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.
Citi Backward
UPDATE: NerdWallet has issued a retraction. Read below NerdWallet reports that the Citi Forward card no longer gives 5X points for Amazon.com purchases. Here’s an excerpt from NerdWallet’s post: The Citi Forward...
To have and to hold
Recently I’ve fallen in love with two old friends. No, I’m not talking about my true love, Ink Bold, or her equally fantastic twin, Ink Plus. I’m actually talking about two cards that I...
Award Booking Review: MileValue (trip 1)
A few days ago I suggested that a good way to get the most out of your miles is to use a good award booking service (see “Get the most from your miles”). Today...
Vanilla Scare
For some odd reason, Vanilla reload cards have become quite popular (see “One card to rule them all” for a potential reason). However, recently I’ve received two very similar reports about trouble with these...
Get the most from your miles
I write a lot about how to get points and miles, but I don’t often write about how best to use them. The main reason for this is simply that I’m not an expert...
Ben is wrong. Gary is right. Neither is helpful.
If you regularly read View from the Wing or One Mile at a Time you know that Gary and Ben have been duking it out lately regarding the value of Hilton points. Gary thinks...
Our Celebrity Cruise
As I reported earlier (see “So Long Alaska, and Thanks for All the Fish”) my family of three recently took the Celebrity Millennium cruise from Seward Alaska to Vancouver BC. Here’s the story… Day...
What’s Next?
I started the Frequent Miler blog about a year ago. My original intent for the blog was to have a means to teach family and friends about my new hobby. Instead, the blog’s focus...
Marriott Savings and Status
As I described in the post “Pursuing Platinum @ Marriott” I started my Marriott Platinum Challenge earlier this month. By signing up, I was automatically given Platinum status for the rest of this month...
So Long Alaska, and Thanks for All the Fish
We’re back from our big summer vacation trip to Alaska. I wrote about our plans last month in the post “I get by (and to Alaska) with a little help from my friends.” ...
Up to 2000 free Ultimate Rewards points from Staples
Staples is back with a new FAR (Free after Rebate) software download! This is a great way to make progress toward meeting credit card minimum spend thresholds or just to earn a few points...
Chase Ink: Check your X
The Chase Ink family of cards are, in my opinion, the most rewarding cards for those who collect points and miles. The cards earn 5 points per dollar for office supplies, cellular, landline, and...
Pursuing Platinum @ Marriott
Update: Marriott now only awards elite status after the challenge has been successfully completed.
It’s amazingly easy to get high level elite status with Marriott, temporarily. If you call and ask, they will likely offer you...
The many flavors of Vanilla
I write a lot about Vanilla. In the post “Almost too good to be true” I wrote about the Vanilla Prepaid Visa card. The trick was to use a Chase Ink credit card to...
