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Rakuten+ subscription: 10% back at select merchants for $100/yr, with a $50 signup bonus
Doctor of Credit has uncovered something that will only be of interest to a subset of readers: Rakuten offers a Rakuten+ subscription. The subscription...
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25X miles / 45% back (maybe more?) at Viator today with Capital One Shopping
Today's deal of the day for Capital One Shopping and Capital One Offers is Viator. While everyone should see a boosted offer for Viator...
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More easy rewards: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards
Staples is again offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee from Sunday 5/24/26, through Saturday, 5/30/26. Note that there is a limit...
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Quick Deals
Rakuten+ subscription: 10% back at select merchants for $100/yr, with a $50 signup bonus
Doctor of Credit has uncovered something that will only be of interest to a subset of readers: Rakuten offers a Rakuten+ subscription. The subscription...
Quick Deals
25X miles / 45% back (maybe more?) at Viator today with Capital One Shopping
Today's deal of the day for Capital One Shopping and Capital One Offers is Viator. While everyone should see a boosted offer for Viator...
Credit Card Spend
More easy rewards: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards
Staples is again offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee from Sunday 5/24/26, through Saturday, 5/30/26. Note that there is a limit...
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10 AARP member benefits you might not know about
Despite being in my mid 40s, I've had an AARP membership for 10 years. No, I'm not Benjamin Button; you don't have to be...
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Earn 8x or redeem with Chase Travel℠ Point Boosts? | Question of the Week Ep4 | 5-24-26
Earn 8x or redeem with Chase Travel℠ Points Boosts? Frequent Miler reader Bryant wrote in saying...
With the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card providing 8X points...
Credit Card Spend
(50% sale) CardPointers: Automatically enroll offers to all of your cards
CardPointers is an app/website/browser extension that helps you track all your credit cards, their various benefits, etc. Its most popular feature is the ability...
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Last Chance Deals: Flying Blue & Hilton transfer bonuses, Choice & Hilton points sales, & 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.
Several...
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5 reasons I’m glad I got to live the nomad life…and the 10 reasons I don’t miss it (A Carrie commentary)
People often ask me if I miss being a digital nomad, living the full-time travel life, which I did off and on for the...
Activities
10 AARP member benefits you might not know about
Despite being in my mid 40s, I've had an AARP membership for 10 years. No, I'm not Benjamin Button; you don't have to be...
Featured Article
Earn 8x or redeem with Chase Travel℠ Point Boosts? | Question of the Week Ep4 | 5-24-26
Earn 8x or redeem with Chase Travel℠ Points Boosts? Frequent Miler reader Bryant wrote in saying...
With the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card providing 8X points...
Credit Card Spend
(50% sale) CardPointers: Automatically enroll offers to all of your cards
CardPointers is an app/website/browser extension that helps you track all your credit cards, their various benefits, etc. Its most popular feature is the ability...
Featured Article
Last Chance Deals: Flying Blue & Hilton transfer bonuses, Choice & Hilton points sales, & 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.
Several...
Quick Reads
5 reasons I’m glad I got to live the nomad life…and the 10 reasons I don’t miss it (A Carrie commentary)
People often ask me if I miss being a digital nomad, living the full-time travel life, which I did off and on for the...
Featured Article
From rocky to rock on with Blue Sky, an early look at Hyatt changes, the end of the hobby and more (Week in Review)
This week, I had my first experience with the JetBlue United Blue Sky Partnership. Things got off to a bit of a rocky start,...
Credit Cards
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card Review (2026)
If there is such a thing as a "classic" credit card, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card (CSP) is it, and it's not hyperbole to...
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Will the points game survive? | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep359 | 5-22-26
As more and more people get into the points & miles game, we're seeing an acceleration of devaluations. Opportunities to earn points disappear. Point...
Lodging
Hilton Honors Summer Promo: 2K bonus points when staying 3 nights, 4K when staying 4
Hilton Honors has announced its Summer promotion for 2026, which will run between June 1st and August 15th, 2026. In recent years, Hilton has...
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Amazon: Save up to 50% when redeeming Membership Rewards points (Targeted)
Amazon is back with a new pay-with-points promotion, where eligible members can save by paying with a minimum number of American Express Membership Rewards...
Lodging
New Kimpton “Secret” Password
Kimpton has a nifty (if sometimes awkward) secret password pr phrase that gets you a special treat if you mention it when checking in....
Flights
What are Air Canada Aeroplan points worth?
At Frequent Miler, we keep a database of point valuations called "Reasonable Redemption Values." These are estimates of the "worth" of airline miles, hotel...
