[Update] Nick’s mad dash for American Airlines elite status
Update 3/4/23: The miles from T-Mobile Home Internet showed up last week and the Blue Apron miles hit my account on Saturday morning, both backdated to January. Much to my surprise, overnight between Saturday...
Oceana Santa Monica, LXR by Hilton: Bottom Line Review
Hilton has some of the most flexible free night certificates of any major hotel chain (that you can get with a credit card). You can use them for a standard room at almost any...
United Airlines’ hidden award chart, Google Pay is shutting down and vacation rentals with...
United's "hidden" award chart for 2024, a billionaire is furious about expensive room service at a five start hotel and what to do when Google Pay shuts down. All that and more in this...
Painful devaluations, from “roughing it” to the lap of luxury and more
Both Hyatt and ANA announced painful devaluations this week, though in each there are bright spots (or at least not so dark spots?) to be found. This week at Frequent Miler, we also covered...
Podcast: Which is the best Amex Platinum card? | Frequent Miler on the Air...
American Express has four different Platinum cards, all with a $695 annual fee. In this episode Greg and Nick not only help differentiate these Platinum cards from one another, they also pick out which...
The ANA Devaluation: It’s not all doom and gloom
ANA Mileage Club has long been a theoretically incredible Amex Membership Rewards transfer partner. In practice, it isn't always as easy to leverage at it sounds in theory, but the ANA award charts have...
AwardTool: a powerful new award search tool (British Airways added)
AwardTool is a powerful new flight award search tool with both a free and paid (Pro) version. This tool is very similar to PointsYeah. Both offer powerful search features for free; both allow searching...
Grand Hyatt Kauai standard 2 queen parking lot view: Bottom line review
I just this morning got back to New York after 8 nights at the Grand Hyatt Kauai, a property that I've reviewed glowingly in the past. This time around, we didn't get any upgrade...
(More links needed) Amex Platinum 150K referral offer is back again and we need...
Update 2/28/24: Earlier today, referral links for the 150k offer expired. The good news (for some) is that other people are now targeted for the ability to refer to the 150,000 Membership Rewards welcome...
How to book a night at the bottom of the Grand Canyon at Phantom...
I think most travelers end up collecting a few special destinations that we hold close to our hearts for a myriad of incalculable reasons which might not translate to others. Grand Canyon has been...
Frequent Miler’s favorite business class flights
Of the many luxuries afforded by learning to leverage airline miles, the most enjoyable might be flying in a seat that converts to a fully flat bed in the sky. In some cases, you'll...
Capital One Venture X Business Credit Card Review (2024)
The Capital One Venture X Business card was released last year in a bizarre stop-and-start "launch" that began with no one really having any idea of how to get the card, outside of vague...
How to game Delta credits, subpar MGM status match is live again and an...
A couple ideas for hacking those pesky Delta credits, MGM is again offering a status match and an Air Canada chatbot goes rogue. All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection, our weekly...
Set your MQD rollover reminders, earn 14x at restaurants, avoid losing 75% of your...
Got Delta MQMs and not sure what to do with them? Wish you could see both the cash price and award price when running flight searches? Wondering which is your best Capital One transfer partner...
