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How to pay taxes via credit card, 2024-2025 edition

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You might not like paying taxes, but when you pay taxes via credit card can be quite rewarding. The key is to earn credit card rewards that more than offset tax payment fees. For...

Million Mile Madness is ON, how to trigger popular card benefits, and a lot...

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Million Mile Madness is on. Greg, Stephen and I are in the air, on the ground, and all around for the next....days? Weeks? Nobody yet knows for sure how long this thing is going...

How Greg, Nick or Stephen can win Million Mile Madness

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When SAS EuroBonus launched a promotion to earn one million miles by flying 15 different SkyTeam airlines by the end of 2024, it felt like it was calling out our name. Given Frequent Miler’s...
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Amex Airline Fee Reimbursements. What still works?

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Several American Express cards offer annual airline fee reimbursements. These reimbursements can go a long way towards easing the sting of the high annual fees charged by personal Amex Platinum and Business Platinum cards. Readers...
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Shortcuts to Marriott Elite status

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If you stay at Marriott hotels often, but not often enough to earn high level Elite status, you may be missing out on perks like free lounge access, room or suite upgrades, free breakfast,...

SAS EuroBonus Millionaire promo frequently asked questions [Million Mile Madness 2024]

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Last week, we announced our Frequent Miler Million Mile Madness 2024, whereby Greg, Stephen, and I are competing to complete a Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) EuroBonus promotion to earn one million miles by flying 15 SkyTeam...
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Shortcuts to Delta elite status (2024)

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We're in the home stretch of 2024 and so time is running out for securing elite status with calendar-year elite programs like Delta's. I originally wrote this post in late 2023 to show how...

US Bank Real-Time Mobile Rewards: What Works Where?

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US Bank's Real-Time Mobile Rewards offer a way to book travel outside of US Bank's limited travel portal and still get 1.5 cents per point value from your points. Unfortunately, the details about what...

AA launches dynamic partner pricing, Hilton gift card headaches and using Venture X credit...

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Hilton gift cards are causing headaches, AA is starting to dynamically price partner awards and you can now use Capital One travel credits for Southwest flights....or at least some of you can. All that...
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Advanced tips, Million Mile Madness updates, changing award tides and more [Week in Review]

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This week at Frequent Miler, we shared some award booking tips on the podcast that might help you book that elusive trip. Meanwhile, Greg, Stephen, and I have been furiously trip-planning with an eye...

List of Current Hotel Promotions for December 2024

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All major hotel brands dangle various carrots in front of customers to incentivize their patronage. Bonuses for for elite status, loyalty program membership and credit card spending all serve as sweeteners that make rewards-earning...
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How to keep points and miles alive

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How do you keep your points and miles alive? What counts as qualifying activity to extend the life of miles? Here are the policies for major US airline and hotel programs and those programs...
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Choice Privileges improvements coming in 2025 – award bookings available 50 weeks out

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Choice Hotels has announced some changes to its loyalty program today and it's great news overall. While there might be a downside with one of these changes (which might not even be a downside...
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Virgin Atlantic dynamic award pricing is live and it’s pretty good….for now

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Last month Virgin Atlantic disclosed that on October 30 it'd be moving to a dynamic pricing model for award flights. That day is here and sure enough, award flights are now being charged dynamically. Right...

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