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.
Who offers the best transfer partners?
Transferable points programs are awesome. If you find a great hotel or flight award but you don't have enough (or any) of the needed points or miles, you can often transfer what you need...
Marriott’s Luminary Hotel, Fort Myers Florida: Bottom Line Review
I don't usually write hotel reviews before leaving a hotel, but I'm making an exception this time because the point price for this one will soon go up. Currently the Luminary Hotel is priced...
Dreaming up my Curve wallet
Last week, Nick wrote about using the Curve card to keep his marriage happy and healthy. Curve looks to the world like a credit card, but behind the scenes each transaction is sent to...
Approved for Venture X. Am I nuts? [On my mind]
Last year, Capital One dumped me. But now, with only a few days left to go on the Venture X card's huge 100K welcome offer (expires March 14th), I stepped up to kick the football...
Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach, California: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I recently spent two nights at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach in Dana Point, California. We used a free night certificate for one night and paid 95,000 points for the second...
Greg’s American Airlines Loyalty Point Progress
Woohoo! Wednesday morning I received notice from SimplyMiles that I had earned 4,650 AA miles for purchasing a Byte Impression Kit. Stack that with $100 back from Citi Merchant Offers (which showed up Tuesday!),...
My Round the World Reprieve [ANA miles extended thru March 2023]
Yesterday, my wife and I were discussing options for shoehorning an around the world trip into our crowded schedules. You see, I had 269,000 ANA miles set to expire at the end of this...
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I recently spent four nights at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach. We paid 20,000 points per night and applied a suite upgrade award to secure a standard suite.
This stay was part...
Workationing the Pacific Coast Highway
My wife and I spent most of February on the California coast. This wasn't vacation. We took vacation in January when we visited Loews Ventana Canyon and Miraval Arizona in Tucson, the Hyatt Residence...
What’s in Greg’s wallet? [2022 Edition]
Yesterday, Nick revealed the cards in his wallet. Now it's my turn. Just like Nick, Amex had almost completely taken over my wallet in the past year thanks to promotions offering bonus points first...
The great loyalty shake-up [On Greg’s mind]
March 2022 is promising to be a monumental month with regards to airline and hotel loyalty. In March, American Airlines will complete their shift from offering elite status to flyers to rewarding elite status...
(EXPIRED) Virgin Atlantic Mastercard 65K offer is back again
Bank of America's Virgin Atlantic credit card is again offering a 65,000 mile welcome bonus: 60,000 miles after $2,000 in purchases in the first 3 months plus an additional 5,000 bonus miles when you...
Ventana Big Sur vs. Miraval Arizona
Hyatt offers a few all-inclusive luxury resorts within the continental United States: Alila Ventana Big Sur and three Miraval resorts. Recently I stayed at the Miraval Arizona resort, and then stayed at Alila Ventana...
Re-Wowed: Return to Alila Ventana Big Sur
My wife and I are workationing our way down the California coast in our endeavor to avoid big swaths of Michigan's winter. The journey so far included a 5 night stay at Hyatt's all-inclusive...
