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Fishing for Points and KLM-ing Home (Greg’s Flying by the Seat of our Points...

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The Flying by the Seat of our Points challenge is done. What a blast we had! And many, many people have told us how...
Calculations

Judging Stage 3 of Flying by the Seat of our Points…and determining a winner!

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Stephen and I have been acting as judges for the incredibly fun and fast-paced Flying by the seat of our Points Challenge, which just...
Flying by the seat of our points (7)

Fine dining with Fine Hotels + Resorts® at the Mandarin Oriental (Tim’s Flying...

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Selamat malam from Malaysia! The crew is back together again in Kuala Lumpur...and we're ready to party with stinky fruit. June 10th, 2024 (stage 3,...
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Best uses of Chase Ultimate Rewards

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Chase Ultimate Rewards is often a #1 pick when points and miles enthusiasts talk about their favorite award currency, and that's primarily due to...
Stage 2 FINALS

Judging Stage 2 of the Flying by the Seat of our Points Challenge

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Update: This post has been updated to calculate hotel experiences and exploration challenges which had not yet been completed at the time of our...

Around the world in a flash: catching up on a wild week [Week in...

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This week, Greg, Tim, and I have been crisscrossing the planet on our 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge. If you haven't been following on...

A quick LA turnaround turns into a lot of striking out (Nick’s Flying by...

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Stephen and Carrie shared that my international divergence destination is Morocco! I had to scramble to get out of LA as quickly as I...
Stage 1 Scoring

Judging Stage 1 of the Flying by the Seat of our Points Challenge…

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Update: This post has been updated to incorporate a reader suggestion about how we scored our guessing challenge, ranking it as a single possible...

Flying by the Seat of our Points: Last Minute Travel Challenge

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Introducing Frequent Miler’s 2024 team challenge: Flying by the Seat of our Points! With this year's challenge, three of us will compete to book...

Bumped from Business Class (and a Lufthansa A340-300 Premium Economy review)

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Lufthansa oversold business class and bumped me down to Premium Economy. For a recent trip to Sweden and Norway, I had booked a return...

Ritz-Carlton coming to Oahu’s North Shore, Southwest hikes fees and Hyatt to launch ryokan...

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Ritz Carlton has taking over an enviable property on Oahu's North Shore, Southwest is raising rates for EarlyBird check-in and Hyatt announces that it's...

A big kick-off, winning in Vegas, Hyatt’s slow devaluation, and a lot more [Week...

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Flying by the Seat of our Points, the 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge, kicks off in a few days. In this Frequent Miler week...

Join us at 9pm Eastern time on Monday 6/3 for Flying by the Seat...

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The 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge is almost upon us, with our initial live stream reveal set for Monday, June 3, 2024 at 9pm...

Waking up in Vegas: Results of Nick’s Las Vegas status match run

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Last month, I wrote about planning an epic Las Vegas status match run. In this post, I wanted to share an update with our...

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