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...
Earn elite status: AA vs Delta vs United
In this post I've compared the requirements for earning elite status among the big three: AA, Delta, and United. In recent years, all three have simplified their programs to make it possible to earn...
Chase Sapphire Reserve vs Sapphire Preferred: Which is Right for You?
If you want the ability to transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points to hotel and airline partners, you'll need either the Sapphire Reserve card or the Sapphire Preferred.
Both the cards are currently offering elevated welcome...
Southwest is finally on Google Flights, a favorite sweet spot devalues and the world’s...
ANA premium awards via Virgin Atlantic devalue again, Southwest pricing is now finally displaying on Google Flights and a list of the world's most turbulent flight routes. All that and more in this week's...
10% back on Star Alliance awards, preparing for the unknown, and more [Week in...
What would you do to prepare for a trip if you had no idea where you were going to be going or what you'd be doing? That was a question that Greg and I...
Chase 5/24 Rule: How to Count Your Status – 3 Easy Ways
Happy 5/24! Given the holiday, we thought it would be the perfect to time to remind everyone to check their Chase 5/24 status.
Chase will not approve a new card application for many of its...
