Japan Airlines 787 Business Class: Bottom Line Review (Sky Suites)
During our recent Party of 5 Challenge, the entire FM Team travelled together to and from Japan. The reason for the season was that Greg miraculously found award space for 5 from Tokyo to...
Hyatt & MGM partnership is ending; farewell cheap mattress runs & status matching
With Prime Day getting a lot of media attention today, Hyatt and MGM have decided today is a great day for burying bad news as they've announced their partnership will be ending on September...
5 Tools for weeding through Prime Day deals and reducing buyer’s remorse
Amazon Prime Day is coming up tomorrow (7/11 to 7/12/23), so we are republishing this list of quick tips for evaluating Prime Day (and other) deals. While there are certainly good deals happening on...
3 Inks approved again. 420K points “in the bag”.
Last week, my wife, son, and I each applied for the Ink Business Preferred card. The card's current welcome bonus is for 100,000 points after $8K spend. Even better, it's possible to refer friends...
How to find impossible hotel awards
The most desirable hotel awards are nearly impossible to find....unless you have the tools you need to find them. On this week's Frequent Miler on the Air, we discuss the tools you can use...
The cost for a family of travel hackers to go to Europe for 2.5...
I'm currently typing this post aboard a cruise ship in Europe, floating somewhere between Lisbon, Portugal and Alicante, Spain. We've been in Europe since June 26th and still have more than half a week...
Hyatt’s new Lindner hotel collection has these exciting options
Back in October 2022, Hyatt announced that Lindner Hotels AG would become part of Hyatt and would start to participate in the World of Hyatt program.
Most of those properties are now bookable with Hyatt...
Bottom Line Review: Hyatt Place Atlanta Downtown
When driving from North Carolina to Arkansas earlier this year, we stopped in a couple of places along the way for a few nights at a time.
One of those was Atlanta as we wanted...
Wyndham Golden Suites, Foz do Iguacu: Bottom Line Review
During our team's recent Party of 5 challenge, we visited the incredible Iguazu Falls - our final destination of our whilrwind 2-week trip. The Iguazu Falls are less remote than you might think, only...
Are first class awards worth the extra miles?
On this week's podcast, Nick and I discuss the huge advantage of flying business class over economy or premium economy (and how airline miles make that possible at a reasonable cost), and debate the...
My favorite luxury flight experiences (all booked with miles)
The entire Frequent Miler team recently flew together on ANA's new first class called "The Suite." The five of us had the entire first class cabin to ourselves. It was undoubtedly the most fun...
Four Seasons Macau: Bottom Line Review
During the Party of 5 challenge, we spent a couple of nights in Macau which is known as Asia's Las Vegas. For the first of those nights we stayed at the Four Seasons Macau.
Four...
Why AAdvantage is my new favorite mileage program
In December 2021, American Airlines ran an incredible promotion with SimplyMiles where you could earn 240 miles per dollar donating to Conservation International. That was equivalent to buying AAdvantage miles for less than half...
Ritz-Carlton Santiago: Bottom Line Review (Fine Hotels and Resorts)
During our recent Party of 5 Challenge, the entire FM Team travelled together to Santiago, Chile. Nick and I wanted to find an inspiring place to use Greg's Fine Hotels and Resorts (FHR) credits...
