The worlds best Preferred Hotels bookable with Choice points
Separately I wrote about the fact that Choice Privileges points can be used to book many (but not all) high-end Preferred Hotels & Resorts. When starting with Citi ThankYou points, you can get great...
Playing with the house’s money: Casino matching in South Florida
If you are headed to the Fort Lauderdale / Miami area and you enjoy a good status match-go-round or you just like “free” money, and you don’t mind doing some driving, you can pick...
Preferred Hotels & Resorts via Choice: Value unlocked. Frustration assured.
Citibank recently added the ability to transfer ThankYou Rewards points to Choice Privileges at an excellent 1 to 2 rate. 1,000 Citi points becomes 2,000 Choice points. This is great for Choice Hotels stays. ...
Southwest introduces new card benefits
Today, Southwest announced new benefits available immediately for current and new cardholders. New features include extra bonus points in various categories of spend, the uncapped ability to earn A-List status with spend, free EarlyBird...
Bilt Rewards sweet spots
This past weekend, Greg and I (along with a handful of leading content creators in points and miles) were invited to Richard Branson's Moskito Island to learn more about Bilt Rewards, the new credit...
Our favorite sweet spot awards: Awesomeness vs practicality
This game is exciting to me precisely because there are so many ways to play it and win. On this week's Frequent Miler on the Air, we discuss a whole lot of winning. Our list of...
Spending 580,000 AA miles, just in case of devaluation
People have been speculating for a while now that American Airlines is on the cusp of a major award devaluation. The fear is that they'll drop their award charts in favor of dynamically priced...
Business Platinum: New Perks, New Price
Update 1/13/22: The annual fee increase has now taken effect. The fee is now $695.
Starting today, October 14th, the Business Platinum Card from American Express includes new valuable (and some less-valuable) new perks. These...
Accounting for costs: How much did the GUC trip cost us in total?
Our recent "Passing the GUC" adventure to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the Maldives was an incredible trip that was a lot of fun -- both for us and for many readers who followed along...
Easier airline elite status in 2021: Summary by Airline
Welcome New York Times Readers! This site (Frequent Miler) covers insider tips for earning and spending points & miles, as well as the best ways to reach high level elite status with less travel....
Which bank offers the best transfer partners? On Greg’s mind…
Last week Capital One made massive improvements to their transferable points program. Previously, many of their transfer partners were not one-to-one. Unlike the transferable points programs from Amex, Chase, and Citi, all of which...
The battle for the middle
The mid-market ~$200 annual fee credit card space has been dominated by American Express in recent years. Between their Gold Card, improvements to the Green Card, the Delta Platinum card, and some of the...
Award Booking Adventures: An Expiring Marriott Free Night
My wife and I had already tentatively planned to visit Hyatt's Miraval Arizona this coming January. I've read great things about this all-inclusive wellness resort and I've been itching to go. I had it...
Manufacturing Hyatt status with the new business card
In my opinion, Hyatt's new business card is disappointing. It costs more than twice as much as Hyatt's consumer card but delivers less value. Those who want to earn free nights will do better...
