Westin Dragonara Resort Malta: Bottom Line Review
The Westin Dragonara Resort & Spa is on the island nation of Malta (which is located just south of Sicily, Italy). I just spent six nights there and walked away satisfied with the resort...
Fixing Flying Blue’s forever hourglass
Air France-KLM Flying Blue miles are easy to get (transfer from nearly any transferrable points program) and they often offer very good value for both economy and business class awards. One huge frustration, though,...
Virgin Atlantic opens award space gates [when booked directly with Virgin points]
Virgin Atlantic recently vowed to make at least 12 award seats available on every flight: 8 economy seats, 2 premium economy seats, and 2 business class seats (they call these Upper Class seats). In...
Air France & KLM across Europe for less [Sweet-Spot Spotlight]
Since this post was originally written, I've stumbled upon a neat little trick. It is sometimes possible to reduce award prices by flying with a connection through Paris or Amsterdam. For example, business class...
Virgin Atlantic releases award floodgates. Let the bookings begin!
Virgin Atlantic's wide-open award space is the headline topic for this week's edition of Frequent Miler on the Air, but we also gave updates to the 3 Cards 3 Continents Challenge, discussed Nick's successful...
Gambling on Qatar’s 40% transfer bonus #3Cards3Continents
Ever since Draft Day, I've been madly working on plans for my 3 Cards 3 Continents challenge trip. As a reminder, Nick, Stephen, and I are competing to see who can build the most...
The best points-bookable new hotels in the world (2022)
One of the things that I love most about collecting points and miles is that it gives me the opportunity to book incredible travel experiences that are otherwise so expensive that I never would...
Delectable international sweet spots
When planning international trips, I imagine that most people search for a round trip route: from Point A (home airport) to Point B (destination) and back. Because my wife and I have worked online...
Grading the #3Cards3Continents draft. Who had the tastiest picks?
Last Wednesday, we live-streamed the official beginning of the #3Cards3Continents challenge: Drafting the Dream. Greg, Nick and Stephen took turns selecting 3 credit card bonuses with one goal in mind: create an amazing 3-continent...
Where to park your transferrable points
Cancelling your card? Having your card cancelled for you? Where should you put your points? We get this question pretty often when people have a need to park the rest of their points for...
Reminiscing my 40K to Far Away (On Greg’s Mind)
While planning my strategy for the Frequent Miler team's new 3 Cards 3 Continents challenge, I became more and more nostalgic about my trip from the previous big challenge: 40K to Far Away. In...
Brex-it: what to do with 100K Brex points?
Brex recently sent out account closure notices to many (most/all?) small business customers. Apparently intending to focus on large enterprise customers, Brex let me know that they intend to close my account as of...
Stephen’s Thoughts On The #3Cards3Continents Card Draft
The wait is almost over. Tonight (June 22) at 9pm ET, Greg, Nick and I will be going live on YouTube to conduct the card draft for our 3 Cards 3 Continents challenge.
If you...
Revealed: Greg’s Round the World plans for draft day #3Cards3Continents
I'm laying all my cards on the table. Tomorrow evening (June 22 9pm ET), the Frequent Miler team will be livesteaming our 3 Cards 3 Continents draft (details here). We'll take turns picking 3...
