The Rumored Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card. Is it worth $650?
Recently, news broke about potential upcoming changes to the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card. The Points Guy published details from an American Express survey that...
Shopping for status: Airline edition (inspired by “Passing the GUC”)
Elite status in the right loyalty program can make a trip smoother, more comfortable, or sometimes save you money. Ordinarily, earning elite status requires...
How to use your Amex Point fortune
Lately Amex has made it crazy easy to accumulate their Membership Rewards points. Every time we turn around, it seems like there are bigger...
Shopping for status: Car rental edition
Elite status in the right loyalty program can make a trip smoother, more comfortable, or sometimes save you money. Ordinarily, earning elite status requires...
How I’ll use the new Chase Sapphire Perks [On my mind]
As of August 16th 2021, Chase added perks to their Sapphire Preferred and Sapphire Reserve cards. I signed up for the Sapphire Reserve when...
Should you go after easy Hyatt top tier elite status?
Hyatt Globalist status is the indisputable best hotel elite status for anyone whose travel patterns take them to places where Hyatt hotels can fit...
$100 Marriott property credit rate is bookable online, but don’t do it (usually)
I rarely log in before searching for availability and prices whether with airlines or hotels whether for paid or award travel. Sometimes, as was...
Misadventures booking a Hyatt Premium Suite award
Update: Hyatt has fixed the issue at the specific property I highlighted and also reached out to apologize for the confusion. More detail can...
Managing rewards in multi-player mode
The points & miles game is more rewarding when playing as a couple or a family. Why get only one new welcome bonus when...
One card to rule them all
Can one card rule them all? If the headline sounds familiar, you are clearly a loyal Frequent Miler reader and remember back to a...
The best program for booking domestic flights
For years, the best deal for booking domestic flights was usually finding award availability via a foreign airline partner and using those British Airways,...
Striking out on my own with US Mint coins
Today there will be yet another new coin being released for sale by the US Mint. Over the past couple of years, we have seen...
Aeroplan might be a more exciting transfer partner than we thought
Recently on the podcast, Greg and I discussed whether or not Air Canada's Aeroplan was really an exciting transfer partner addition for its new...
[Update: It’s official & new lounge info] Documents reveal changes coming to your favorite...
Update 8/10/21: This news is now official and new benefits begin on 8/16/21. Chase also announced that they will open 3 locations of Chase...
