Citi Premier Card Complete Guide
In our 3 Cards 3 Continents Challenge, I picked the Citi Premier card with its 80K welcome bonus as one of my 3 cards. My other picks were the Amex Gold with a 90K...
The Gainsborough Bath Spa In Bath, England: Bottom Line Review (Hyatt/SLH)
My wife and I are currently spending a month in Europe and moving around quite a bit. Having visited my family for a couple of days, we made our way down to Bath, England...
A packing list for 3 Cards, 3 Continents (on Nick’s mind)
A couple of weekends ago, Carrie wrote a post full of tips to pack for a round the world adventure. In it, she said that no matter what one packs, "it will feel like...
Best way to earn AA miles & status via hotel bookings
The "AA Loyalty Pursuit Game" began Jan 1 2022 when American Airlines began offering loyalty points in addition to redeemable miles in almost all situations where customers earn miles. Suddenly there were many ways...
New Marriott Cards are Coming (Probably)
Marriott has gone Brazenly Bananas with its Bodacious Body of absolutely Blissful and Benevolent B names. Not content with its current crop of credit card B's (the Bonvoy Bold, Boundless, and Brilliant cards), it...
Amassing free hotel nights
Skyrocketing hotel prices have made hotel points and free night certificates more valuable than ever before. These days it's not at all unusual to be able to use a free night from a $95...
Is Rimowa luggage worth it? Nick’s experiences after nine months.
Rimowa has long been a famous name in the frequent flyer community, so I was excited last year when the Point Debit Card (currently being phased out) ran a promotion offering the chance to...
Marriott Bonvoy: Greg’s Bountiful Bevy of Brilliant predictions
The internet is on fire with Marriott credit card rumors, and I'm here to fan the flames. Over the weekend we reported a rumored shakeup in Marriott's credit card portfolio. If the rumors prove...
The best Amex transfer partner: Air Canada vs ANA
What matters more: great award chart pricing or a greater number of partners? Are surcharges a big problem for ANA? This week, Greg and I discuss why Air Canada Aeroplan and ANA Mileage Club...
Marriott Suite Night Awards Shenanigans
On last weekend's Frequent Miler on the Air podcast, I relayed a story about something weird that happened to me recently regarding Marriott Suite Night Awards. It later occurred to me that the story...
The road not taken: Greg’s abandoned plans for 3 Cards 3, Continents
Here's a piece of hard-earned advice: If an ANA rep tells you that they don't need your credit card security code to finalize an award, the wrong response is "Oh, OK." On August 3rd,...
Taking Extreme Hotel Savings for a test drive
Over the weekend, we released a podcast episode dedicated to "Extreme Stacking" methods to save money on hotel bookings. I have booked all of my flights for our 3 Cards 3 Continents trip and...
What to do in Mexico City (and why I love it)
I'm fairly new to post-writing here at Frequent Miler so most of my posts spring out of someone in my life saying, "Hey, I'm going to XYZ place. What should I see?" This post...
Extreme hotel savings
We love award travel, but sometimes you have to book a hotel at a cash rate. But who wants to pay full price? Certainly not anyone who has hotel-shopped at the rates we've been...
