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How to find the best Amex Gold bonus (75K, 60K + $250, 60K +...

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For many, the Amex Gold Card is a great option to have and to hold.  In exchange for the card's $250 annual fee, the...
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A system for reminding myself to use credits and benefits

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Last week, Amex shook things up with some fantastic dining and wireless credit offers on a variety of co-branded cards (See these links for...
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Tax To The Max: Stacking Deals On Tax Prep Software

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It's tax season - yay! For several years, Greg has maintained a resource advising how to earn rewards when paying your taxes by credit card...
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Amex changes the game

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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...
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Amex derails my Hilton plans with great new offers (on my mind)

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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...
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A trip down the Turkish Miles & Smiles rabbit hole

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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...
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Hyatt Points Advance: The Globalist perk you didn’t know about

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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...
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Amex’s preemptive retention credits mark a strategy shift. Will others compete?

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People often justify keeping an Amex card because "I save at least $XXX each year in Amex Offers". Whenever I see Amex Offers used...
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COVID Credit Card Enhancements Ultimate Guide: Now with Amex dining & wireless credits…

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The COVID Credit Card Enhancements Ultimate Guide has now been updated with the latest Chase Sapphire developments: Up to 10x Peloton, redeem travel credits...
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Brex: How I earned 20K for depositing sales revenue

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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...
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Searching for Emirates sweet spots with partner airline awards [JAL, Copa, and Qantas awards...

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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...
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Hilton cards: Enhancements for 2021 (dining, wireless, and spend bonuses)

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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...
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Is the hammer about to drop on spending techniques?

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Is your favorite bank about to start charging cash advance fees for your favorite types of purchases? You probably got an email this week...
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Free Spirit: Surprisingly good, but still suspicious

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Spirit Airlines Saver$ Club is a terrific value today and Spirit Airlines Free Spirit points can be worth far more than you might expect,...

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