Tim Steinke
My wife Erin and my first big journey together went around the world in 100 days for
our honeymoon, a trip in which I had one car accident and got one speeding ticket in every country that we visited (I think that I may still have an arrest warrant in New Zealand for an unpaid ticket, but we’ll keep that between us). We currently
live in Washington State; we own a winery, ski after work and hike as much as our elderly knees will let us.
No, Choice Privileges hasn’t actually devalued…yet
Yesterday, there was a reddit thread where several folks noticed that Choice Privileges appeared to have increased the points cost of many of their awards overnight, with some properties rising by 100% or more....
Delta Amex Offer: Spend $500/$1000 & Get $100/$200 Back
There are new Delta Amex Offers showing up for some cardholders which provide some decent savings. The primary version that I've seen is get $100 after $500+ in spend or $200 back on $1,000+...
Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island: Great availability through all of 2025
Ever wanted to use points to get yourself to a private island? Now's your chance.
There is currently a ton of standard award availability at the Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island, one of the more...
(Last call – ends 1/8/25) Charles Schwab Amex Platinum: Increased 125K Welcome Offer
Update 1/7/25: The last day for this increased welcome offer is Wednesday January 8, 2025.
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There are several "flavors" of Amex Platinum card, one of which is the American Express Platinum Card for Charles Schwab....
Chase Freedom Unlimited Credit Card Review (2025)
The Chase Freedom Unlimited card is unique among Chase’s Ultimate Rewards cards in that you earn a minimum of 1.5x for all spend while also earning 3x-5x within bonus categories, including dining and drugstores....
Chase Ink Business Unlimited Credit Card Review (2025)
The Chase Ink Business Unlimited card is unique among Chase’s Ultimate Rewards (UR) business cards in that it gives you 1.5x earning on all spending. However, unlike its consumer doppelgänger - the Chase Freedom...
Lyft Amex Offer: Spend $50 & Get $15 Back
There's a very good Amex Offer for Lyft showing on some folk's account that can save you up to 30% when spending $50 or more.
This must be relatively tightly-targeted, however. I checked both mine...
BOA Alaska Airlines Visa now offering up to 75,000 miles after $3K in purchases
The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card is now available with an increased welcome offer of 75,000 miles after $3,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. Part of this offer is an additional 5,000...
(EXPIRED) Flying Blue Promo Rewards: Fly to/from Europe from 15k miles each way
The latest batch of Air France/KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards came out today. As is common with these monthly deals, there's the opportunity to fly to/from Europe from only 15,000 miles each way in...
Vacasa to merge with Casago – what does it mean for Wyndham redemptions?
Here at Frequent Miler, we love using our Wyndham Rewards points for Vacasa vacation rentals. There have been a couple of devaluations over the last couple years that have taken some of the sugar...
Amex Business Gold 70K Upgrade Offer (targeted)
There is a targeted upgrade offer for the Amex Business Gold card that started appearing on some cardholders' accounts over the weekend. It's targeted at current Business Green cardholders and offers 70,000 Membership Rewards...
Amex Business Card Offer: Earn up to 75K points with employee cards (targeted)
American Express has brought back another promotion for adding employee/authorized user cards to Business Green, Business Gold and Business Platinum accounts: 15,000 Membership Rewards points after $4K in purchases in the first 6 months...
2024 Deal of the Year (and reader’s choice vote)
On last week's Frequent Miler on the Air, Greg and Nick announced their picks for the 2024 Deal of the Year. The fellas parsed through all of the terrific opportunities in points and miles...
The best hotels of 2024, the year’s most disloyal travel program and more [Week...
It's the last weekend of the 2024 and we're taking time to reflect on what's really important...points and miles. This week on the blog we waxed poetic about our favorite hotels of 2024, talked...
