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.
Alaska Airlines card offers: 67K personal and 60K biz + companion tickets
Update: The welcome offer on the personal card has dropped, but the 60k offer on the business card is still available.
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There are two great offers now available for Bank of America's Alaska Airlines credit...
(EXPIRED) Delta Flash Sale to Europe: Round trip for as low as 34K miles
Delta is offering another unadvertised award flash sale with flights to Europe for as low as 34,000 miles round-trip. Delta usually charges 70,000 miles round-trip (or more) for economy flights to Europe, so this...
Amtrak discontinues point transfers to Hilton and Choice
Amtrak used to offer options to transfer Amtrak Guest Rewards points to Hilton at a 1 to 2 ratio and to Choice at a 1 to 3 ratio. Without notice, Amtrak has discontinued both...
Hyatt’s Destination Residences bookable with points! (and a new award type: Premium Room)
Hyatt's Destination brand is made up of Destination hotels & resorts and Destination Residences vacation rentals. Destination hotels were already bookable with Hyatt points. Previously, though, most Destination Residences were either not bookable with...
Air Canada Aeroplan now an Ultimate Rewards transfer partner
We knew it was coming this year, but we didn't know exactly when. Now it's here: those with premium Chase Ultimate Rewards cards such as Sapphire Preferred, Sapphire Reserve, and Ink Business Preferred can...
ANA extending mile expiration to March 31, 2022
If you have ANA miles that are set to expire on or before February 28, 2022 you're in luck. ANA is once again incrementally extending expiration, this time until March 31, 2022. If you...
Player 2: Pursuing over 500,000 Points
I don't know if I coined the phrase (maybe?), but I often refer to couples working together to collect points & miles as "two player mode". For example, when talking about a hotel card...
(EXPIRED) Amex Offer: Get +5X at Amazon.com (targeted)
Amex is out with a new targeted offer: Earn +5 Membership Rewards points per dollar at Amazon. The offer maxes out at 1,500 points ($300 spend).
The Deal
Get 5 additional Membership Rewards points for each...
Delta Flash Sale: 5k to Bogota, Panama, Miami and more
Dans Deals reports a Delta award sale between "several US cities and many Mexico/Caribbean/Central America/South America destinations from just 5K miles each way!" In the details of this post, Dan lists cheap award prices...
(EXPIRED) Citi Checking Bonus: $300 to $1,500
Citi is offering up to $1,500 for opening a checking account and meeting their deposit requirements. You can earn $300 with a $15K deposit, $700 with a $50K deposit, or $1,500 with a $200K...
Best sock drawer credit cards
Many credit cards compete for your wallet share with great rewards for spend. There are cards that offer great rewards for all spend; and other cards that offer great rewards within categories such as...
Easy path to Delta elite status through Jan 2024
It was already easier than ever to earn Delta elite status this year thanks to Status Accelerators, elite earnings on award tickets, and 25% enhanced credit card spend Status Boosts (see: Shortcuts to Delta...
Manufacturing Lifetime Delta Diamond Status
UPDATE: As of January 2024, it is no longer possible to manufacture million miler status through credit card spend. Now, million miler status is earned only through actually flying a million miles. Additionally, the...
My $895 plus 75,000 points retention call
Last week, annual fees appeared on two of my Amex cards: $595 for my Business Platinum card (Update January 2022: this offer has expired -- the annual fee is now $695) and $95 for...
