The road not taken: Greg’s abandoned plans for 3 Cards 3, Continents
Here's a piece of hard-earned advice: If an ANA rep tells you that they don't need your credit card security code to finalize an...
Taking Extreme Hotel Savings for a test drive
Over the weekend, we released a podcast episode dedicated to "Extreme Stacking" methods to save money on hotel bookings. I have booked all of...
What to do in Mexico City (and why I love it)
I'm fairly new to post-writing here at Frequent Miler so most of my posts spring out of someone in my life saying, "Hey, I'm...
Extreme hotel savings
We love award travel, but sometimes you have to book a hotel at a cash rate. But who wants to pay full price? Certainly...
American Airlines Loyalty Points Game Update: Halfway through, who’s in front?
Remember the AA Loyalty Games? At the beginning of this year, American Airlines started using a new way for AAdvantage members to earn elite...
Award spotlight: Rancho Santana, Nicaragua
Rancho Santana is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts and is bookable with Choice Privileges points. I stumbled upon this place when researching...
“Special Offers” can make IHG worth another look
Between now and Sunday, I will be buying IHG points; the only question is how many will I buy? In my case, I am...
Stephen’s Speculation: Who’s Greg’s Travel Companion For 3 Cards, 3 Continents?
Greg's written a few posts about his plans for 3 Cards, 3 Continents. In a recent post he shared that he'll be bringing along...
Rolling the dice on Round the World award space
In order to improve my Round the World award plans, I took a chance... I cancelled an award with the hopes that available award...
Surprising: Get 1c per mile (or more) using AAdvantage miles for hotels
In planning my trip for our 3 Cards, 3 Continents challenge, I've been leaving no stone unturned when it comes to finding ways to...
Best free sites for finding Covid entry rules (and more!)
On a recent edition of our Frequent Miler on the Air podcast, Nick and I groused about the difficulty in finding up to date...
The best free nights in the Big Apple
Want to sleep cheap in the city that never sleeps? Hotel points and free night certificates are the obvious way to save a bundle...
Amex Fine Hotels and Resorts vs. MGM Gold: A Tale of Two Bellagio Stays
Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts (FHR) is a “luxury” hotel program that is available to both business and personal Platinum cardholders and provides a...
Roomers Frankfurt, Marriott Design Hotel. Bottom Line Review.
My wife and I just concluded a trip to Germany. On the final two nights of our trip, we stayed at Roomers Frankfurt --...
