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.
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
Amex Prepaid cards for foreign travel
In the post “One card to rule them all” I introduced the idea of buying Vanilla Reload cards at Office Depot and using them...
