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.
Great deal on one Thule backpack at Staples, and terrible deal on another
Through 4/24/2015: Staples is offering a Thule backpack for only $32.99 (the same backpack sells on Amazon for $79.95. Info on how to save...
AA vs Delta Part 1: Intro
In frequent flyer communities, you’ll get laughed out of town if you ask which is better: American Airlines or Delta? Obviously, AA is better....
Staples 8X Alaska miles today! Pay with Ink for 13X rewards
Today’s Portal Alerts shows a large number of high portal payout rates, but the one I find most interesting is this one: 8X via...
Discover It Miles not as lucrative as I had hoped
When the Discover It Miles card was first introduced, I was excited about the potential (see: Discover introduces a new card and a potentially...
Bet You Didn’t Know: A shared secret about Amex credit pulls, plus an Offersbot...
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
One of the things I love about writing both this series and my Devil's Advocate column over at Travel Codex...
420,000 miles closer to Necker Island
Today I applied for four identical Virgin Atlantic credit cards. The cards are advertised as if they have a 90,000 mile signup bonus, but...
Misleading portal deal details: how to make sense of them
You would think that email promotional advertisements would be pretty straightforward, right? You would think that the vendor would want you to know if...
Tying loose ends: Prestige 4th night, 5X everywhere, retrieving points, Necker Island
Today I have a grab bag of follow-ups from previous posts… Citi Prestige 4th Night Fee Hotel Benefit One nice perk of the Citi...
My 90,000 point Ultimate Rewards mistake
You know that sinking knot in the pit of your stomach feeling when you realize you just made a big mistake? Yeah, that was...
IHG adds new top tier membership level, but hasn’t yet figured out its name
IHG has just put out a news release about their loyalty program. We can sum up what we know so far in a few...
CashBackMonitor adds an awesome new feature. Here’s why you should care.
Over the weekend, CashBackMonitor unveiled a new feature called “Best Rate History”. Here’s why that’s awesome… Background Online shopping portals are a great way...
Simply Best Coupons to offer 2% cash back for Amex gift cards on Thursday
I received an email this morning from the cash back portal, Simply Best Coupons, stating that the cash back rate for Amex gift cards...
Last call for FTU and how to get to Dallas dirt cheap
Yes, seats are still available for FTU Dallas + get $20 off Frequent Traveler University (FTU) is taking place this coming weekend (April...
Yes, you can cancel your Club Carlson card after booking Bonus Award Nights
Quick background: Club Carlson recently announced that Bonus Award Nights, the best feature of their co-branded credit cards, would no longer be available as...
