Which is the best Amex Platinum card in 2024?
American Express has several varieties of their premium Platinum cards. And, while they’re expensive, they’re loaded with great perks. Which is the best best Amex Platinum card? As long as the 200K...
View ArticleFamily travel tips from a frequent family traveler: What to bring and how to...
As a blogger, I mostly write about how to get incredible value from credit cards both in terms of earning lots of miles without flying (and hotel points, too) and in terms of leveraging them to fly and...
View ArticleHow to maximize value with Amex multi-card referrals
Many people don’t realize that Amex allows cardholders to earn Membership Rewards points by referring friends from one card to multiple different Amex cards. With most credit cards, you can refer...
View Article(EXPIRED) Kroger: Earn 4x Fuel Points On 3rd Party Gift Cards; Fixed-Value...
Sorry, this deal is no longer available. Do you want to be alerted about new deals as they’re published? Click here to subscribe to Frequent Miler's Instant Posts by email. Kroger has returned with...
View ArticleMarriott Homes & Villas: Double points on 3+ night stays.
Marriott Homes & Villas seems to have some kind of bonus points promotion running perpetually. Its latest is offering double points on all stays of three or more nights through the end of of the...
View ArticleDelta Credit Cards: Limited-time welcome offers good for up to 110K SkyMiles...
Update 7/12/24: This will be the last week for these improved Delta card offers, so smoke ’em if you want ’em. ~~~ Amex is out with new, limited-time welcome offers that allow you to earn between...
View ArticleNew United Mile Play Offers: See If You’re Targeted For Bonus Miles
United has released another round of targeted Mile Play offers and, in at least some cases, they’ll be easy challenges to complete. My wife and I were both targeted for 7,000 bonus miles after taking 3...
View ArticleChoice Privileges Mastercards: Increased 70K and 100K offers
Choice Privileges has two credit cards issued by Wells Fargo, both of currently have vastly improved welcome offers: 70,000 points for the no-annual fee Choice Mastercard and 100,000 points for the...
View ArticlePodcast: Hilton delivers luxury through SLH | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep263...
Hilton has brought on their partner Small Luxury Hotels of the World which has been a bit more exciting than we expected it would be. In today’s Frequent Miler on the Air episode we’ll discuss more....
View Article$900 bonus with a new Chase checking and savings account
Chase’s best-ever bonus for opening a new checking and savings account is back again. Until 10/16/24, you can earn $900 when you open a new Chase Total Checking Account and a new Chase Savings account....
View ArticleWhy you might want to stop spending on Delta cards (and start spending on...
A (perhaps over-inflated) claim was made last year about the volume of charges being put on Delta credit cards each year. This week on Frequent Miler, we encourage you not to contribute to that,...
View ArticleAA award ticketing error? Try an award hold.
Last month, during our Flying by the Seat of our Points challenge, I ran into a problem booking my award home. I flew Japan Airlines first class from Tokyo to Chicago (with an onward connection to New...
View ArticleCostco raises membership cost, Amazon removes gift cards in New York and free...
Costco is raising the cost of its yearly memberships, Amazon appears to be experimenting with removing gift cards from retail stores in New York, and Copenhagen is offering free lunches and kayak...
View ArticleLast Chance Deals: Citi/Cathay transfer bonus, Frontier Amex Offer, IHG...
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. There are quite a few good deals ending this week, depending on your travel...
View ArticleMore easy rewards: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards (now live)
Staples is once again be offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee through Saturday, 7/20/24. Note that the new limit of eight per customer per day is listed, but some may be able to...
View Article60+ best places to use IHG 40K free night certificates in the US
The IHG Premier, IHG Business Premier and the IHG Select (no longer available to new applicants) cards all offer a 40K free night certificate each year upon renewal. IHG also often offers these...
View Article15x Dell via Rakuten, 10x select IHG brands, 10x Choice hotels, more
Shopping portal Rakuten is featuring increased cash back rates at many stores today, including 15% back / 15x Membership Rewards points per dollar spent at Dell. Some people are targeted for “VIP”...
View ArticleVirgin Flying Club can’t book awards on Air France or KLM; “Expected” to work...
Last month, we reported about booking Air France and KLM flights through Virgin Atlantic by using the airline’s chat feature. Within a couple of days, readers started reporting that they were being...
View ArticleWhat are IHG points worth?
IHG doesn’t have an award chart. Award prices closely follow cash rates, but there’s enough variance that we can’t simply use a formula to determine what points are worth. Instead, we observe cash and...
View ArticleHertz expiration policy now hurts even more
Hertz has repeatedly earned itself negative publicity over the past couple of years. Unfortunately, they are at it again. After previously reducing the expiration timeline for points from needing...
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