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.
Bet You Didn’t Know: Access the US Airways upgrade list by app and web
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
If you're like me, when you're preparing to fly back and forth across the United States of America for absolutely...
An awesome new 5X (and beyond) game. Let’s play…
UPDATE 5/18/2015: Based on many reader reports, I'm declaring this opportunity dead. It seems that the store in question has stopped allowing gift cards...
30,000 miles to nowhere: My 4 mile buffer and a contingency plan
Background: Until recently, there was a one time opportunity to get top tier American Airlines AAdvantage elite status (Executive Platinum) by enrolling in and...
Preparing for 100 miles per dollar
Recently 1-800-Flowers reappeared as an Amex Offer: Unlike many Amex offers, this one is not available for signup through social media channels such...
Amex gift cards 2.2% cash back via BeFrugal
Valid through: ? (most likely this deal is today only)
The cash back portal, BeFrugal, has increased cash back rates for American Express gift cards...
5X ThankYou offer returns… sort of
There used to be a wonderful sign up offer for the no fee Citi ThankYou Preferred card: earn 5 points per dollar at grocery...
The best card for reloading REDbird
Note: As of October 13, 2015, the Target REDcard (REDbird) can only be loaded with cash in-store at Target. Gift cards and/or debit cards no...
Bet You Didn’t Know: How to setup credit fraud alerts by text or email
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
I was playing with my new REDbird card at Target the other day, which is pretty much the most awesome...
Using the Citi Prestige 4th night free benefit
I’ve recently become a big fan of the Citi Prestige card (see “Citi Prestige vs Premier vs Preferred”). It may even be the single...
Surviving (and thriving) Delta 2015
As of January 1, 2015, Delta has been awarding miles based on the ticket price rather than the distance flown. Under the new program,...
How to get 30,000 miles and lots of satellite TV for free
Last week I posted “$100 free for DIRECTV customers!” Those with DIRECTV and a few Amex small business cards can use this offer to...
Amex’s crazy PointsMatch scheme. How to make the most of it.
This morning, One Mile at a Time published: You Won’t Believe Amex’s Targeted “PointsMatch” Promotion. And, you know what, Lucky was right. I can...
My credit card spend strategy
When I meet long time readers in-person they often ask what exactly I do to manufacture spend. They want to know which credit cards...
Citi adds Virgin Atlantic as transfer partner
In July 2014, Citibank added the ability to transfer ThankYou points to various airline programs, as long as you have a premium ThankYou card...
