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.
SPG Luxury Card 125K Offer (targeted)
Check your email. My son got this after applying for the 100K offer.
The Amex 5 credit card limit may be in question, but 2 in 90...
On our Best Offers Page under Amex App Tips, we show the following rules (among others):
You can have max 5 Amex credit cards,...
Saturday is last day for up to 425K Marriott/SPG points. What to do?
Update: While accurate at the time of publication, some of the offers mentioned in this post have since expired. See our Best Offers page...
SPG Lux Card is live. Lower bonus than expected, but 3 day window open.
As reported by Doctor of Credit, the SPG Luxury Card is now available for applications. The good news is that the 3 day window...
With Plastiq 3X dead, what’s next?
In the past year, since learning that the Chase Ink Business Plus earned 3X for Plastiq payments, I've been using that card exclusively and...
Off the Charts Luxury Update (85K mistake rate to be honored)
UPDATE 8/24/18: Marriott has confirmed to View from the Wing that the standard rate for "off the charts" properties should be 60,000 points per...
Marriott and SPG transfers to airline miles
Thanks to the Marriott and SPG program merger, details regarding point transfers to airline miles have changed. Accordingly, I've updated our transfer guide with...
Marriott offers 30K points to those who were travel-package hosed (Updated with Marriott Q&A)
Travel Certificate Downgrades Q&A
I’ve asked Marriott the following questions about travel certificates and the ability to downgrade or cancel. In a few cases we...
Ink Business Preferred no longer earning 3X via Plastiq
We don't know why the Chase Ink Business Preferred card used to earn 3X for Plastiq bill payments, but it did. It was sweet...
Finding Delta awards in calendar view (Air France is not the answer)
Air France Flying Blue is the only Sky Team loyalty program that partners with all common transferable points programs: Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate...
Betting again on top value Marriott travel packages. Analysis of the “no upgrades/downgrades” rule.
As Nick reported a few hours ago, Starwood Lurker IV, via Flyertalk, revealed new information about Marriott Travel Packages:
Travel packages set to expire...
The case against buying travel packages (even if you want airline miles)
I've written repeatedly recently about the value in buying Marriott travel packages before August 18th. Yesterday, Nick joked with me that we've argued in...
Rental car driving in Germany. 3 Lessons Learned.
My family recently visited Germany where we flew into Frankfurt airport, took a train to Cologne, then rented a car to drive to Baden-Baden,...
Crunch time! Final pre-Marriott/SPG merger checklist
It's crunch time... This coming Saturday, August 18th, Marriott, SPG, and Ritz will combine their separate rewards programs into a single unified program. Now...
