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.
One Point of View from the Wing at a Time
Heavyweight travel hackers Lucky and Gary spar over Membership Rewards
You probably already read the entertaining blog-post sparring between Gary (View from the Wing) and Lucky (One Mile at a Time). In case you haven't...
Do the Kiva Do
If you're like me, you not only love acquiring points and miles for free travel, but you love talking about it too. That's what's so cool about frequent flyer "dos": you get to meet...
Harry Potter Chased Away
Chase's Ultimate Reward is no longer the great deal it was
A few days ago, in the post titled "Chasing Harry Potter," I showed an incredibly good deal for those looking for single day Universal...
No Mega Deal at Kohls
In a prior post I wrote about a few strange things in the Chase Ultimate Reward mall having to do with Kohls. I speculated that it might be possible to double dip at Kohls...
Pursuing Platinum Day 2
It's time to choose
Yesterday I asked readers to help me construct a mileage run so that I could secure Delta Platinum status this year. I promised that whoever posted an idea that I use...
Pursuing Platinum
Good at constructing mileage runs? Please help!
I've obtained Delta Gold Elite status each of the past several years and I've enjoyed the perks: shorter security lines, priority boarding, elite seat selection, a voucher...
Potential Mega Deal
Is Kohls the next best double dip opportunity?
Some strange things are afoot in the Ultimate Rewards Mall – specifically with regards to Kohls:
Strange Thing #1: Extra 10 Points per $ on Nov...
Hacking Hawaii Revised
Fly half price, stay for FREE
In an earlier post I showed a way that a family of four could vacation in Hawaii for free. The goal of the post was to have an...
Chasing Harry Potter
NOTICE: This deal is now dead. Congratulations to those who got their tickets in time! See Harry Potter Chased Away for more.
Using Chase's Ultimate Rewards for a great redemption other than airline miles or...
The Perfect Perpetual Point Machine, Part Three
In part one of this series, I introduced the idea of the quest for the perfect perpetual point machine. A perpetual point machine (PPM) is a scheme in which, after a little push, hotel...
My Million Mile Interview
This morning, Daraius at Million Mile Secrets published his interview with me, Frequent Miler! Million Mile Secrets is one of my favorite blogs, so I'm totally psyched to be featured! Here, now,...
A quick note about Square
In a previous post, I described how to meet minimum credit card spends by buying American Express gift cards and turning them into cash using a service called Square. Since then, I've heard...
The Family Mileage Run
A few days ago I took a look at my family's Delta MQM balance for the year. MQMs are Delta's "Medallion Qualifying Miles" (most non-Delta people refer to these as EQMs: Elite Qualifying Miles)....
RIP Sears Ultimate Rewards Bonanza
I've written numerous posts about how to take advantage of the Sears 10 points per dollar bonus award through the Chase Ultimate Rewards mall. I'm sad to report, however, that at approximately midnight...
