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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.
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Amassing free hotel nights

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Skyrocketing hotel prices have made hotel points and free night certificates more valuable than ever before.  These days it's not at all unusual to...
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Hyatt’s Miraval Berkshires Wellness Resort: Bottom Line Review

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Recently, I spent 3 nights with my wife, mom, and uncle at the almost all-inclusive, Miraval Berkshires Wellness Resort in 3 separate rooms.  While...
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Marriott Bonvoy: Greg’s Bountiful Bevy of Brilliant predictions

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The internet is on fire with Marriott credit card rumors, and I'm here to fan the flames.  Over the weekend we reported a rumored...
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The road not taken: Greg’s abandoned plans for 3 Cards 3, Continents

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Here's a piece of hard-earned advice: If an ANA rep tells you that they don't need your credit card security code to finalize an...
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Award spotlight: Rancho Santana, Nicaragua

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Rancho Santana is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts and is bookable with Choice Privileges points.  I stumbled upon this place when researching...
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Join me (Greg) at The Travel Summit: Toronto Oct 29-30 2022

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I will be speaking at two different frequent flyer events this October.  The first, the Chicago Seminars event (Oct 21-23) is detailed on Flyertalk,...
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Rolling the dice on Round the World award space

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In order to improve my Round the World award plans, I took a chance... I cancelled an award with the hopes that available award...
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Best free sites for finding Covid entry rules (and more!)

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On a recent edition of our Frequent Miler on the Air podcast, Nick and I groused about the difficulty in finding up to date...
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Roomers Frankfurt, Marriott Design Hotel. Bottom Line Review.

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My wife and I just concluded a trip to Germany.  On the final two nights of our trip, we stayed at Roomers Frankfurt --...
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Best uses for Marriott free night certificates

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Marriott has a huge number of hotels worldwide.  For this post, I've collected suggestions for the best hotels that are bookable with Marriott free...
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Miles & points questions answered, comments shared.

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Once I had booked most of my flights for the 3 Cards, 3 Continents Challenge, it was time for me to start weeding through the...
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Should this be allowed? #3Cards3Continents

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For the 3 Cards, 3 Continents Challenge, the goal is to build as amazing of a 3-Continent trip as possible with the welcome bonuses from...
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Round the World Award Booked! Lessons learned.

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Yesterday I booked an around the world business class award for two!  It wasn't easy, but it's done!  But... I made a few mistakes...
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Tips for booking ANA’s Round the World award (Updated)

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For the 3 Cards, 3 Continents Challenge, I've been busy finding and pricing various ANA Round the World awards.  As a result, I've learned...

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