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.
The Standard hotels integrating into Hyatt’s standard charts and benefits
The Standard is a hip/edgy hotel chain recently acquired by Hyatt. The brand is so cool that they have an upside down logo. They're...
Gondola: My go-to hotel award search tool has fixed their email problem
Gondola is a free tool designed to make it easy to find hotels that offer the best value for your points or for cash....
How I booked my son’s graduation present flights to Japan
When my son graduated from college several years ago, I offered to send him and a few friends to Hawaii using my points and...
Why a US Bank approval rushed me to the Chase 100K offer
Remember the up-to-4% everywhere Smartly card? Given how US Bank nerfed it only 5 months after its introduction, it's understandable if you've forgotten it...
How soon can you apply for a Chase Sapphire card after product changing?
In order to earn a welcome bonus for a new Sapphire Preferred or Sapphire Reserve card, you can't currently have a Sapphire card open....
The Tools We Use (for playing the points and miles game)
The post "The Games We Play," outlines some of the top techniques for earning more points & miles, for getting more out of our...
InterContinental Ambassador: Elite status you can buy
IHG One Rewards has a decent elite program, which might make you think that the parallel InterContinental Ambassador program has become irrelevant. However, I...
Amex The Hotel Collection Guide: Earn hotel points/perks while using Platinum credits
All Amex Platinum cards have a potentially valuable benefit: Earn back up to $200 per year on Fine Hotels + Resorts® (FHR) or The...
AwardTool: a powerful award search tool with up to 32 simultaneous searches (now supports...
AwardTool is a powerful flight award search tool with both a free and paid (Pro) version. This tool is very similar to PointsYeah. Both...
Estimated first year value
The best way to earn miles and points (or even cash back) quickly is through credit card welcome bonuses. Many cards offer big bonuses...
How I accidentally paid taxes with my wife’s Business Platinum card
One of the great things about running a successful business (Frequent Miler) is that I get to pay a lot in taxes. I know,...
Guide to booking Preferred Hotels with points
Many, but not all, Preferred Hotels can be booked with points. Of those, some can be booked using Preferred Hotels’ own I Prefer points,...
Delta SkyMiles Complete Guide (2026)
Delta SkyMiles Overview
While Delta is often lauded for their flight performance and customer service, their loyalty program has long been the butt of jokes...
SAS seeking partnership with SAS
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is reportedly in secret talks with the British Special Air Service (SAS) to form an alliance. "Everyone keeps getting us mixed...
