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Q1 2025 Quarterly Bonus Categories for Chase, Discover, US Bank & Citi Dividend
Update 1/1/25: These new 5% spending categories are live today. ~ Chase Freedom and Freedom Flex, Discover It, US Bank Cash+ and Citi Dividend cards which have rotating quarterly categories that earn...
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Ask Us Anything Live: Sunday January 12 at 9pm ET
Every month, the Frequent Miler team takes your questions live on YouTube. We usually hold Ask Us Anything at 9pm ET on the first Wednesday of every month, but that’s changing this month. The five of...
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My favorite New Year’s Eve travel experience (that I can’t in good conscience...
In our nomad years, Drew and I had plenty of opportunities to celebrate New Year’s Eve in weird places, some of them more exciting than others. My favorite of them was our experience in Budapest in...
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How to pay taxes via credit card, 2025 edition (updated)
You might not like paying taxes, but when you pay taxes via credit card can be quite rewarding. The key is to earn credit card rewards that more than offset tax payment fees. For example, if you’ve...
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Marriott Bonvoy Choice Benefits. Which to pick? (New: 40K expiration not...
If you have earned 50 elite qualifying nights with Marriott Bonvoy within a calendar year, then you are eligible to pick a “Choice Benefit”. A second Choice Benefit is available for those who complete...
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More Easy Rewards: Fee-free Visa Gift Cards at Staples
Staples will again be offering fee-free fixed $200 Visa Gift Cards this week, this time running through Saturday, January 11th, 2025. The limit is again nine per customer per day (although some stores...
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(EXPIRED) Amex Platinum Card referral offer: 175K points after $8k spend (we...
Update: Unfortunately the latest batch of 175k referral links state that the person being referred will earn “as high as” 175k Membership Rewards. There’s no guarantee that every person applying will...
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Flying Blue Promo Rewards: Fly to/from Europe from 15k miles each way
The latest batch of Air France/KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards came out today. As is common with these monthly deals, there’s the opportunity to fly to/from Europe from only 15,000 miles each way in...
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BOA Alaska Airlines Visa now offering up to 75,000 miles after $3K in purchases
The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card is now available with an increased welcome offer of 75,000 miles after $3,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. Part of this offer is an additional 5,000 miles...
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Lyft Amex Offer: Spend $50 & Get $15 Back
There’s a very good Amex Offer for Lyft showing on some folk’s account that can save you up to 30% when spending $50 or more. This must be relatively tightly-targeted, however. I checked both mine and...
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Hilton double points promo through 4/30/25
Hilton’s next double points promotion is live, offering double points on stays through the end of April. The Deal Earn double points on Hilton stays. Direct link to offer. Key Terms Offer valid for...
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Cashing in on 2025 opportunities
Last year was a big one. My immediate family spent almost two months traveling between our 28,000-mile round-the-world summer vacation, free cruise match opportunities (and trips to set them up), and...
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$75 back on $350 at Avis with new Amex Offer [Enrollment required]
A number of new Amex Offers came out this week to kick off the new year, including one good for $75 back when you spend $350 or more on an Avis car rental directly through Avis. The Deal A new Amex...
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Capital One reduces lounge access
A few days ago, we learned about new limitations to Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card and the Capital One Venture X Business Card’s lounge access: cardholders are now limited to 2 guests when...
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Sonesta’s credit card takes a siesta (not accepting applications)
Last year, we covered the Sonesta Mastercard pretty extensively, especially the large welcome offer that looked really appealing for those who could make use of Sonesta’s more limited footprint (we...
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Pay1040 seems to increase fee to 2.89% for tax payments
An eagle-eyed reader points out that while the IRS website lists the fee to pay taxes with a credit card as 1.75% at Pay1040, the fee shown on the Pay1040 website is now 2.89%. Not only does the...
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Hilton Experiences might be a better deal than you thought
Many airline and hotel loyalty programs offer the opportunity to redeem miles or points for experiences. Those are sometimes run as auctions (which require an astronomical number of points) and other...
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Hyatt’s 2K Next Stay milestone reward expanded to more brands
World of Hyatt has a number of milestone rewards that are earned or can be selected at various elite night thresholds. At 20 elite nights, one of the milestone reward options is 2,000 bonus Hyatt...
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Highlights of 2024, a trick for using FHR credits, tax time cometh and more...
New Year, New You, new opportunities: as we kick off the first week of 2025 at Frequent Miler, we posted our predictions for the year, looked back at some of the highlights of 2024, and we’re preparing...
View Article10 point-ish things we’re most looking forward to | Frequent Miler on the Air...
It’s a new year and we’re excited about all the “point-y” things happening for us in 2025! Give this episode a listen to find out what we’re looking forward to. Watch the full episode below, or listen...
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