LATAM Airlines 787-8 Business Class: Bottom Line Review
When Nick and I were researching destinations in the Americas for this year's Party of 5 Challenge, we really wanted to spend some time...
No, Southwest Airlines is not a valuable transfer partner
In the comments on a post last week, a reader named Andrew mentioned the fact that they found Southwest Rapid Rewards to be a...
American Express clawing back points, JetBlue hiking Spirit fares by 40% and American Airlines...
The American Express Rewards Abuse Team (RAT) is on the prowl, JetBlue accidentally tells the world that it plans to hike airfare on Spirit...
10 tricks for spending fewer points for flights & hotels (game show edition)
Get your pen and paper ready and see how many of this week's 10 tricks for spending fewer points for flight and hotel rewards...
The cheapest round-the-world awards in economy class
ANA's Round the World award chart has long been revered for its fantastic business class award pricing. As Greg showed during our 3 Cards...
Hyatt Regency Tokyo Bay: Bottom Line Review
During our Party of 5 Challenge, at the end of Team Tokyo's half of the trip we stayed one night at the Hyatt Regency...
Yes, you can still book United flights for just 7,500 miles through Turkish Miles...
Update: While this sweet spot still exists, the best possible fare that you can now get for United flights is 10,000 miles, not 7,500.
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The Frequent Miler Team’s First Award Redemptions
On our recent Ask Us Anything session, one of the questions asked was:
What was your 1st redemption?
Seeing as we only have an hour to...
American Airlines refuses to seat an infant, Hyatt charges man $5K because his father...
Hyatt charges a man $5,500 for cancelling a reservation (because his father died), American Airlines refuses to seat an 18-month old, taxi drivers in...
Chase Ultimate Rewards points: Best ways to get great value
After discussing card strategy last week, this week on Frequent Miler on the Air, we discuss strategies to get the most value that you...
Which comes first: the chicken or the egg? Do you book flight or hotel...
Spoiler alert: on this coming weekend's Frequent Miler on the Air, the question of the week is the title question of this post. Readers...
How Frequent Miler doesn’t make money
When I tell people that this blog is my career, the next question on everyone's mind is how the blog makes money. I know...
Finnair to start using Avios in early 2024
18 months ago Qatar Airways announced that they'd be replacing the currency of their loyalty program, changing from Qmiles to Avios. Finnair has now...
Belgium: Beer, beauty, castles, chocolate, and Fine Hotels + Resorts® and FNC success
Last week, I finished up about a week in Belgium, and it was awesome. While I've been to Europe numerous times, I'd never previously...
