What’s in Tim’s Wallet? 2024 Edition
At the beginning of the year, the Frequent Miler Team gives guided tours through the credit cards that each of us currently has taking up space in our wallets. Greg and Nick started us...
FAA could ban lap infants, JetBlue/Spirit merger finally dies and real-life “Snakes on a...
The FAA might finally ban lap infants in the US, the JetBlue/Spirit merger is killed for good and passengers on an an Air Asia flight get a real-life version of "Snakes on a Plane."...
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Complete Guide
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards is a unique loyalty program that shares some characteristics common of airline loyalty programs (like priority check-in and boarding for elite members) and additional key features (like the ability to...
Marriott’s marriage to MGM Resorts: A match made in Bonvoyland
After having some time to digest the full details of the Marriott and MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy marriage, we discuss the headline benefits (and how we really feel about them) on this week's...
American Airlines AAdvantage Complete Guide
American Airlines AAdvantage Overview
American Airlines AAdvantage is the loyalty program for American Airlines. Given American's extensive reach within the United Sates and abroad, they are the loyalty program of choice for many folks (including...
Flying Blue Free Stopover Awards: The Rules
In December 2022, Air France / KLM Flying Blue added free stopovers to Air France and KLM award tickets. Then, in July 2023, they added free stopovers to partner awards. This is potentially amazing....
Need a hotel in a remote location? Check Google Hotels.
Have you ever wanted to book a stay in a remote area and struggled to find accommodation options? Either nothing shows up on OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) like Hotels.com or anything that does appear...
Resorts World Las Vegas / Conrad Las Vegas review (Nick’s new favorite Vegas property)
My wife and I recently took advantage of one of the benefits of our Ocean Prime status and spent a few nights at the Conrad Las Vegas at Resorts World. This was our second...
Thompson Gild Hall In NYC – 1 Bedroom Suite: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I were able to score tickets for a New Year's Eve party in Times Square to celebrate the new year by using United MileagePlus miles. We managed to get tickets for...
No Marriott match to MGM, but elite nights live on: MGM / Marriott partnership...
Today, Marriott has announced the details of its coming partnership with MGM Rewards in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, there's a lot of disappointing news in that there will not be a reciprocal status match for...
Qatar QSuites Bottom Line Review
Qatar Airways’ QSuites is widely considered to be one of the best business class products available in the world. And, thanks to the power of miles & points, flying QSuites can be affordable. I've...
Tim’s 2024 Elite Status Plans
It can be discouraging to see the meters and charts that track our various elite statuses reset to empty as the clock strikes 12:00 on New Year's Eve. That reset can also be useful,...
$1300 roundtrip business class flights between US and Europe, get $100 from Verizon class...
British Airways is selling $1300 roundtrip business class tickets between Europe and the US, Verizon is giving up to $100 each to customers...and now you can book Hilton free night certificates via chat. All...
Shortcuts to airline elite status
Want to rile up frequent flyers who earn elite status the old fashioned way? Let's talk all about shortcuts to airline elite status. Whether you're starting from scratch and need to generate elite status...
