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.
New ways to earn Hyatt elite nights for meeting planners, travel advisors, and Hyatt...
Today Hyatt has announced new options for earning tier qualifying nights towards elite status. Starting January 1, 2024, Meeting & Event Planners, Travel Advisors,...
Hyatt goes next level with Mr & Mrs Smith [Integration “early 2024”!]
Update 11/30/23: I just had the opportunity to meet with World of Hyatt management at Hyatt's headquarters in Chicago and learned that true integration...
United’s Excursionist Perk: Ideal for Positioning Flights?
Nick's recent post "Taking an Excursionist Perk for a spin for a trip to Africa" showed ways to use United's Excursionist Perk to save...
Revised plans for expanding my credit card collection
Update 11/26/23: My wife and I applied for the 65K Alaska Business card offer and we were both auto-approved. This means that our matched...
Blade Helicopter Review (JFK to Manhattan)
What an awesome way to visit New York City... Last Friday, my wife and I flew JetBlue to JFK and helicoptered from there to...
Maximizing credit card rebates & credits (coupon book tips)
What can you do with your credit card's airline incidental fee credits if you just want to buy airfare? What can you do with...
Anita’s Kitchen Detroit Airport (DTW): Priority Pass Restaurant Review
Detroit Airport's Evan's Terminal (the DTW terminal you fly from when not flying Delta) hosts a Priority Pass restaurant: Anita's Kitchen Lebanese Cafe. Note...
Alaska MVP Elite! Now what?
In October, my wife and I applied for the Alaska Airlines status match that was targeted to Delta elite members. We were each matched...
Delta’s window-seat shop of horrors
Imagine that you're a couple thousand dollars short of the MQDs (Medallion Qualifying Dollars) required to get to the next level of Delta elite...
My favorite Dell purchases
If you have the Business American Express Platinum Card®, then we share a problem... or, an opportunity. Every six months we can buy...
Pondering my own great Delta mileage run (5 years Diamond)
Last week I wrote about my wife's "last, great Delta mileage run." She is fairly close to achieving Delta's 2 Million Miler status and...
The last great Delta mileage run
Delta's revised SkyMiles plans for 2024 and beyond present an incredible opportunity. With considerable cost and effort through the remainder of this year, my...
Delta flyer living outside the US? Last chance for easy elite status
Remember Maisie the Culinary Concierge? She contacted me a few days ago because she found that she was $2,865 MQDs (Medallion Qualifying Dollars) short...
Delta revises SkyMiles changes: more SkyClub visits, lower elite thresholds, better 1-time rollovers, vastly...
Delta announced revisions to the drastic SkyMiles changes that led to many, many fliers (including yours truly) declaring that they're done with Delta. And...
