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Frequent Miler Live Wednesday December 6 at 9pm ET. Ask Us Anything!

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The Frequent Miler team will be taking your questions live on YouTube Wednesday December 6 at 9PM ET. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here, (and click the bell icon next to the “subscribe” button to...

Southwest flight attendant rescues mom, AA mistakes wheelchairs for demolition derby and CLEAR wants...

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American Airlines plays demolition derby with passengers' wheelchairs, CLEAR is "upgrading" to facial recognition and a Southwest flight attendant rescues mother from screaming baby. All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection, our...

Amex unease, American Airlines flirting with Delta elites and British Airways plays Scrooge with...

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American Airlines is on the prowl for Delta elites, Amex is starting to make some long-time fans uncomfortable and British Airways plays Scrooge with partners awards. All that and more in this week's Saturday...

Southwest hiking liquor prices, Marriott Bonvoy breakfast blunders and Jeff Goldblum reviews travel gadgets...

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Southwest is raising liquor prices just in time for the holidays, Marriott is making more hotels honor elite breakfast benefits and Jeff Goldblum reviews travel gadgets. All that and more in this week's Saturday...

Anita’s Kitchen Detroit Airport (DTW): Priority Pass Restaurant Review

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Detroit Airport's Evan's Terminal (the DTW terminal you fly from when not flying Delta) hosts a Priority Pass restaurant: Anita's Kitchen Lebanese Cafe.  Note that you need the right kind of Priority Pass to...
Kitchen in an Apartments by Marriott (image courtesy of Marriott)

Apartments & Four Points Express: More details about these 2 new Marriott brands

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When Marriott bought SPG, that acquisition meant that there were ~30 brands that would fall under the Marriott Bonvoy (Marriott Rewards at the time) banner. Not content with 30 brands, Marriott has been acquiring...

Robert De Niro thinks Delta SkyMiles are worth 4.3 cents each, $4 Amtrak tickets...

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Robert De Niro thinks Delta SkyMiles are worth 4.3 cents each, points and miles mistakes to avoid and the pilot who tried to crash a plane on mushrooms talks about his side of the...

Delta’s window-seat shop of horrors

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Imagine that you're a couple thousand dollars short of the MQDs (Medallion Qualifying Dollars) required to get to the next level of Delta elite status.  Now consider that Delta has sent emails to cardmembers...

Impressive: Air Canada Aeroplan’s solution for cancelled Etihad bookings

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Earlier this year, we reported on amazing award space to fly in Etihad apartments between London and Abu Dhabi. In some cases, all nine seats in the Etihad first class cabin were bookable as...

Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard Review (2023)

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The Air France KLM Flying Blue program has become very interesting lately.  The program recently reduced award prices between North America and Europe so that you can now fly one way for 20K miles...

Plastiq once again accepts Amex cards

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Plastiq has once again begun accepting American Express cards for payments. I was able to successfully send a tuition payment to my son's "3K" program last night using an American Express card as both...

Flying Blue adds first class partner redemptions & new Caribbean partner

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Air France has sent an email to members today to announce that they are now allowing for first class award redemptions on select partners, while teasing that first class redemptions will expand to more partners...

Amex referrals back for some

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If you are an Amex cardholder who previously lost the ability to refer others, it may be worth logging in to your Amex account as some are once again seeing the ability to refer...
Hyatt Homes & Hideaways

Hyatt Homes & Hideaways now live (had high hopes; however, hardly happy)

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Hyatt launched Hyatt Homes & Hideaways yesterday, an opportunity to earn elite night credits and points in the World of Hyatt program when booking vacation rental homes. While that sounds good in theory, its...

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