Judging Stage 2 of the Flying by the Seat of our Points Challenge
Update: This post has been updated to calculate hotel experiences and exploration challenges which had not yet been completed at the time of our livestream. There have also been a few new bonus points...
World of Hyatt: Complete list of all-inclusive properties in Mexico and the Caribbean
Hyatt has a separate award chart for the ~100 all-inclusive properties that it acquired with the purchase of Apple Leisure Group in 2022. These properties are located throughout the world have slowly been integrated...
Around the world in a flash: catching up on a wild week [Week in...
This week, Greg, Tim, and I have been crisscrossing the planet on our 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge. If you haven't been following on Instagram, see the post below about how to follow. Read...
A quick LA turnaround turns into a lot of striking out (Nick’s Flying by...
Stephen and Carrie shared that my international divergence destination is Morocco! I had to scramble to get out of LA as quickly as I could -- and unfortunately, I haven't had much luck in...
Judging Stage 1 of the Flying by the Seat of our Points Challenge…
Update: This post has been updated to incorporate a reader suggestion about how we scored our guessing challenge, ranking it as a single possible point for the correct guess instead of rank scoring for...
Flying by the Seat of our Points: Last Minute Travel Challenge
Introducing Frequent Miler’s 2024 team challenge: Flying by the Seat of our Points! With this year's challenge, three of us will compete to book last-minute travel. Within each of three stages, our judges will...
Bumped from Business Class (and a Lufthansa A340-300 Premium Economy review)
Lufthansa oversold business class and bumped me down to Premium Economy. For a recent trip to Sweden and Norway, I had booked a return flight using Avianca LifeMiles: 60,000 miles + $146 in fees...
Ritz-Carlton coming to Oahu’s North Shore, Southwest hikes fees and Hyatt to launch ryokan...
Ritz Carlton has taking over an enviable property on Oahu's North Shore, Southwest is raising rates for EarlyBird check-in and Hyatt announces that it's launching a new Japanese brand. All that and more in...
A big kick-off, winning in Vegas, Hyatt’s slow devaluation, and a lot more [Week...
Flying by the Seat of our Points, the 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge, kicks off in a few days. In this Frequent Miler week in review, you can find out how to join us...
Join us at 9pm Eastern time on Monday 6/3 for Flying by the Seat...
The 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge is almost upon us, with our initial live stream reveal set for Monday, June 3, 2024 at 9pm Eastern time. We'll be going live on Youtube at that...
Waking up in Vegas: Results of Nick’s Las Vegas status match run
Last month, I wrote about planning an epic Las Vegas status match run. In this post, I wanted to share an update with our full results from the trip. This trip was certainly a...
65+ Ways To Earn Miles Without Flying
Our tagline here at Frequent Miler is "Earn miles without flying". We're always sharing different ways to do that, but I thought it would be useful to collate a list of all the different...
How to transfer Avios between British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Finnair
British Airways, Qatar, Aer Lingus, Iberia, Finnair, and Vueling (a low cost carrier) share a common rewards currency: Avios. Strangely, despite sharing a currency, each program has its own loyalty program with differing fees,...
The Historic Davenport In Spokane, WA: Bottom Line Review (Marriott Autograph Collection)
My wife and I spent a month in Washington state recently, with the first 10 days of that time in Spokane.
We spent all 10 days at The Historic Davenport in downtown Spokane and this...
