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.
Villa Copenhagen Bottom Line Review (Book via Fine Hotels & Resorts or Choice Privileges)
My wife and I stayed one night at the Villa Copenhagen before the start of a terrific food tour of Denmark. We booked this stay through American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts, but the...
How to cancel Virgin Atlantic partner awards online
Over the summer I had used my Virgin Atlantic points to book a Delta flight from Detroit to DC. Delta would have charged 16,000 points. Virgin charged only 7,500. Later, our plans changed and...
Delta may walk back some of their recently announced changes
Two weeks ago Delta announced huge changes to their SkyMiles elite program and to their Sky Club admission policies. These changes were so unpopular that many, many people vowed to give up their Delta...
My buying group experiment: throwing in the towel, for now
In early July, my wife, my son, and I all applied and were approved for new credit cards (see: 3 Inks approved again. 420K points “in the bag”). In total, we'll earn 420,000 bonus points...
My first steps towards divorcing Delta’s elite program
On Sunday, I signed up for the Alaska status match designed for disgruntled Delta elites. That should give me Alaska MVP Gold 75K status for 90 days and then once I sign up for...
New Credit Card Displays
For the past several weeks, Carrie and I have been working behind the scenes to refresh our credit card displays and, as of yesterday evening, the new formatting is live!
The card-display refresh had a...
Delta’s new elite requirements: Blatant copies of United
I knew that the general idea of Delta's new elite requirements seemed to follow United and AA's lead (see: Delta’s 2024 elite program - it ain’t pretty), but until I started crunching the numbers...
Disregard Curve’s scary email (if you’re from the U.S.)
Curve cardholders recently received an email from Curve saying "We've updated our terms." And if you follow the link in the email you'll find yourself on a page that suggests that the Curve card...
Delta announces big Sky Club access changes for 2024 and beyond
In an effort to curb overcrowding, Delta has announced big changes to how Sky Clubs will be accessed by credit cardholders. Flying Basic Economy? You're not getting into the club. Do you currently get...
Delta’s 2024 elite program: it ain’t pretty
Update 10/18/23: Delta has walked back many of the changes described here and has announced new benefits: Delta revises SkyMiles changes: more SkyClub visits, lower elite thresholds, better 1-time rollovers, vastly improved lifetime status.
The...
Greg’s point earning strategy
Shortly after Nick and I recorded our latest podcast, Citi’s awesome rewards program, it occurred to me that I should have explained how Citi's card line-up fits into my overall point earning strategy. At...
Bilt outsmarts Curve’s “Everyday is Rent Day” trick
The last time I made significant updates to my Curve Card review, an amazing trick dawned on me. The Curve Card, which passes along charges to any number of other credit cards you have,...
Greg predicts Delta’s SkyMiles changes
A lot has been written lately about a Reddit post that suggests that big changes to Delta's SkyMiles program will be announced on September 14th. We don't have any details about what the changes...
Replacing my stolen backpack
In June, my backpack was stolen from the trunk of an Uber in Santiago Chile. We used my Airpods (which have AirTag technology) to chase the bag all over Santiago, but without luck. The...
