2024 was an excellent year for Frequent Miler, and so it’s fun to look back to see which blog posts, videos, and podcasts were most popular. Here we go…
Top 10 New Posts in 2024
The following list is limited to posts that were first published in 2024. It doesn’t count posts that were published earlier even if they were updated and re-published in 2024. For those interested, our best performing pages overall were our home page (3 million page views in 2024), our best credit card offers page (437K page views), current point transfer bonuses (168K), and which award search tool is best? (109K).
Here now are the new posts that drew the most eyeballs. As you’ll see, bank bonuses, credit card changes, and all things Delta are hot topics…
- Wells Fargo: $525 Bonus for New Savings Account (no direct deposit required) (82K page views) [or 113K page views if you add a similar post from later in the year]
- Bumped from Business Class (and a Lufthansa A340-300 Premium Economy review) (67K page views)
- Chase is giving a $900 bonus with a new checking and savings account (56K page views)
- Delta’s excellent 2024 status match (status for up to 2 years) (51K page views)
- Rumored changes coming to the Amex Gold card (45K page views)
- The Amex card with a $1.1 billion limit, Marriott sets world’s fastest Bonvoy record and why airplane mode’s a scam (Saturday Selection) (43K page views)
- Delta’s Enhanced Companion Certificates (39K page views)
- Should I keep or cancel my Delta cards? (38K page views)
- No more Hawaiian credit cards after joining programs with Alaska (31K page views)
- Amex sends out 1099s the week before tax day, AA downgrades Alaska elites and Bilt mistakenly sends shutdown e-mails (Saturday Selection) (31K page views)
Top 10 YouTube Videos in 2024
Here are the YouTube videos that garnered the most views in 2024. All but one of these are the video versions of our weekly Frequent Miler on the Air podcast. None of our Coffee Talk, Card Talk, or How-To episodes have cracked the top 10… yet.
- How to view your Capital One card number online (12.5K views)
- 10 Tips for Rocking IHG One Rewards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep250 (9.5K views)
- How to amass Chase Ultimate Rewards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep271 | 9-6-24 (9.4K views)
- Chase points: 10 Best and 5 Worst uses of Ultimate Rewards | Ep272 | 9-13-24 (7.1K views)
- The best transferable points program is… | Ep243 | 2-23-24 (6.9K views)
- Where to find hidden award flights | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep246 (6.8K views)
- Hyatt Elite Milestone spending vs Mattress running | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep270 | 8-30-24 (6.1K views)
- Strategizing Hilton cards, credits, and free nights | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep255 | 5-17-24 (6K views)
Top 10 Podcast Episodes in 2024
The following list shows the 10 podcasts produced in 2024 that drew the most downloads. Interestingly, while there is significant overlap between this list and the YouTube list, there are significant discrepancies as well. For example, the top podcast on YouTube was “10 Tips for Rocking IHG One Rewards” but that one didn’t make the top 10 for this podcast download list.
- The best transferable points program is… | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep243 | 2-23-24 (15.6K downloads)
- Where to find hidden award flights | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep246 | 3-15-24 (14.4K downloads)
- Shortcuts to airline elite status | Ep237 | 1-13-24 (13.3K downloads)
- Mastering Avios | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep241 | 2-10-24 (13.3K downloads)
- Chase points: 10 Best and 5 Worst uses of Ultimate Rewards | Ep272 | 9-13-24 (13K downloads)
- Pay Taxes, Earn Big Rewards | Ep239 | 1-27-24 (13K downloads)
- How to amass Chase Ultimate Rewards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep271 | 9-6-24 (12.9K downloads)
- Mastering Marriott’s Madness | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep247 | 3-22-24 (12.6K downloads)
- Top 10 Tips for Last Minute Award Travel | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep259 | 6-14-24 (12.6K downloads)
- Best cards for grocery, dining, gas, travel, Costco, and more | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep256 | 5-24-24 (12.2K downloads)
Want to learn more about miles and points? Subscribe to email updates or check out our podcast on your favorite podcast platform.
Any update on your request for compensation for the Lufthansa downgrade?
They turned me down and I never got around to pursuing it further.
I’m surprised none of the challenge content made top 10, or did you exclude it on purpose? I assumed people continuously coming back to the journals for updates would have bumped up the counts.
No I didn’t exclude anything. Challenge posts rarely do very well in terms of page views. Most page views come from Google and people rarely seem to ask Google about our challenges.