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.
The sky is falling! Or, is it?
Last week was an incredible one considering how much bad news points & miles enthusiasts had to bear. Here is a sampling of what happened and my take on each… Airlines Delta Confirms...
Cash to miles
In the post "Giving Cash its Dukedom," I argued that getting cash back instead of points & miles can be a good thing even if you're points-obsessed. In that post, I argued that under...
Cash+ comes down to earth
U.S. Bank's Cash+ card was too good. Changes are coming. I've written before about U.S. Bank's excellent new Cash+ card. For example: The best cash back card? Cash+ Experiments in Progress Cash+...
Hilton Amex to drop drug stores & telecom bonus categories
Update: This post includes offers that were valid at the time of publication, but have since expired. Please click here to see the best offers currently available.
UPDATE: Gary reports that changes are coming, but not...
Free money from OfficeMax
UPDATE: DEAL IS DEAD. Sort of. Between 10:30 and 10:50 am EST today (Jan 17), OfficeMax updated their registers to correctly apply only one $10 discount to each purchase of two cards. Now, the...
Pay federal taxes by credit card, almost for free
Recently I detailed how to "pay federal taxes via credit card for free." The process works, but is fairly complicated: first buy Amex gift cards and get cash back, then use those Amex gift...
More cash back for Amex gift cards
TopCashBack now offers cash back for American Express Gift Cards. One convenient way to meet credit card spend requirements quickly is to buy gift cards. American Express gift cards, in particular, are convenient...
[EXPIRED OFFER] Leveraging your Platinum card benefits
Update: This offer is expired.
Early this week there was a brief opportunity to get in on a 100K signup offer for the American Express Platinum card. My wife was lucky enough to sign up...
My wife’s 305K application day
In November I described my latest credit card churn in which I focused not on getting hundreds of thousands of points and miles, but on getting credit cards that can be used as tools...
Million Mile Madness, it’s on
Last Friday I posted my crazy idea in which I would attempt to earn a million miles in a month (see "A crazy million mile idea. Should I do it?"). Reader response was highly...
Maximizing Club Carlson’s Triple Points Promotion
Through Club Carlson's Triple Points promotion it's possible to earn up to 110 points per dollar (or more)! Here's how…
Club Carlson has just announced their latest Triple Points promotion which is valid for stays...
January Lab Update
In the world of points, miles, and deals, one of the best ways to find out what works and what doesn't is to simply try things and keep track of what succeeds and...
A crazy million mile idea. Should I do it?
A few weeks ago I had an idea. I'm not saying it was a good idea, but to me it was a fun idea. A fun challenge. A big challenge… The idea is simple:...
Gift card deals from Safeway, Vons, Dominick’s, Randall’s…
Safeway, Inc. owns quite a few grocery store chains. According to Wikipedia, they own all of the following: Carrs-Safeway (Alaska) Dominick's Finer Foods (Illinois) Pak'n Save (California) Safeway Food and...
