Cashing out: Why Nick is dumping a chunk of points today
On last night's Frequent Miler Live: Ask Us Anything, Grant of Travel with Grant asked us to name an underappreciated sweet spot or credit...
How to Earn Rewards by Paying Mortgage
Separately, I posted How to Earn Rewards by Paying Rent. There aren't as many ways to earn rewards from paying your mortgage, but it...
A “brief” guide to Zemi Beach House and Anguilla
At the end of March, my wife and I were able to spend six nights on Anguilla at Zemi Beach House. Anguilla had been...
Dissecting the Deal: United Business Class to New Zealand and Beyond
Earlier this week, United offered business class seats to many parts of the world for 60K miles per ticket. That sounded like an amazing...
Dumping Delta Diamond [On Greg’s Mind]
For quite a few years now, I've been manufacturing Delta Diamond elite status through credit card spend. That has required a huge amount of...
Kids in business class: Saving miles on child award tickets
The baby in business class debate always stirs the pot, and I've written in the past about why I travel with my kids, so...
Finding Qatar availability and booking it without moving Avios
On the Frequent Miler on the Air podcast this past weekend, the Question of the Week was about finding Qatar Airways award availability. Greg...
A new way to find Singapore award availability
Greg wrote this post about Singapore award availability over two years ago, right before the pandemic started, and it didn't get quite the attention...
Loyalty Battle: Marriott vs IHG
Marriott had better wake up and smell the IHG One Rewards coffee. If you had asked me before I left for vacation a week...
Which hotel elite program is best?
Following the news that IHG is introducing exciting new elite benefits, it's now worth comparing IHG to the other chains that offer significant elite...
Wow! IHG to offer real elite benefits. Watch out Marriott.
IHG has finally released details of their new rewards program. The new program borrows liberally from Hyatt and, in my opinion, competes very well...
The American Express Platinum Hertz benefit has saved me over $1000/yr on rental cars
There are many credit cards that offer elite status at car rental companies. While some of these statuses offer a few perks like class...
Amex Platinum Coupon Book: Is it worth the annual fee?
Could any coupon book really be worth six hundred and ninety-five dollars? On this week's Frequent Miler on the Air, we discuss the latest...
Mastercards on my mind for Player 2’s Curve card (on Nick’s mind)
A few weeks ago, I called the Curve card the ultimate Player 2 card. In a nutshell, currently only available to a select number...
