Air France KLM Flying Blue award prices increases by 15-25% to/from Europe
Thrifty Traveler points out what appears to be a devaluation of Air France / KLM Flying Blue miles: the minimum pricing for awards in all three cabins (economy, premium economy, and business class) has...
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Complete Guide (2025)
Alaska Mileage Plan is the loyalty program for Alaska Airlines. For quite some time, Mileage Plan was considered to be one of the best loyalty programs around and Alaska miles were coveted throughout the...
Last Chance Deals: Aeroplan, IHG & Flying Blue transfer bonuses, shopping portal promos &...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
Quite a few deals end this week which includes three transfer...
A mattress run master stack, comparing card offers, getting airline status through hotels and...
This week on Frequent Miler, Greg provides a master class in master stackery with his Marriott mattress run, we compare two competing offers for the same credit card, you can learn about how to...
Delta’s Choice Benefits for Platinum and Diamond Elites (Reminder: Choose 2024 Benefits by Jan...
Delta's Platinum and Diamond elite status levels include "Choice Benefits" in addition to many automatic perks. Platinum elites can choose one Choice Benefit each year, and Diamond elites can choose three. This guide will...
Best credit cards for everyday spend (2025)
Which are the best cards for everyday spend? Many credit cards are great for spend within certain categories, but not great for spend everywhere else. For example, the American Express Gold card offers 4X...
What’s in Nick’s wallet, January 2025 edition
The Frequent Miler team has confessed to having many credit cards. But many of those cards are held primarily for benefits -- whether lounge access, elite status, annual credits, or the collectability, there are many...
No, Choice Privileges hasn’t actually devalued…yet
Yesterday, there was a reddit thread where several folks noticed that Choice Privileges appeared to have increased the points cost of many of their awards overnight, with some properties rising by 100% or more....
Delta’s excellent status match (status for up to 2 years)
Delta has renewed their status match challenge and, as before, it's pretty darn generous. If you have elite status with a competing airline and have plans to fly Delta this year or next, this...
Which is better: 3x everywhere or $200 back on $500?
Yesterday, a member of our Frequent Miler Insiders group pointed out that the welcome offer on our site (at least at the time of writing) on the Chase Freedom Unlimited is good for "an...
My Marriott Mattress Run
At the end of 2024, I found myself one night short of Marriott Bonvoy Titanium status. I needed 75 nights, but only had 74. This happened because I had messed up my Bonvoy Boundless...
Shortcuts to Hyatt elite status and Milestone Rewards
Hyatt's top tier Globalist elite status is awesome. It offers suite upgrades, free full breakfast, free parking, waived resort fees, and more. No other major chain offers elite status that compares. But... getting Globalist...
Highlights of 2024, a trick for using FHR credits, tax time cometh and more...
New Year, New You, new opportunities: as we kick off the first week of 2025 at Frequent Miler, we posted our predictions for the year, looked back at some of the highlights of 2024,...
Hilton Experiences might be a better deal than you thought
Many airline and hotel loyalty programs offer the opportunity to redeem miles or points for experiences. Those are sometimes run as auctions (which require an astronomical number of points) and other times as fixed-rate...
