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.
My big bet on Hawaiian Alaska Mileage Plan
On last week's podcast, Nick and I discussed Alaska Airlines' pending Hawaiian Airlines purchase. Following the Department of Justice's lack of objection, the merger seems increasingly likely. Further, Alaska Airlines has stated that they...
Which hotel award search tool is best?
For those with hotel points and free night certificates across multiple hotel programs, finding the best places to use your points and free nights can be a pain. It can be especially hard when...
Does that Amex to Hawaiian transfer bonus make sense now that the Alaska merger...
Hawaiian miles can be valuable in certain very specific situations. For example, miles can be used to upgrade Hawaiian Airlines flights between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii for 25,000 to 50,000 miles one-way. Or...
My World of Hyatt wishlist. Make a good thing even better
World of Hyatt is my favorite hotel loyalty program. Hyatt's program offers published award charts, great value for their points, multiple ways to achieve suite upgrades, best-in-class top-tier elite benefits, and many options for...
Hyatt Milestone Spending. What’s my X?
In Tim's post "Which hotel credit card is the most rewarding for spending?" the World of Hyatt credit card didn't perform particularly well. Hyatt settled for the middle of the pack, well below the...
The earn and burn fallacy. Shall we give hoarding and cherry picking a try...
“Don’t save your money. Spend it as fast as you can.” Can you imagine anyone giving that advice? And, if they did, would you listen to them? No way.
What if the types of things...
Best credit card offers with low spend requirements
The best way to earn points & miles quickly is through credit card welcome offers. If you meet the minimum spend requirements and pay your bill in full each and every month, then you...
Loyalty programs changing fortunes (August 2024)
To many, it seems like loyalty programs are always devaluing. Point prices go up. The ability to book valuable awards goes down. Sometimes the ability to earn lots of points goes down. But good...
How to find and book Emirates first class awards
Emirates first class is a fantastic way to fly. Emirates offers incredible service and top-notch food and beverage options to first class passengers. And the seats themselves, even the old style ones shown below,...
Which Premium Cards are Keepers?
Ultra-premium credit cards often have great perks like lounge access, elite status accelerators, free nights, companion tickets, etc. The problem is that the annual fees, which can be as high as $695, can be...
Best fee-free transferable point credit card combo
The Amex Gold card's annual fee increase continues a trend that we're seeing across nearly all Amex cards: Amex raises the annual fee and adds new coupon-like benefits to make it look like the...
7 ways to get CLEAR for less
This post has been updated since last publication with new pricing details.
CLEAR Overview
CLEAR is a service that uses your eyes or fingerprints to confirm your identity. This is used at many airports and some...
Citi AA Executive Card devaluation: Avis/Budget credits to require prepaid bookings
This must be the season for secret devaluations. AA & Citi seemingly didn't want to be left out of the Bilt devaluation fun, so they quietly devalued the Citi AAdvantage Executive Card's annual $120...
Which hotel loyalty program is most rewarding on paid stays?
This post was last published about over a year ago. Since then, we've added the Sonesta hotel chain and have established new Reasonable Redemption Values (RRVs) for all of the programs listed in this post....
