Top 6 shopping portal myths
Online shopping portals are a fantastic way to earn extra points, miles or cashback for purchases you plan to make anyway. Simply sign onto your favorite portal, click through to the merchant of interest,...
U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve: What counts as a mobile wallet payment?
I've become a huge fan of the U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve card over the past year. The primary reason for my excitement about this card is the fact that mobile wallet transactions earn 3...
Great value Preferred Hotels bookable with Choice points
Now that Preferred Hotels & Resorts can be easily booked online, I was curious to see which ones offer the best value for your points. To get at this, I found hotels that offer...
Maximizing American Express credit card rebates & credits
American Express credit card annual fees have continued to go up. And up. And up. In exchange for these increased fees, the bank continues to pile on benefits where you can get money (in...
Monkey gangs square off in Thailand, Global Entry gets pricier and Amex letting folks...
Rival monkey gangs create chaos in a Thai tourist town, Global Entry is about to get more expensive and Delta oversells a flight by 42 passengers and pays $63,000 in compensation as a result....
Qatar’s hierarchy of award access, 3% bonus offers that won’t last, tools you may...
This week at Frequent Miler, Greg peels back the many layers to Qatar award availability, we examine 3% bonus offers (both investment and credit card rewards bonuses) that we know won't last, Greg refreshes...
Wells Fargo launches Autograph Journey Visa Card: Transfer Partners Now Live
Update 4/5/24: Wells Fargo's new set of partners are now up-and-running, with point transfers enabled on all five airlines as well as Choice Privileges. Hopefully, as Wells has promised, we'll see additional partners begin to...
Nick’s latest “free” Carnival cruise: a mixed bag
As this post publishes, I'll be disembarking the Carnival Venezia, which I boarded in New York City 11 nights ago. After cruising once in my life prior to 2022, I have now taken 6...
How to find Qatar QSuites award space
Qatar Airways' QSuites business class is widely considered to be one of the best business class products available worldwide. Seats can be configured to be either very private or with shared space as shown...
Reconsidering Bank of America Platinum Honors vs a large IRA transfer bonus
Over the past week, investing app Robinhood has made a splash over its newly-announced Gold card, which is slated to offer 3% cash back everywhere. I wrote a post where I was lukewarm on...
Qatar Business Class: 5+ levels of award availability
I've been doing background research so that I can update "How to find Qatar QSuites award space" and I fell down a rabbit hole. The aforementioned post is out of date because it is...
The Tools We Use (for playing the points and miles game)
The post "The Games We Play," outlines some of the top techniques for earning more points & miles, for getting more out of our points & miles, for saving money, and getting elite perks...
The end of credit card rewards, robbery at the Rio Las Vegas and currency...
Guests at the Rio Las Vegas robbed while they slept, hotel currency exchange scams go beast mode and is the new Visa/Mastercard settlement the beginning of the end for credit card rewards? All that...
Priority Pass shakeup, how to find regional first & luxury hotels for fewer points,...
We rode a rollercoaster this week, with a huge shakeup on the Priority Pass landscape and a major downward trend for a business credit card that both had us feeling down. But also this...
