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.
Locking in a flight, stress free
The website FiveThirtyEight (of Nate Silver fame) recently published “When to Hold Out For a Lower Airfare.” In that post, author Kaiser Fung reviewed...
April is Last Chance Amex month
This month seems to be our last chance to take advantage of lots of Amex goodies. Here are the top “last chance” opportunities on...
Preparing for Mother’s Day Miles
My wife recently Tweeted the following question: Points and Mile blogger wife’s dilemma: Do I get flowers because he loves me or because...
Pondering Reasonable Redemption Values
Figuring out the value of airline miles or hotel points is difficult. In fact, I’ve argued in the past that it is impossible (see...
Up to 12 United miles per dollar at Neiman Marcus (and maybe up to...
The United Airlines MileagePlus Shopping portal is currently running a special with Neiman Marcus. MileagePlus credit card holders will get 12 miles per dollar...
The new true value of Southwest points
Recently, Southwest devalued their rewards program a bit by increasing the number of points required for “Wanna Get Away” fares. They used to charge...
TopCashBack increases GiftCardMall payout to 1% for Visa gift cards and 1.5% for most...
Valid through: 4/20/2014 (update: Visa gift card payout already dropped to .75%)TopCashBack has increased the rebate for gift cards bought at GiftCardMall up to...
How bad is Delta’s domestic award availability?
“Delta award availability sucks”. If you spend much time in the frequent flyer community, you’re bound to hear that, or something very similar. For...
Staples Gift Cards
This post is intended to be a resource for those looking to buy gift cards at Staples or Staples.com. The table below shows each...
Up to 35 miles per dollar at FTD
Online shopping portals are currently offering increased rebates for FTD purchases. Some examples include 35X Delta, 30X Alaska Airlines, 30X United, and 25%...
Airline devaluations, convoluted awards, #milemadness, Serve on-again, and Staples gift cards
AA and US Airways begin their merger devaluations
The following bullet points are borrowed from One Mile at a Time:
American has eliminated distance based oneworld...
Kohl’s 30% off everything plus free shipping and Kohl’s Cash for Kohl’s charge card...
Offer valid April 10 - 19, 2014If you have a Kohl's charge card, use code SAVEBIG30 to get 30% off everything at Kohl's. Plus,...
Create an Amex Sync Machine
Lately I’ve been raving about great opportunities to save money through Amex Sync Offers. For example, please see these recent posts: Buy gift...
Amex Sync Offer: $20 off $100 at Staples!
Valid through: 4/30/2014 Sorry, offer has already filled up. Those who already successfully synced have through 4/30 to earn the credits.Enroll your Amex cards...
