Tag: COVID-19
Can airport health screening save air travel?
I love to travel. Friends sometimes ask me "don't you get tired of it?" Nope. Most of the usual headaches associated with air travel...
AA offering increased voucher value in some cases
While updating our Coronavirus / COVID-19 cancellation policies post (which also includes everything you need to know about elite status and free night extensions...
Build your own $1,350 bank-funded stimulus check
Our government recently approved an economic stimulus bill to fight the Coronavirus caused recession. Among its provisions are cash payments to be sent directly...
Amex extending time to meet welcome bonuses (applies retroactively also)
The Points Pundit over at Travel Update made a nice find: if you have been or are approved between 12/1/19 and 5/31/20 for a...
How Frequent Miler (the business) will survive COVID-19
This blog, Frequent Miler, was born in September 2011. I started it simply as an outlet to share my excitement about my latest passion:...
United waiving redeposit fees for cancelled flights
Over the past couple of days, we have seen several reports in our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group indicating that United is now waiving...
On my mind: Is now a good time to apply for credit cards? Really?
I've written a fair bit recently about applying for rewards credit cards. The general idea has been that while this is a bad time...
The best credit cards for social distancing
For the past four or five years, the best credit cards to rack up rewards quickly have not exactly been conducive to current calls...
Some Hawaii properties closing and cancelling reservations
Reader usernamedchuck reached out to let us know that his upcoming stay next month at the Club Wyndham Bali Hai Villas in Kauai was...
Shifting strategies in light of coronavirus
The past week has been unprecedented in many ways. Emotions are running high. Several times in the past few days, readers have asked here...
On my mind: Coronavirus, points and miles
Last weekend, I presented at the Travel & Adventure Show in Washington DC and Nick presented at FTU (Frequent Traveler University). Going into the...
