New info on travel packages makes final decisions tough
Yesterday, reader Blue pointed us to the fact that the Starwood Lurker on Flyertalk has added some clarifications around how existing Marriott Travel Package certificates will be affected by this weekend's merger. In a move...
Here’s Marriott’s timeline for August 18th merger day
Many readers have asked what to expect on August 18th with regard to Marriott Merger Day, and we have been advising everyone to expect all-out pandemonium. It turns out that reality may include slightly...
The case against buying travel packages (even if you want airline miles)
I've written repeatedly recently about the value in buying Marriott travel packages before August 18th. Yesterday, Nick joked with me that we've argued in favor of purchasing bottom-tier travel packages, mid-tier packages, and top-tier...
Now book Finnair with Alaska miles
Alaska Airlines began a partnership last year with Finnair that has allowed for mileage earning, but as of today they have finally added the ability to redeem Alaska miles on Finnair. The rates aren't particularly...
How To Find Business Class Awards To Europe For 88,000 Miles Or Points
Note: This post is the second installment in a series about business class awards to Europe for less than 100,000 miles. The first post goes over Korean Air awards and can be found here.
Avoiding...
Last Chance Deals: Discounted Gift Cards, Bonus Virgin Atlantic Miles & More
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
There are only a few deals this week, although a couple...
Refund a non-refundable booking, save money on “free” days, a Platinum hack and more
In this week's Frequent Miler week in review around the web, find a nice little hack to save a few bucks on your next free rental day, a little-known loophole to get your money...
Surprises from Marriott and Amex and some useful resources
This week we added a couple of resources to Frequent Miler in a page to track hotel promotions and a quick guide to getting an infant passport. But the week's surprises came into play...
(EXPIRED) 15% off sitewide at eBay 8/8 only
eBay is offering 15% off sitewide on orders of $25+ starting at 11am Eastern time with coupon code PRONTO15. While gift cards and other associated categories are excluded, this one should be good on most things at...
(EXPIRED) Buy La Quinta Returns points (Wyndham points under 1c each)
La Quinta Returns is offering a sale on points that offers up to 25% off. To get the maximum discount, you'll have to purchase the maximum quantity of 10,000 points. That's not quite enough for...
(EXPIRED) Monday only: $15 back on $30 at Office Depot
Retailmenot is offering $15 back on $30 or more online only at Office Depot today only (Monday, 8/6/18). While gift cards are exlcuded in the fine print, I've seen one report saying that it may only exclude...
Last Chance Deals: 100k Platinum Bonus, 45k Wyndham, FTU DC Discount & More
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
There are eight deals ending this week, including a couple of...
Saver space award hack, 90K Avios wiped out, and more
In this week in review around the web, we have a nice little hack for finding saver-level award space, a way to take a shot at free satellite radio on your rentals, an MS...
End of an era: sock-drawered SPG, offers on life support, and more
Welcome to this Frequent Miler week in review around the web, where we recap the week's main posts here at FM. This week, we witnessed as the SPG card collectively fell out of wallets...
