More Easy Rewards: Fee-free Visa Gift Cards at Staples
On the heels of this week’s fee-free Mastercard gift cards, Staples will again be offering fee-free fixed-value $200 Visa Gift Cards from June 23, 2024 to June 29, 2024. The limit is again eight per...
View ArticleWhat are Delta miles worth?
When I last examined the value of Delta miles towards domestic economy flights, in February 2023, I found a median value of 1.3 cents per mile. That was based on a manual process where I looked at...
View ArticleWyndham Rewards selling 30 night hotel pass for $499 – but there’s a gotcha
Wyndham Rewards has announced that it will be selling something called the “Ultimate Hotel Pass” in early July. This pass will allow for up to 30 nights at hotels and resort within Wyndham’s portfolio...
View ArticleAmex Business Gold 155k offer with no lifetime language
There is yet another targeted welcome offer for the American Express Business Gold card, this one offering an incredible 150,000 Membership Rewards after $10K in spend and then tacking on an additional...
View ArticleWhat are Hyatt points worth?
It’s been a little over a year and a half since we did an analysis of the redemption value of Hyatt points. Our last one, in late 2022, was smack-dab in the middle of the worst of the pandemic-fueled,...
View ArticleChase Ink Business Unlimited Credit Card Review (2024)
The Chase Ink Business Unlimited card is unique among Chase’s Ultimate Rewards (UR) business cards in that it gives you 1.5x earning on all spending. However, unlike its consumer doppelgänger – the...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic: 40% off award flights (but mind the fees)
Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Red are offering a 40% discount on award tickets for all flights on Virgin Atlantic metal booked from today through June 24th for travel through December 31st, 2024. The...
View ArticleKroger: Earn 4x Fuel Points On 3rd Party Gift Cards; Fixed-Value Visa &...
Kroger has returned with more digital coupons offering 4x fuel points on third party gift cards and fixed-value Visa and Mastercard gift cards. This is valid for online gift card purchases as well,...
View ArticleSouthwest Personal Cards: Limited-time 85,000 Point Offers (last call)
Update 6/21/24 – We’ve received word that these increased offers on the Southwest personal cards will be and at 7am Eastern on 6/27/24. If you’re pursuing a Companion Pass (or if you just use Southwest...
View ArticleNo, Avianca LifeMiles isn’t adding new fuel surcharges to its awards
Recently, Avianca LifeMiles has been adding significant fuel surcharges to various award tickets. These are additional fees that, up ’til now, Avianca hasn’t passed on to its customers. We’ve had...
View ArticleChoice Privileges removes 35K cap from award redemptions
Choice Privileges isn’t a program that gets a ton of digital ink in the points and miles blogosphere. At FM, we’ve primarily been interested in it because of its partnership with Preferred Hotels and...
View ArticleAluaSoul Orotava Valley (Hyatt All-Inclusive, Tenerife): Bottom Line Review
In August 2021, Hyatt added more than 100 all-inclusive hotels across seven brands with the purchase of Apple Leisure Group and its “All Moments Resorts” collection (AMR). There are now over 40...
View ArticlePodcast: Best ways to get to Hawaii | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep260 | 6-21-24
Are palm trees and sunshine perpetually on your mind? This week, Frequent Miler on the Air discusses all of your best options for getting to the islands of Aloha from as few as 10-15,000 points each...
View ArticleHow Greg found awesome awards like A320 business class, new Hyatt & Delta...
One of the outcomes of our recent challenge is that it gave us all a lot more practice with numerous award booking tools to help us find awesome awards at the last minute. This week at Frequent Miler,...
View ArticleFlying Blue status match for US residents
Air France / KLM Flying Blue is out with a status match opportunity for US residents. While we’ve seen Flying Blue offer a status match for customers in other countries, Award Wallet reports that this...
View ArticleEasy I Prefer Titanium status for new members with promo code
Loyalty Lobby covers a cool easy opportunity for hotel elite status: I Prefer, the loyalty program of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, is offering top-tier Titanium status for new members signing up...
View ArticleWells Fargo losing millions on Bilt card, the ball drops on Curve and online...
Online passport renewal is back again (sort of), the ball drops on Curve in the US and the Bilt card is costing Wells Fargo $10 million per month. All that and more in this week’s Saturday Selection,...
View ArticleLast Chance Deals: 25x Marriott promo, last day to transfer Bilt points to...
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. This week sees the last opportunity to transfer Bilt points to American...
View ArticleThe challenges of crafting the Flying by the Seat of our Points challenge
The 2024 Frequent Miler annual challenge is over, with Flying by the Seat of our Points being won by Tim (congrats again Tim!) Our 2024 team challenge Flying by the Seat of our Points tested our last...
View ArticleNew Wells Fargo Attune card offers 4% back on Disney tickets, dance classes,...
Wells Fargo is out with a new cash back credit card called the Wells Fargo Attune World Elite Mastercard. This card looked marginally interesting at first glance, but the deeper I dig into it the more...
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