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Greg The Frequent Miler

Greg The Frequent Miler
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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.
GiftCards.com Missing from Portals

What happened to GiftCards.com?

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UPDATE 2/21/2016: Portal Rewards are Back Recently, GiftCards.com became the place to buy Visa gift cards.  With Simply Best Coupons offering 1.5% cash back and...

1750 jetBlue points per order at 1-800-Flowers. Buy miles for 1.3 cents each.

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Offer valid through 2/15/2016: 1-800-Flowers is currently offering 1750 jetBlue TrueBlue points per order for orders of $29.99 or more. To get this deal, use...
Hilton free night certs

A good use for Hilton free night certs — in Connecticut

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The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card has a very good signup bonus: 2 Free Weekend Nights after $2,500 spend. Each year, you can get...
iConsumer

Can iConsumer really deliver cash + shares? My interview with iConsumer’s founder.

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A new cash back portal, iConsumer, made a big splash last month by offering some of the best cash back rates around.  Some examples...
Referral links

Referral links are back. Here’s why.

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I started this blog in September 2011 as a hobby.  I was terrifically excited about the travel hacking “game” and I wanted to share...

iConsumer increases referral bonus to $10 plus 100 shares

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Valid through Feb 14, 2016: iConsumer is a new shopping portal that rewards members with both cash back and shares of stock.  Last month,...
Which cards allow debit reloads

Connecting the dots: Prepaid cards that allow debit reloads

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Following the widespread shutdowns Amex inflicted on Bluebird and Serve cardholders, people are rushing to find alternatives.  There are many manufactured spend opportunities that...

Earn 300 Plenti points reloading your Green Dot card at Rite Aid

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Rite Aid is running an ad this week offering 300 Plenti points when you swipe your Green Dot card and reload at least $50...
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AA international upgrade space wide open!

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Yesterday we reported that American Airlines has wide open Business and First Class award availability on many routes.  Now, MileCards reports that upgrade availability...

1750 Southwest points per order at 1-800-Flowers. Buy miles for 1.3 cents each.

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Offer valid through 2/15/2016 1-800-Flowers is currently offering 1750 Southwest Rapid Rewards points per order for orders of $29.99 or more.  Bonus points will not...
prepaid card manufactured spend

Best practices for increasing credit card spend through prepaid cards

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Earlier this week, I published “My winter 2016 approach to manufactured spending.”  In that post I mentioned that all 6 of the Serve cards...
1800Flowers

Take 2: Buying miles and delivering flowers

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This morning I published “The Rube Goldberg approach to buying miles and delivering flowers.”  In that post I listed a slew of 1800Flowers offers...

Fly Delta from Canada for only 250 miles

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This won’t last long!  Dan’s Deals reports that flights originating in Canada priced below C$284 are available to buy with miles for only 250...
Rube Goldberg buying miles and delivering flowers

The Rube Goldberg approach to buying miles and delivering flowers [Update: ShopRunner not stacking...

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UPDATE 1:20 PM ET, 1/28/16: It turns out that ShopRunner free deliver does not stack with mile-earning promo codes.  I'm sorry for this mix...

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