On my mind (Amex airline fee credits and gift card edition)
Amex Platinum and Gold cards offer a perk that helps offset the large annual fees: airline incidental fee reimbursements. The idea is that when you use these cards on your selected airline to pay...
Around the world in business class for 115K [Sweet spot spotlight]
Flights crossing either the Atlantic or Pacific ocean usually cost in the neighborhood of 60K miles one-way in business class with most award programs. What if you could cross both oceans -- and connect...
Greg’s 40K to Far Away mistakes (yep, he’s already made a few) #40Kfaraway
I'm not excited about our 40K to Far Away Challenge. "Excited" is too mild a word. "Obsessed" is more accurate. Nick, Stephen, and I each have 40,000 points and $400 and a goal: go...
Forget email, book Turkish awards over the phone (7.5K each way)
Yesterday, Greg posted about how you can buy enough Citi ThankYou points to fly from basically anywhere in the US to Hawaii for $386 round trip. The trick of course is using Turkish Miles...
Hunting down a free safari
When researching my post "The best stopover deals worldwide," I came across a very interesting deal. According to a couple of articles, Kenya Airways offered free safaris for those stopping over in Nairobi. Here's...
$386 to Hawaii round trip from anywhere in the US
A couple of days ago a reader thanked Nick for discovering and documenting how to book flights from the US mainland to Hawaii for only 7,500 points one-way. She wrote that she was able...
Last Chance Deals: Fee-Free Plastiq Payments, LifeMiles Transfer Bonus, Profitable VGCs & 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.
More than a dozen deals end this week as it's coming...
A $400K ticket lost, Marriott surprises & delights, delay reimbursement from the airline &...
In this Frequent Miler week in review around the web, we've got an epic story about the man behind one of those legendary unlimited American Airlines travel passes, a great tip regarding irregular operations,...
Award obsessions: from poor value to a great find, our updated sweet spots, and...
Do you obsess over your award bookings, wondering if you've eked every last thousandth of a cent out of your redemption? Don't worry, we do so you don't have to. This week in FM on the...
On my mind (award anxiety edition)
This week, Nick has been wringing his hands over a couple of recent award redemptions. First, he questioned his own wisdom in trading in 64,250 Capital One "miles" for a $900 Marriott gift card...
A sweet spot hotel…and a rookie mistake
Earlier this week, I stumbled on what I think is a pretty awesome sweet spot hotel redemption in the US and I got pretty excited...and then I proceeded to make an absolutely boneheaded mistake....
Redemption remorse: Great deal or terrible mistake?
Last year, I wrote about what at the time seemed to me like an awesome redemption: some people have the ability to redeem just 64,250 Capital One "miles" from cards like the Capital One®...
Last Chance Deals: Fee-Free Mastercard Gift Cards, 4x Kroger Fuel Points On Gift Cards,...
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.
There are only four deals ending this week, with most of...
$7K for canceling an award stay, awards up north, hacking Turkish and more
In this weekend's Frequent Miler week in review around the web, we've got the goods on why Marriott thinks resort fees are good for you, how you can hack that Turkish sweet spot a...
