Which Amex Cards are Credit Cards? How many can you get?
Amex credit cards vs Pay Over Time cards
Amex offers both credit cards and "Pay Over Time" cards (the latter are charge cards under the hood but also, optionally, have credit-card-like "pay over time" capability)....
(Update: Merger Completed) Alaska / Hawaiian merger – what’s next?
Update 9/18/24: Today, Alaska announced that its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines has been completed. As of today, Alaska Lounge members have lounge access when flying Hawaiian.
Alaska says that miles will be able to be transferred...
Amex Uber credits will require paying with an Amex card
The American Express Platinum and Gold cards both come with monthly credits for Uber and Uber Eats that can be very helpful towards offsetting each card's substantial annual fees.
Up 'til now, it's been possible...
LoungeReview: Excellent alternative to LoungeBuddy
When flying through an unfamiliar airport, it can be surprisingly difficult to know which lounges are available. Even more difficult is figuring out which lounges you can get into due to flying business/first class;...
How to handle gift card fraud | Ask Us Anything Ep69 | 9-4-24
This time Tim was on vacation, but the rest of the Frequent Miler crew got together on YouTube for another Ask Us Anything, Live. (On the first Wednesday of every month, we host a...
How to Use Delta Companion Certificates [Video]
The Delta Platinum and Delta Reserve cards give you a companion certificate each year you renew the card, (so not the first year, but each year you renew the card after.) Watch this tutorial...
How to find and book Preferred Hotels with Choice points [Video]
Despite devaluations in 2024 (prices now range up to 87,000 Choice points per night), there is still excellent value to be had (details here). So, we figured we'd repost this video showing how to...
(Walked-back) Another Choice Preferred Hotels devaluation: Up to 118K per night
Update: Choice has now walked back the maximum amount that you can pay for Preferred Hotels to 87k.
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One of the cool things you can do with Choice Privileges points is to use them at select...
Reminder: Amex Business Platinum benefits scheduled to end 12/31/24
8/30/24: On last week's Frequent Miler on the Air podcast, Greg and Nick mentioned that the Dell, Adobe and Indeed credits on the Amex Business Platinum are scheduled to end on 12/31/24. We'd previously...
Amex Gold – keep or cancel?
Stephen is still enjoying his tropical vacation, but the rest of the gang got together to answer questions about recent devaluations, whether to keep or cancel the Amex Gold card, and more!
Watch the full...
Frontier Mastercard now provides free checked bags for cardholders
Yesterday Frontier Airlines and Barclays announced that cardholders of the Frontier World Mastercard have a new benefit: two free checked bags for the primary cardholder. The benefit is effective immediately.
In order to be eligible...
Official: Hilton gift cards can’t be redeemed at AutoCamp or SLH properties
A couple of weeks ago, Hilton provided more details about how Hilton Aspire, Surpass and Business card quarterly or twice-annual credits would work when booking stays at their new (to them) AutoCamp and Small...
LifeMiles has increased some award costs, reduced others (45k business class to UK &...
Bad news hit this morning when One Mile At A Time shared that LifeMiles has devalued award pricing between the US and much of Europe and North Asia. That's disappointing, but there's a silver...
Podcast: Tips for Better Family Travel | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep267 |...
We get asked a lot about how to travel as a family...or how to make family travel better. In today's episode of Frequent Miler on the Air, we'll answer the call and share our...
