a disappointment to those...
Breaking 5/24
On May 24th (coincidentally, 5/24), Doctor of Credit announced that Chase’s dreaded 5/24 rule was now in place as of May 22nd or 23rd...
Time to get a new Discover It card?
Discover’s Double Cash Back for a year promotion is pretty awesome, especially with the Discover It card. For review, the Discover It card offers...
Promiscuous transfer partners
My favorite points programs, by far, are transferable points programs. These are programs where points can be transferred 1 to 1 (or better) to...
195,500 Marriott points. Strike now?
Last week, Marriott introduced a new 100,000 point offer for their Marriott Rewards Business card. When combined with the current offer for the personal...
How to buy stuff that doesn’t suck with Shop Your Way Rewards
If you read this blog often, then you probably know that it’s possible to earn triple rewards (or more) when buying stuff from...
100K Marriott Business card offer. Find out if you’re targeted.
UPDATE: Offer is now public. Please click here for more details.
A reader named Brad reports that he logged into his Marriott account and found...
Choice Privileges Status Match now official
As reported by Loyalty Lobby, Choice Privileges will now officially match status from other hotel chains. They have long accepted status match requests via...
Marriott Premier Business Visa offers new path to Gold status
I just received an email regarding my Marriott Premier Business Visa advertising two new benefits of the card: 1) A new path to Gold...
