20% off Lowe’s, Zappos, Crate & Barrel, and more
American Express has unveiled a number of terrific new “Offers for You,” also known as “Sync Offers”. Not all offers are available to every...
5 secrets to earning many more miles
As a reader of this blog, you probably already know the standards ways to earn more points and miles: sign up for great credit...
9 ways to cope without reload cards
Yesterday, via my Quick Deals page, I published a warning that our favorite three letter drugstore may stop allowing credit card purchases of reload...
How to find Amex upgrade offers
Note: American Express is a Frequent Miler advertiser
Last year, I published an easy trick for finding credit card upgrade offers from American Express. The...
Chasing Diamond Success!
In February, I signed up for the Hyatt Diamond Trial. The Diamond Trial is a way to get temporary top-tier Diamond status. During the...
Frequent Miler’s leaked campaign strategy
Background: The Frequent Miler blog has been nominated for a 2014 Frequent Business Traveler GlobeRunner Award: Best Points and Miles Blog. He received this...
Bad blogging and better than 5X loan payments
UPDATE 11:30 am EST: ShopAtHome dropped their cash back rate for Staples from 7% to only 3%. Ugh. Bad blogging In general, the mechanics...
Better Best Offers
Since I began blogging full time in early 2012, I’ve maintained my Best credit card offers page. The purpose of the page is to...
#milemadness week 3: the pace slows, and we set our sights on Charlotte
One month… $5,000 bankrolls… How much cash and how many points will be earned?… We have now completed the third week of the #milemadness...
Best offers old style
Oops! I’m sorry if you found your way to this post. I intended to back up my “best credit card offers” page, but accidentally...
Portals less woe-full, Gas discounts, no 6% cash back at Safeway, Amex gift cards...
A number of miscellaneous updates today…
Portal woes no more?
At the beginning of the month, I posted “Portal woes” where I wrote about people waiting...
Amex’s EveryDay weapons in the category bonus war
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy… uh, well, this one… credit card companies discovered that they could win customers and keep them...
Amex’s powerful new EveryDay cards
American Express is introducing two new credit cards to their lineup: Amex EveryDay, Amex EveryDay Preferred. The EveryDay card has no annual fee. The...
How shopping portals and rewards programs fix credit card overspending
MilesAbound recently published “Going all cash – should you stop using credit cards for everyday spend?” In that insightful post, MilesAbound pointed out research...
