Introducing the $895 Consumer Platinum card
In June, Chase refreshed its Sapphire Reserve card with a whopping new $795 annual fee and a slew of new coupons. Suddenly, the Platinum...
Using Buying Groups to Increase Credit Card Spend
There are many reasons that you might want to increase credit card spend. You may need to meet minimum spend requirements on new credit...
Cheap luxury: SLH properties for 40K or fewer Hilton points per night
Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) is a collection of higher-end boutique-type hotel properties around the world. Through Hilton's partnership with SLH, you...
Rethinking my hotel free night certificates
In my household, I manage lots of cards that offer annual free night certificates. This includes seven Marriott cards, four IHG cards, three Hyatt...
Award alerts to the rescue, Hilton flushing value, tracking card coupons and more [Week...
Back in March, I wrote a post about a handful of award bookings I had recently (as of late February or early March 2025)...
(Expired) Southwest Personal Cards: Excellent 100K Welcome Offers
Update 9/11/25: These increased Southwest welcome offers will expire on September 18, 2025, at 7 am EST. If you're cruising to use the points...
Analyzing Hilton’s spiraling devaluations
Ouch. Hilton has increased their top-end standard award pricing to 250,000 points per night. This is the third drastic price increase in the last...
(Reminder) Major deval: Amex Business Platinum ending 35% points rebate on business & first...
Update 9/10/25: Just a quick reminder that the ability to get a 35% rebate on all business and first class tickets ends next week;...
Oof: Another Hilton deval at the top end; standard award nights now cost up...
It was all going so well.
At the start of the year, all of us on the Frequent Miler team were pretty bullish about Hilton,...
Intercontinental for fewer miles than domestic travel: Stretching Virgin Atlantic and Avianca Lifemiles dynamic...
I am officially getting excited about our coming 100K Vacay team challenge, but today's post isn't about my 100K Vacay trip. Rather, during my...
What are you spending on credit card annual fees? | Ask Us Anything Ep79...
What are you spending on annual fees? What's the holy grail of first-class suites? We answered these and many other questions on the Ask...
How to pay taxes via credit card, 2026 edition
You might not like paying taxes, but when you pay taxes via credit card it can be quite rewarding. The key is to earn...
Elite status via credit card spend: AA vs Delta vs United vs Alaska vs...
American Airlines, Delta, United, Alaska, and several other airlines offer four tiers of elite status. Each of these loyalty programs allows you to earn...
Fun with Hilton math: Cash & Points Edition
Years ago, I wrote a post about Hilton's funny math (which isn't necessarily about Hilton being bad at math as much as it is...
