Amex changes the game
On this week's episode of Frequent Miler on the Air, we discuss how Amex has changed the game pretty significantly in terms of how we extract max value out of credit cards -- and...
Amex derails my Hilton plans with great new offers (on my mind)
Despite their sad approach to pandemic breakfasts, I'm hoping to return to the Madison Beach Hotel in Connecticut later this year (see my bottom line review here). The bad news is that cash prices...
A trip down the Turkish Miles & Smiles rabbit hole
About a year and a half ago, we stumbled on one of the most amazing sweet spots in award travel when we published 7.5K each way to Hawaii: the sweetest spot we've been missing....
Hyatt Points Advance: The Globalist perk you didn’t know about
If you're a regular Frequent Miler reader, then chances are good that you either have Hyatt's top-tier Globalist status, are well on your way towards it, or have at least considered pursuing it. That's...
Amex’s preemptive retention credits mark a strategy shift. Will others compete?
People often justify keeping an Amex card because "I save at least $XXX each year in Amex Offers". Whenever I see Amex Offers used as a justification for paying the annual fee, I want...
COVID Credit Card Enhancements Ultimate Guide: Now with Amex dining & wireless credits…
The COVID Credit Card Enhancements Ultimate Guide has now been updated with the latest Chase Sapphire developments: Up to 10x Peloton, redeem travel credits for gas and groceries through the end of 2021, and...
Brex: How I earned 20K for depositing sales revenue
UPDATE 2/24/21: Multiple people (including our own Nick Reyes) have confirmed that simply adding your Brex Cash bank account to your PayPal wallet (even with a consumer PayPal account) is enough to trigger the...
Searching for Emirates sweet spots with partner airline awards [JAL, Copa, and Qantas awards...
UPDATE 3/2/2021: Emirates has completed their partner devaluations. Now all partner awards follow the same not-great distance based award chart. I no longer know of any good partner awards using Emirates miles.
UPDATE 2/1/2021: Emirates...
Hilton cards: Enhancements for 2021 (dining, wireless, and spend bonuses)
American Express today has launched awesome temporary perks for most of their hotel and airline co-branded cards. In this post I'll highlight the perks available to Hilton cardholders. In separate posts I covered perks...
Is the hammer about to drop on spending techniques?
Is your favorite bank about to start charging cash advance fees for your favorite types of purchases? You probably got an email this week alerting you to transaction types that will incur a cash...
Free Spirit: Surprisingly good, but still suspicious
Spirit Airlines Saver$ Club is a terrific value today and Spirit Airlines Free Spirit points can be worth far more than you might expect, yet despite some massive surprises in both of those departments...
How to max out your monthly $30 in free PayPal spend
Don't forget that through June Amex is offering $30 per month back on purchases made through PayPal and paid with your consumer Amex Platinum card. This includes the Morgan Stanley Platinum card, the Schwab...
Saving thousands of miles with United Excursionist Perk
This morning, I posted about how United is now offering flights for as few as 3K miles each way on some routes and how that cheap award pricing would make for some potentially great...
United flights now from 3K miles each way, making for cheaper Excursionist Perks
Over the past several months, I have paid very little attention to domestic award pricing. I just haven't had any interest in flying domestically during the pandemic. I still get airfare email alerts and...
