How Greg, Nick or Stephen can win Million Mile Madness
When SAS EuroBonus launched a promotion to earn one million miles by flying 15 different SkyTeam airlines by the end of 2024, it felt like it was calling out our name. Given Frequent Miler’s...
Amex Airline Fee Reimbursements. What still works?
Several American Express cards offer annual airline fee reimbursements. These reimbursements can go a long way towards easing the sting of the high annual fees charged by personal Amex Platinum and Business Platinum cards. Readers...
Shortcuts to Marriott Elite status
If you stay at Marriott hotels often, but not often enough to earn high level Elite status, you may be missing out on perks like free lounge access, room or suite upgrades, free breakfast,...
SAS EuroBonus Millionaire promo frequently asked questions [Million Mile Madness 2024]
Last week, we announced our Frequent Miler Million Mile Madness 2024, whereby Greg, Stephen, and I are competing to complete a Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) EuroBonus promotion to earn one million miles by flying 15 SkyTeam...
US Bank Real-Time Mobile Rewards: What Works Where?
US Bank's Real-Time Mobile Rewards offer a way to book travel outside of US Bank's limited travel portal and still get 1.5 cents per point value from your points. Unfortunately, the details about what...
AA launches dynamic partner pricing, Hilton gift card headaches and using Venture X credit...
Hilton gift cards are causing headaches, AA is starting to dynamically price partner awards and you can now use Capital One travel credits for Southwest flights....or at least some of you can. All that...
Advanced tips, Million Mile Madness updates, changing award tides and more [Week in Review]
This week at Frequent Miler, we shared some award booking tips on the podcast that might help you book that elusive trip. Meanwhile, Greg, Stephen, and I have been furiously trip-planning with an eye...
How to keep points and miles alive
How do you keep your points and miles alive? What counts as qualifying activity to extend the life of miles? Here are the policies for major US airline and hotel programs and those programs...
Best options for buying Visa and MasterCard gift cards
Visa and Mastercard gift cards can be extremely useful tools to maximize rewards on credit card spend. These cards are sold both in fixed denominations and in variable-load forms where you can put anywhere...
Virgin Atlantic dynamic award pricing is live and it’s pretty good….for now
Last month Virgin Atlantic disclosed that on October 30 it'd be moving to a dynamic pricing model for award flights. That day is here and sure enough, award flights are now being charged dynamically.
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United making it harder to earn elite status, increasing benefit options for some who...
United revealed details yesterday about MileagePlus elite qualification for 2025 and it's not good news overall as qualifying for status will get 20%-25% more difficult. For those who manage to earn Platinum or 1K...
How to get Delta SkyMiles deals, Chase ultra-premium business card rumors and spending $450K...
Rumors of an ultra-premium Chase business card, the key to getting better Delta SkyMiles deals and a $450,000 path to lifetime oneworld elite status. All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection, our...
400K miles + 5 free nights from Madness, a new look at elite status...
If you like the sound of getting 400,000 miles and 5 free nights, you'll need to be a little nutty and check out posts about our Million Mile Madness below. Elsewhere on the blog...
Things I’ve learned already from Million Mile Madness 2024 (On Nick’s mind)
I have a confession to make: I've barely slept all week. In fact, I'm writing this post in the wee hours of the night after spending hours putting together one itinerary after another for our Million...
