By Deal or Destination? How do you travel?
When planning a vacation, do you decide your destination and then look for travel deals? Or, does the travel deal determine your destination? This question has been on my mind lately as I've been...
Park Hyatt Zanzibar Royal Residence for 30K points per night
Following my post "Most exciting Hyatt premium suites bookable with points in the US," I've been researching the most exciting bookable-with-points premium suites outside the US. While I'm wrapping up that research I thought...
Turning a Capital One lemon into lemonade
My first credit card was with Capital One. I long ago picked up some nondescript Capital One credit card that offers a paltry 1.5% cash back everywhere, but unlike the Capital One® Quicksilver® Cash...
Most exciting Hyatt premium suites bookable with points in the US
Last week we learned that it is now possible to use points to book Hyatt suites online. This makes it easier than ever before to find the most exciting Hyatt premium suites bookable with...
Last Chance Deals: Fee-Free Mastercard Gift Cards, Discounted Visa Gift Cards From Simon Mall...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
A few offers are ending this week and most of them...
Lifestyle creep, analyzing the AA shutdown response, cashing out Dell credits and more
This week around the web, read the cautions of avoiding the inevitable lifestyle creep that can come with the miles & points hobby, temptation to transfer points to Iberia, an interesting perspective on the...
Hyatt suite award winners and losers. Also: roasting Greg and more.
This week's Frequent Miler on the Air saw us discuss the merits and drawbacks of this week's big news: now that we can book Hyatt suites and premium suites online, is that a huge...
Marriott Homes & Villas. A great path to elite status?
I recently posted the fact that many people are closer than ever to earning meaningful Marriott Elite status (Platinum status or higher) thanks to pandemic inspired bonus elite nights that have been deposited into...
Hyatt allows booking suites online with points!
Hyatt has long allowed booking standard suites with points, but only by calling or messaging with Hyatt. More recently Hyatt expanded beyond just standard suites and added the ability to book premium suites with...
Card Talk: Honeymoon to Bora Bora or Maldives & Australia
In this week's episode of Card Talk, Frequent Miler's bi-weekly series in which Greg and I meet with a reader to do a credit card intervention, we met with Parker, a groom-to-be planning a dream...
Marriott Bonvoy: 7 nights to Platinum. What to do?
Marriott has made it much easier this year to keep your elite status or reach next level status. In addition to extending everyone's current elite status into 2021, Marriott has added bonus elite nights...
Retirement planning mistakes fixed by credit cards
This post is only tangentially related to credit card rewards, but as I recently discovered some of my retirement planning mistakes and made some key changes, I thought the information may be useful to...
Last Chance Deals: Happy Gift Card Deal & Several Points & Miles-Buying Sales
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
There are only four deals ending this week. Three of them...
AA’s gloves are off, BAAd service, proper place pronunciation and more
In today's Frequent Miler week in review around the web, we have a post covering AA's blunt response to a DOT complaint over the credit-card-shenanigans shutdowns, good tips for recon and customer service calls,...
