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.
Best uses for Virgin Points (Sweet Spot Spotlight)
Virgin points are super easy to accumulate. Points transfer 1 to 1 from most major transferable points programs. Even better, transfer bonuses are common such that transfers to Virgin Atlantic are often better than...
Solved: Problem booking Air France/KLM with Virgin points
Virgin points are often the cheapest option for booking Air France or KLM flights. For example, for a trip to Paris I'm planning, I found a great Air France business class award that was...
Swapping my Bilt points for Alaska miles
On Monday, July 1, for that day only, Bilt will be offering up to a 100% transfer bonus to Alaska Mileage Plan. That's awesome. Yes, I know that previous Bilt transfer bonuses have been...
KLM Business Class Review (Boeing 777, 787-9, and 787-10) “This is not Emirates”
I recently had the pleasure of flying KLM business class on three long haul flights: Vancouver to Amsterdam aboard a Boeing 777; Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam aboard a Boeing 787-9; and Amsterdam to Chicago...
How I found awesome awards for our last minute travel challenge
During our team's 2024 last-minute-travel challenge, Flying by the Seat of our Points, each of the contestants found excellent award flights. In this post, I've described step by step (to the best of my...
Qatar A320 Business Class Review (Phenomenal!)
I've flown Qatar Airways several times now and have found that service seems to range from fine to extraordinary. On my recent flight from Zagreb to Doha I experienced truly extraordinary service. The great...
Which Marriott Bonvoy card is best?
Given that both Amex and Chase issue Marriott Bonvoy credit cards, and that they've recently introduced even more Marriott cards in 2022, there are a boatload of cards that earn the same type of...
How to get free checked bags on United flights that are booked partner...
Many airline credit cards offer one or more free checked bags to cardholders and, in most cases, you don't need to pay for the airfare with that credit card to get the benefit. Instead,...
Challenge Reflections: It’s Getting Better all the Time…
I'm writing this post while flying home from the latest annual Frequent Miler team challenge, Flying by the Seat of our Points, where Tim, Nick, and I were challenged to travel from one mystery...
Fishing for Points and KLM-ing Home (Greg’s Flying by the Seat of our Points...
The Flying by the Seat of our Points challenge is done. What a blast we had! And many, many people have told us how much fun it was to watch the action as it...
Malaysia Airlines Business Class Review: A350-900 Doha to Kuala Lumpur
Flying Malaysia Airlines business class was a treat! Service was both excellent and personable. The Malaysian food was delicious. Seats were spacious and comfortable both for sitting and sleeping (the latter was aided by...
Flying by the Seat of our Points: Last Minute Travel Challenge
Introducing Frequent Miler’s 2024 team challenge: Flying by the Seat of our Points! With this year's challenge, three of us will compete to book last-minute travel. Within each of three stages, our judges will...
Bumped from Business Class (and a Lufthansa A340-300 Premium Economy review)
Lufthansa oversold business class and bumped me down to Premium Economy. For a recent trip to Sweden and Norway, I had booked a return flight using Avianca LifeMiles: 60,000 miles + $146 in fees...
Turkish Airlines 787 Business Class Detroit to Istanbul: Mini Review
For a full review of Turkish Airlines 787 business class, see Tim's review here. In this mini-review, I compare my experience to Tim's. Short result: Tim had a better flight.
I finally had a chance...
