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.
Huge savings at 1-800-Flowers
Valid through July 9th:Amazon Local is currently offering $30 certificates to 1-800-Flowers for $15. This deal can be stacked with others for significant savings. ...
Opportunistic hoarding vs. earning and burning
Conventional wisdom in the points and miles game is to “earn and burn”. The idea is to earn enough points for your next trip,...
Sears offering 10X through Southwest portal. Greater than 20X returns possible.
Today Only:Sears is offering 10 points per dollar through the Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping Portal. By buying and using gift cards it is possible...
100K AA offer undead; and Club Carlson ponders credit card changes
Zombie Links
In yesterday’s post I reported that the 100K Citi Executive AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard offer was dead. Then, in the comments of that...
Officemax $15 Off The Purchase Of $300 In Visa Gift Cards
Valid through: 6/28/14Officemax is running an unadvertised in-store promotion giving an instant rebate of $15 off of the purchase of $300 in Visa gift...
100K AA no more, Singapore’s portal error, Amex gift cards, and the new Chime...
Bye bye 100K offer For the past several months, the Citi Executive AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard has offered 100,000 miles plus a $200 statement...
Macy’s 10X via Southwest Rapid Rewards Portal
Today only: Shop at Macys.com via the Southwest Rapid Rewards portal to earn 10 points per dollar. In past experiments we have found...
Promo codes to void cash back for Amex gift cards?
An excellent way to earn extra points or cash back is to shop through an online portal for American Express gift cards. It has...
Over 17,000 Singapore Krisflyer miles for less than $10, and more…
UPDATE: As a reader pointed out, the calculator next to these deals shows payouts 1/10th of what is quoted. So, this is clearly a...
$100 ToysRUs gift card for $85
Limited quantity available. Limit 2 per person.Buy a $100 ToysRUs gift card for only $85 from GiftCardMall via EBay. Last I checked, it was...
eBags 18X via Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping Portal, today only
Valid 6/23/2014:Shop through the Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping Portal to eBags and earn 18 points per dollar. In past experiments, buying eBags gift cards...
Lowering the bar and raising returns
Shopping through online portals is often a great way to increase points earned (or to get cash back) for things you would have bought...
Vanilla devalues, large denomination MasterCards, and Amex Gift Cards still a deal
Less useful Vanilla
Update: Many people have reported that Vanilla Visa gift cards do still work at Walmart when loading in denominations of $49.99 or less.
In...
The weird math of buying points
What’s better, buying points for .5 cents each or for .7 cents each? Obviously .5 is better because it’s cheaper. What if the points...
