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 card offers, shop through online portals, maximize credit card category...
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 cards. If the rumor is true, we may need to...
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 main advantage of upgrading over applying new is that there...
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 trial, if you complete 12 paid nights (including Points+Cash nights)...
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 nominee logo: Frequent Miler is hoping to win 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 of blogging are quite easy. I use a blog editor...
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 list, in one place, all of the best available credit...
#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 manufactured spend tournament, and the final full week is under...
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 sent it out as a post instead!
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 for portal points to post for Amex gift cards bought...
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 loyal by offering rewards. In the early days, 1 airline...
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 EveryDay Preferred will cost $95 per year. My understanding is...
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 that shows that credit cards induce people to spend more...
#milemadness week 2: More than 19,000 miles per hour…
One month… $5,000 bankrolls… How much cash and how many points will be earned?… The first week of the #milemadness manufactured spend tournament has completed, and a new week is under way. For...
