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.
What’s in Greg’s go-everywhere backpack?
If you travel often, it makes sense to keep a small backpack always stocked with all of your travel needs. That way, when you...
Some Gaming is good [On Greg’s Mind]
The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero. That's the title of a Bits about Money essay by Patrick McKenzie (hat tip to View from...
How to book Delta flights with Virgin Atlantic miles
With Amex currently offering a 30% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to Virgin Atlantic, I realized that it was well past time to update...
Award spotlight: Marriott’s Torre de Palma Wine Hotel, Portugal
Torre de Palma Wine Hotel belongs to Marriott's Design Hotels brand. I stumbled upon this place when researching options for my 3 Cards 3...
Gift lounge access, elite status, and more. Top cards offering great authorized user perks.
Most ultra-premium credit cards justify their steep prices by offering airport lounge access, elite status, and other high end perks. In many cases, it's...
Citi Premier Card Complete Guide
In our 3 Cards 3 Continents Challenge, I picked the Citi Premier card with its 80K welcome bonus as one of my 3 cards. ...
Best way to earn AA miles & status via hotel bookings
The "AA Loyalty Pursuit Game" began Jan 1 2022 when American Airlines began offering loyalty points in addition to redeemable miles in almost all...
Amassing free hotel nights
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...
Hyatt’s Miraval Berkshires Wellness Resort: Bottom Line Review
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...
Marriott Bonvoy: Greg’s Bountiful Bevy of Brilliant predictions
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...
The road not taken: Greg’s abandoned plans for 3 Cards 3, Continents
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...
Award spotlight: Rancho Santana, Nicaragua
Rancho Santana is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts and is bookable with Choice Privileges points. I stumbled upon this place when researching...
Join me (Greg) at The Travel Summit: Toronto Oct 29-30 2022
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,...
Rolling the dice on Round the World award space
In order to improve my Round the World award plans, I took a chance... I cancelled an award with the hopes that available award...
