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Extreme stacking for holiday purchases
It's that time of year when you'll see a list of "Great deals you must buy right now!!!" advertised everywhere you look. In my experience, getting the best deals is a combination of being...
Business class for 5 to South America, four countries, five days, one helicopter: Team...
If you’ve been following us, you know that the entire Frequent Miler team just finished a group trip where no one knew the entire itinerary. This particular trip divided us into two teams with...
Amex Platinum Saks credit: What can you get with $50?
The Amex Platinum card comes with a slew of valuable benefits like elite status, lounge access, and credits for Uber and airline fee incidentals. One of the benefits less often discussed in blog posts...
Capital One ups their game, adds Turkish and some 1:1 partners, airport lounges
After all these years, it turns out mom and dad were right all along.
Despite my advice, my parents have long insisted that they only needed a single Capital One credit card that earns 2...
A day in the life of a serial stacker
When Greg hired me, the application to work at Frequent Miler was like nothing I'd seen before. Rather than questions about my previous job or past accomplishments, Greg focused on things relevant to Frequent...
US Bank Real-Time Mobile Rewards. What works where?
US Bank's Real-Time Mobile Rewards offer a way to book travel outside of US Bank's limited travel portal and still get 1.5 cents per point value from your points. Unfortunately, the details about what...
Beginner credit card plan: over 500K points in 12 to 15 months
The quickest and easiest way to amass points and miles is through credit card welcome bonuses. In this post I'll demonstrate a credit card plan for a beginner starting from scratch to amass over...
Updated: Coronavirus / COVID-19 cancellation policies and status extensions: Cruises, Flights, Hotels, and more
As COVID-19 policies have continued to change and adapt, we have overhauled and updated this guide to COVID-19 policies of US airlines and major cruise and hotel chains on May 25, 2020 to reflect...
Get to Europe using airline miles: Economy class edition
How do you get to Europe using airline miles in economy class? This post has the best sweet spots from airline programs that are partnered up with the major transferable currencies. We've recently completed...
Best ways to get to Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific using miles...
Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific are bucket list destinations for many travelers at least in part due to distance and expense. It makes sense that many people would look to use airline...
A student credit card plan: 825,000 points by graduation
I've previously written a few posts with recommendations for teenagers and students who are interested in getting into the credit cards rewards game:
Building (and viewing) teenage credit
Planning a teen’s first credit card
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A couple’s credit card plan: 820,000 points in 15 months
Recently I published two first year credit card plans for a single person: one with and one without business cards:
Beginner credit card plan — 325,000 points in 12 months (no business cards)
Beginner...
(EXPIRED) Buy Avios pretty cheap through Spanish Groupon
Update 5/17/19: This deal is back again. Prices are a bit higher this time for several of the packages, but the top package is a deal as it is enough Avios for an off-peak business...
A nifty deal alert hack, Kroger banning Visa, Chase 10x hotels alternatives, and more
This week brings a couple of slick tricks for getting deal alerts as fast as possible, the other side of that retire-to-hotels story, all the options to consider against the Chase 10x hotels offer,...
