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.
Nook side chat
I’m giving away a Nook Color to a lucky person who contributes a comment to this post! If you have questions or comments about the contest or would like to praise someone for a...
Weekend Update
Magazines.com My attempt to double dip by buying gift cards through the Ultimate Rewards Mall and then using the gift card through Big Crumbs failed. Big Crumbs reported 0 cash back for the...
Adventures on EBay
As I reported in earlier posts, on December 9th I bought several items from Sears and received over 20 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar. I then sold those items on EBay for a...
Caught In The Middle on a Monday
My wife, who recently gained Gold status on Delta, just received an email in which Delta apologized for her having to sit in a middle seat on a Monday. And they awarded her...
Frequent Miler’s Mad Laboratory
I can’t keep it all in my head! Frequent Miler’s frequent readers know that I frequently post information about tricks for gaining miles and points. These include tricks that have worked, tricks that...
Evening News
My double dip experiment with the Aadvantage eShopping mall worked! I received 10 points per dollar for making a Sears.com purchase using gift cards. I had bought those gift cards for 10 points...
A four step Perpetual Point Machine
In previous posts (such as this one), I defined the Perpetual Point Machine (PPM) as “a scheme in which, after a little push, hotel points and/or airline miles are accrued over and over...
Hotel Living
Back in October, I read Gary’s View from the Wing post “Ten Year Hotel Stay Comes to an End” about a woman who lived in a hotel for 10 years. Ever since then, I’ve...
Weekend Update
A couple of quick updates: American Express OPEN savings for gift card purchases:Several days ago I wrote about leveraging American Express OPEN savings to buy gift cards in my post about how to maximize...
The Ins and Outs of the Sears Double Dip
Since I began blogging over 4 months ago, I’ve frequently written about variations of “double dip” opportunities in which you can earn points or miles for buying merchant gift cards, and then earn...
Evening News
NOTE: apologies to those who saw an earlier draft of this. Chalk it up to blogger-error. I’m trying out a new format tonight. I usually publish a focused single-topic post every morning. Sometimes, though,...
TurboTax for Less
A reader recently asked me how to maximize points or cash back for buying TurboTax software. With tax season fast approaching, this is a timely topic! Below I’ll list a couple of options...
Maximize points per dollar at Amazon.com
You are probably aware that you can earn 1 extra mile per dollar spent at Amazon.com by going through Hawaiian Airlines online shopping portal. That’s not bad, but here are a few ways...
My strategy to buy Platinum and a million miles
I recently reached Delta Platinum status thanks to a mileage run, a signup bonus (10K MQMs for signing up for the Delta Reserve credit card), and a large roll-over of miles from the...
