Nick Reyes
Nick Reyes is a (fairly) regular guy with an animalistic passion for maximizing the value of miles and money to travel the world in comfort and style. There is little in life that he loves more than finding a fantastic deal and helping you shop smarter & harder to achieve your travel dreams.
(EXPIRED) $170 Air France gift card for $150
Air France is running a gift card promotion: Buy a $150 gift card and Air France will add an additional $20 for a total...
Amex End Game: What to do when you’ve signed up for all the cards
Yes, you can continue to march on the Amex point parade even after you've signed up for all the cards. This week on Frequent...
The hidden cost of point transfers (Should you take advantage of that transfer bonus?)
Barely halfway into 2022, we have already seen a dozen point transfer bonuses offered by transferable points programs (you can find the current point...
Counterpoint: Recent frustrations trying to get 1.5c per point toward paid travel
The other day, Tim published a fantastic post about using points to stay at the Paradores of Spain. If you don't know what the...
Weighing points vs cash, Lufthansa’s apology, Southwest shows some LUV
It's been a couple of weeks since our last Saturday Selection, so this week we catch up with some good reads from the last...
Keeper features of ultra premium cards
Many ultra premium cards come with keeper features -- those killer benefits that make the cards worth having and holding. But there is often...
(EXPIRED) 5% off Virtual Visa cards at GiftCards.com (3x AA miles possible)
Update 6/3/22: Giftcards.com has added three additional codes to the plethora of Memorial Day codes that they had already released: 5OFFVISA, MMDVISA and DONUTDAY....
(EXPIRED) Earn 4x American Airlines miles On Marriott Stays (or 2x United)
Update 6/2/22: American Airlines has increased to 4x and United has decreased to 2x (it was 6x yesterday).
Update from Nick 6/1/22: Marriott is once again...
(EXPIRED) Up to 40% transfer bonus from Citi to Qatar Avios
Qatar Airways is offering a transfer bonus of up to 40% when you transfer from select bank programs to Qatar Airways Avios. The only participating...
Amex Gold dining credit changes: Two partners out, three more in
The Amex Gold Card has offered a mild shake-up of its annual dining credits today. While the card's monthly $10 Uber credit has not...
Avoiding phantom award space basics
On a recent episode of Frequent Miler on the Air, we featured a question of the week about phantom award space. The short version...
Your old friend: the dummy booking
Note: The individual card offers mentioned in this post have expired.
Like many Americans, I am once again back to planning more travel. I've recently...
Credit card strategies for low spenders, medium spenders, and big spenders
Credit card intro bonuses are clearly the fastest way to a points and miles fortune, but how does the plan differ for someone who...
Low spend credit card strategy: A lot of vacation with low expenses
Last weekend, an interesting reader comment came in from regular commenter LarryNYC:
Towards this end, it would be interesting to have a series of articles...
