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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
American Airlines Loyalty Points Game Update: Halfway through, who’s in front?
Remember the AA Loyalty Games? At the beginning of this year, American Airlines started using a new way for AAdvantage members to earn elite...
Award spotlight: Rancho Santana, Nicaragua
Rancho Santana is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts and is bookable with Choice Privileges points. I stumbled upon this place when researching...
“Special Offers” can make IHG worth another look
Between now and Sunday, I will be buying IHG points; the only question is how many will I buy? In my case, I am...
