Hyatt’s 3 elite nights per $5K spend. Deal or no deal?
Hyatt recently announced a promotion for Hyatt cardholders: Through June 30th 2020, World of Hyatt cardholders can earn 3 elite nights for every $5,000 of spend. That's 1 extra elite night per $5K spend...
Downgrade your credit card to go annual fee-free
With the current situation putting travel on hold for at least the rest of 2020, many readers are thinking of ways to trim their credit card portfolios. However, rather than cancelling an account, it...
Updated! Check out Frequent Miler’s New Homepage
Yesterday we unveiled our new homepage and the response was... not great. Let me rephrase that. We received lots of great responses, but most were negative. The homepage was too confusing. The mobile ads...
Citi’s awesome trio: Double Cash, Premier, Rewards+
Some people are justifiably unhappy with the latest announced changes to the Citi Premier Card, but for many I think that the changes are a big win. Most of the changes will hit on...
Citi Adding Grocery Stores & Restaurants To 3x Category, 3x Travel Structure Changing
Update April 14, 2020: In addition to the travel category including hotels, airlines and gas stations, Greg has noticed that it also includes travel agencies. That should mean that OTAs like Expedia, Travelocity, etc....
Saving $2,897 in annual fees: a Card Talk intervention
Kenny Rogers once said that you've gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to close 'em. Hmm...maybe that wasn't exactly right. It was something close. Yesterday, Greg and I talked to a reader...
Challenge! StayCay to Far Away
The Frequent Miler team is ready for our next challenge! In last year's 40K to Far Away Challenge, we each had a budget of 40,000 points and $400 to travel as far as possible. ...
Last Chance Deals: Fee-Free Money Orders, 4x Fuel Points On Gift Cards, Hilton Transfer...
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.
9 deals are ending this week, including a couple of deals...
Applying casino theory to points, new Africa award travel options, grocery success, and more
In today's Frequent Miler week in review around the web, we have a post applying expected value to the debate about points versus miles, read about new routes and sweet spots between the US...
New dynamic duo, FM news brewing, your face mask, and more
This week, Citi gave everyone a surprise by making adjustments that turn the Premier and Double Cash into a new dynamic duo. Along with the Rewards+, one could really have a great set of...
Can airport health screening save air travel?
I love to travel. Friends sometimes ask me "don't you get tired of it?" Nope. Most of the usual headaches associated with air travel haven't been an issue for me since I've become enmeshed...
Thanks, Citi. Dumping the Prestige is even easier now.
Last fall, Greg wrote these words:
I’m a bit sad to end my five year relationship with the Prestige card. Is it weird that I get emotionally attached to credit cards? Wait, don’t answer that....
My take on the UBS 100K bonus offers
UBS Wealth Management is out with 100K offers for their Visa Signature Cards. One is a consumer card and the other is a business card. Are the UBS 100K offers worth pursuing?
The structure of...
Are Visa Gift Cards FDIC insured?
On last week's Frequent Miler on the Air, our reader question of the week was really made up of comments from two readers that essentially asked, "Should you be worried about a gift card...
