Delta’s Choice Benefits for Platinum and Diamond Elites
Delta's Platinum and Diamond elite status levels include "Choice Benefits" in addition to many automatic perks. Platinum elites can choose one Choice Benefit each...
What’s in Nick’s wallet, January 2025 edition
The Frequent Miler team has confessed to having many credit cards. But many of those cards are held primarily for benefits -- whether lounge access,...
No, Choice Privileges hasn’t actually devalued…yet
Yesterday, there was a reddit thread where several folks noticed that Choice Privileges appeared to have increased the points cost of many of their...
Delta’s excellent status match (status for up to 2 years)
Delta has renewed their status match challenge and, as before, it's pretty darn generous. If you have elite status with a competing airline and...
Which is better: 3x everywhere or $200 back on $500?
Update: The 3x everywhere offer has now expired.
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Yesterday, a member of our Frequent Miler Insiders group pointed out that the welcome offer on our...
My Marriott Mattress Run
At the end of 2024, I found myself one night short of Marriott Bonvoy Titanium status. I needed 75 nights, but only had 74....
Highlights of 2024, a trick for using Fine Hotels + Resorts® credits, tax time...
New Year, New You, new opportunities: as we kick off the first week of 2025 at Frequent Miler, we posted our predictions for the...
Hilton Experiences might be a better deal than you thought
Many airline and hotel loyalty programs offer the opportunity to redeem miles or points for experiences. Those are sometimes run as auctions (which require...
Cashing in on 2025 opportunities
Last year was a big one. My immediate family spent almost two months traveling between our 28,000-mile round-the-world summer vacation, free cruise match opportunities...
Welcome to 2025. Here’s what’s going to happen in miles, points, and credit cards...
Whether in blog comments, emails, our Facebook group, or our monthly Ask Us Anything (this month's edition is pushed out to next week because...
Scoring the Frequent Miler team’s 2024 predictions
At the start of 2024, all five members of the Frequent Miler team looked into our crystal ball to determine what the coming year...
2024 Deal of the Year (and reader’s choice vote)
On last week's Frequent Miler on the Air, Greg and Nick announced their picks for the 2024 Deal of the Year. The fellas parsed...
The best hotels of 2024, the year’s most disloyal travel program and more [Week...
It's the last weekend of the 2024 and we're taking time to reflect on what's really important...points and miles. This week on the blog...
American Express Business Gold Credit Card Review
The American Express Business Gold card has changed a lot over the last year. Its 4x categories have been revamped, new annual business credits...
