The Schwab Platinum Invest with Rewards Rumor: 1.5 cash out?
Update: We now know that the Schwab cash-out rate will most likely drop to 1.1 cents per point starting 9/1/2021.
In addition to American Express' generic consumer Platinum card, there are two current co-branded variants:...
Sapphire Preferred 100K Q&A: Everything you need to know
Everyone is excited about Chase's new 100,000 point offer for the Sapphire Preferred card. It is, without question, a fantastic and exciting offer. Pretty much anyone who can qualify ought to sign up. But...
Dirt Cheap Flights and The Battle of 100K Offers
Nick is on vacation this week and so it's up to me to fill you in on this week's happenings and to introduce the latest episode of Frequent Miler on the Air. On the...
Double-Dipping Chase Spending Offers
Chase has two sets of targeted but widely available spending offers for their co-branded cards (Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, United, Disney, etc.). The details of the offers vary, but many of them offer a total...
Best Radisson hotels in the U.S. for your free night certificates
The Radisson Rewards Premier Visa Signature Card offers a free night certificate after each $10K of annual spend, up to $30K. Each certificate can be used to stay at any Radisson hotel in the...
Game Changers: Alive and Dead (100th episode special + more)
Frequent Miler on the Air turns 100 today. That's right, today we publish our 100th episode of Frequent Miler on the Air. That's 100 straight weeks without missing a beat and this week we've got a review...
The trick to finding IHG 40K free nights
The IHG Premier card and the IHG Select card (no longer available to new applicants) offer a free night certificate each year upon renewal. IHG also often offers these free night certificates as rewards...
Searching for Delta Global Upgrade Certificate space on KLM (and Air France)
At the beginning of the year, Greg announced that he would be Passing the GUC. In short, I persuaded Greg to use his Delta Diamond choice benefit to select Global Upgrade Certificates and give...
What’s the best 2-card combo?
Does Capital One now have a knockout 1-2 credit card combo that can take its competitors to the mat? Is the Sapphire Reserve and Freedom Unlimited combo worth enough more to justify the higher...
Is FoundersCard worth the price? How are the free trial benefits?
Last week, I wrote a quick post about an offer for a free 6-month trial FoundersCard membership that came via Award Wallet. In the fine print, I'd picked up on the fact that this...
Capital One keeps crushing it: Now 3% grocery and more on both Savor and...
Capital One is crushing it lately. While I have long been a big fan of transferable currencies from other major issuers -- like Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, and Citi Thank You points --...
“Forced” to adventure due to free night certs… On my mind
There was a time when I sort-of hated hotel free night certificates. Often, expiration dates approached and I had no good use for them. Sometimes I'd use the soon-to-expire free night at a near-airport...
Is Wyndham a legit first tier hotel program?
This week at Frequent Miler was all about hotel loyalty programs as Greg worked towards rounding out our data-driven Reasonable Redemption Values by calculating the value of Wyndham Rewards points and Choice Privileges points...
The under-valued Hilton Surpass card: Why this offer is better than it looks
The recently-enhanced Hilton credit card offers are now featuring eye-popping totals in terms of welcome bonus points, with targeted offers reaching as many as 200,000 bonus points after minimum spend requirements and the public...
