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Greg The Frequent Miler

Greg The Frequent Miler
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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 5X everywhere backup plan

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UPDATE 1/12/2016: The American Express for Target card has been discontinued Many people who live or work near well stocked Office Depot stores have been happily reaping the benefits of earning 5 points per dollar...

Considering and Reconsidering Ink

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Ever since I published a way to earn 5 points per dollar everywhere with Chase Ink cards (see "One card to rule them all"), many people have become interested in signing up for these...

Giving Cash its Dukedom

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For many mile/point fanatics hobbyists, the term "Cash is King" falls on deaf ears.  When given the choice between earning points or saving cash we generally go with the former.  Sure, cash can be...

The mysterious case of the secret gift card rack

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Since Sears owns Kmart and Lands' End, it comes as no surprise to find Sears, Kmart, and Lands' End gift cards on display almost everywhere you turn within a Sears department store.  In some...

Bluebird lands. Questions answered

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Last week, in the post "Bluebird takes flight and changes the game," I described a new product from American Express that has some terrific features both for people looking for a no-cost checking alternative,...

Gift card churning news

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Last week I outlined ways to earn hundreds of thousands of points and miles through gift card churning (see "The art of gift card churning @ #chicagoseminars").  Today, I have a number of specific...

Sapphire scare

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"Since this activity is prohibited, we have closed the account…" One of the best features of the Ultimate Rewards program is that points can be moved freely from one account to another.  Families can...

How to maximize your Freedom 5X purchases

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Every 3 months, the Chase Freedom card offers 5X on spend within different categories of merchants.  This quarter (October through December), the 5X categories are hotels, airlines, Best Buy and Kohl’s.  Here are...

The art of gift card churning @ #chicagoseminars

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Last weekend I had the awesome opportunity to present some of my wacky point-earning ideas to almost 500 new friends.  We were at the Chicago Seminars, which is an annual event for frequent...

Bluebird takes flight and changes the game

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American Express' new prepaid product, Bluebird, is now available and yes, it appears to be "all that".  In the battle between banks for prepaid card supremacy, Bluebird has changed the game by making checking...

I survived the #chicagoseminars 2012

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I spent this past weekend at the Chicago Seminars where 500 or so frequent flyer addicts got together to learn insider travel tips, to network, and to have fun.  I had a fantastic time...

Prepaid musings

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Bluebird I'm still excited to see what Amex has in store for us regarding the new Bluebird Prepaid product.  Last week, they said that it would be available "next week" (which is now this...

The mad rush to $50K: Relax, don’t do it.

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Recently I've heard from several people who are trying to max out the Ink Bold (or Ink Plus) 5X benefit before the end of the year.  Don't do it.  Slow down.  Let me explain…...

Mid October Laboratory News

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Its been just slightly over a month since I last posted a Frequent Miler Laboratory update (see “The Latest Laboratory News”), but there are a few interesting new nuggets I want to share…  ...

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