Traveling with six & credit cards for four: a Card Talk intervention
Frequent Miler's Card Talk is a new bi-weekly series in which Nick and I meet with a reader to do a credit card intervention. ...
Manufacturing free nights (Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott)
Many of us aren't currently doing much traveling, but we are still earning points through credit card spend. This brings up the question of...
Last Chance Deals: 10% Staples & Lowe’s Amex Offers, Several SoFi Deals & More
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.
Tuesday...
Payment processor shut down, resolutions for COVID closures, the current travel experience and more
This week around the web, take a fascinating look at a payment processor that looks to have been a house of cards, a great...
Are increased spending techniques dead? A trip down memory lane and more.
On this week's Frequent Miler on the Air, Greg and I discuss a number of key topics, highlighted by a trip down memory lane,...
How Frequent Miler (the business) is surviving COVID-19
Early in the COVID lockdown in the United States, it was obvious that the points & miles blog business was going to take a...
12x Hilton vs 6x Marriott
A question that we have seen repeated in our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group, on our Frequent Miler Ask Us Anything live Youtube broadcast,...
What are IHG points worth now that they have dynamic pricing?
For years we have listed IHG points as being worth 0.57 cents each. This was based on the average redemption value reported in 2017 by...
IHG 40k Certificates: Use At (Nearly) Every InterContinental In The US
IHG's recent change to dynamic award pricing opened up a new sweet spot when taking advantage of the 4th night free benefit that comes...
Yes, the Ritz card *is* earning the grocery bonus, but it’s confusing.
A reader reached out on Twitter this morning reporting that his Chase Ritz grocery store bonus points were not posting to his Marriott account....
Pandemic vacation. Is it safe?
Last week my wife I drove to northern Michigan for our first pandemic vacation. Michigan, overall, has had very few COVID-19 cases in recent...
Last Chance Deals: Tons Of Gift Card Deals, Etihad 50% Bonus & More
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.
Tons...
Chase app timing, selling flights that won’t go, paradise open for travel and more
This week around the web, read about airlines selling way more flights than they intend to operate, an island paradise that is open for...
Is it worth mattress running Marriott, picking the right Hyatt milestone and more
Marriott's big move to encourage us to mattress run for status or choice benefits got us talking much more this week about chasing hotel...
