A bundle of points with our bundle of joy: Nearly 200K points earned in...
Regular readers may have noticed my absence from the blog this past month (and my sudden onslaught of posts in the past 24 hours as I returned from paternity leave). As Greg noted a...
Flying under 5/24
Signing up for credit cards is, by far, the fastest and easiest way to amass a fortune in points and miles. Chase, in particular, often offers the best welcome bonuses. They also offer a...
Frequent Miler’s COVID-19 business survival update
Business is picking up! The business of this blog was hit hard by the pandemic. Revenue started dropping in March and by June it hit an all-time low. Through the summer, though, revenue crept...
Hotel Loyalty Wars, Amazon Prime Day, and more
This week Marriott and Hyatt launched an all-out battle for customer loyalty. Marriott seems to think that the key to our hearts is through their credit card while Hyatt prefers to reward our stays. ...
Maximizing Chase Pay Yourself Back
Chase's “Pay Yourself Back” feature lets Sapphire Preferred and Sapphire Reserve cardholders exchange Ultimate Rewards points for statement credits against certain categories of purchases at full travel value. Sapphire Preferred cardholders get 1.25 cents...
(EXPIRED) 20% Transfer Bonus: Chase Ultimate Rewards to Southwest (Ends 10/31/20)
OK, so it's not a Hyatt transfer bonus that we might all be hoping for, but Chase has launched an interesting new transfer bonus today, offering an additional 20% when transferring Ultimate Rewards to...
The Great Debate: Hyatt vs Marriott
Hyatt vs Marriott. This is the debate you really want to see. The Post Roast segment of our most recent Frequent Miler on the Air episode seems to have struck a nerve. Nick took...
Hyatt’s Miraval Berkshires Wellness Resort. Bottom Line Review
Readers may remember that I had hoped to visit Miraval Berkshires, but it didn't work out (see: Miraval Berkshires Resort. My failed attempt to double-dip deals). Fortunately a member of the Frequent Miler Insider's...
What are Hyatt elite nights worth?
Hotel elite nights, on their own, are worthless. The point of elite nights is to earn elite status. In most cases, I don't recommend changing your behavior to earn elite nights. It's usually not...
Huge credit card offers; Hyatt answers; and solving X1
This week we posted analyses of the newest huge credit card offers and predicted what will come next. Also, because of intense interest in Hyatt mattress runs, we posted a mattress running Q&A. And...
Emirates First Class “hotel room in the sky” awards now bookable in advance!
Award flights between JFK and Dubai are now available! Emirates is currently flying their Boeing 777-300ER (with arguably the world's best first class) between JFK and Dubai. When I checked previously with this route,...
[Expired] Venture 100K vs Sapphire 80K. Which is better?
Capital One and Chase have each introduced huge new welcome bonuses: Earn up to 100K bonus "miles" with the Capital One® Venture® Rewards Credit Card; or earn 80K Ultimate Rewards points with the Chase...
Beginner credit card plan: over 500K points in 12 to 15 months
The quickest and easiest way to amass points and miles is through credit card welcome bonuses. In this post I'll demonstrate a credit card plan for a beginner starting from scratch to amass over...
Hyatt Mattress Run Q&A
New Hyatt promotions have suddenly made it reasonable to consider booking Hyatt stays even if you have no intention of sleeping there. The objective is to earn bonus points and enough elite nights to...
