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.
Citi American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Card: 100K miles after $10K in purchases
The Citi American Airlines AAdvantage Executive is once again offering an increased welcome bonus of 100,000 miles after $10K in purchases in the first 3 months. Remember that this card relaunched with a new...
Summer 2024: Wide open Aer Lingus business class to Europe from 45K each way
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan partners with Aer Lingus and with its revamped award chart, business class from the East Coast to Europe rings in at just 45,000 miles each way. Right now, I'm seeing...
Citi Strata Premier now available: Earn 75K after $4K
The Citi Strata Premier has launched earlier than initially expected, with an introductory bonus of 75,000 Citi ThankYou points after $4,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. This bonus won't be available to...
JetBlue card offering referral points for some [Targeted, YMMV]
Travel With Grant reports that some JetBlue credit card holders now have the ability to refer others and earn 10,000 TrueBlue points per referral up to 50,000 JetBlue TrueBlue points. This obviously may be...
Targeted offers of 22.5% back at Dell, 15% IHG, many more
You do not need to have a Capital One card to use Capital One Shopping. I like to lead with that sentence because just last week I had a reader who wrote with a...
14th Chicago Seminars at Holiday Inn Heritage Edition, October 25-27, 2024 (Meet Greg!)
This fall, there are once again two miles & points conferences happening in Chicago, though this time around they are on separate weekends and at separate locations. We'll be publishing a post about each...
2024 Chicago Seminars at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare September 20-22, 2024
This fall, there are once again two miles & points conferences happening in Chicago, though this time around they are on separate weekends and at separate locations. We'll be publishing a post about each...
Business class to Europe this winter from 38K points one way (wide January availability)
A member of the Award Travel 101 Facebook Group reported overnight about some wide open business class award availability to and from Europe on Air France that can be found via Virgin Atlantic. That's...
Great European hotel awards, a race around the world, where to put big spend...
Whether you're curious about a couple of popular Hyatt and Marriott London properties or you're hunting for hidden value in the Nordic region, this week at Frequent Miler we've covered some ground for you....
Podcast: Our favorite big spend bonuses | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep254
If you have the capacity for a lot of credit card spend, you can unlock additional perks or progress toward elite status by focusing spend on a specific card or cards. On this week's...
Earn & redeem between JetBlue and Etihad
This week, Jetblue True Blue and Etihad Guest announced a new partnership whereby you can earn and redeem miles with both airlines. While there are no incredible award sweet spots unlocked with this partnership,...
ZorkFest 2024 Casino loyalty and points & miles conference: Super early bird tickets end...
ZorkFest is an annual event that is part points & miles conference, part casino loyalty conference, part gambling education, and as I understand it in large part a fun time. This year's event will...
Attempts at stacking a deal on event tickets
I don't attend a lot of concerts or sporting events these days, but every now and then we attend something with our kids like Monster Jam or Disney on Ice, etc. When those things...
Use Finnair Avios to book Nordic / Scandinavian hotels at 2c per point or...
Booking hotels with airline miles is almost always an awful value, even when there is a "deal" to do so. You're almost always getting very low value per mile, particularly if you're comparing not...
