Alaska / Hawaiian credit card strategy – which card should you get now? |...
In today’s episode, we’re going to be considering the Alaska / Hawaiian credit card strategy and asking the question: which card should you get now, if any? Watch the full episode below, or listen on...
View ArticleFrequent Miler’s 2024 State of the Business Report
Since 2022 I’ve been publishing annual “state of the business” posts detailing how Frequent Miler has been doing in terms of blog readers, podcast listeners, revenue, etc. Now, once again, here’s your...
View ArticleFrequent Miler’s People’s Choice Bonvoyed Awards 2024 Edition
This is the moment you’ve been waiting for! On last week’s Frequent Miler on the Air, Greg and Nick announced their picks for the 2024 Bonvoyed Awards. Now it’s your turn. In the poll below, you can...
View ArticleBilt Rent Day: Get Accor Live Limitless (ALL) status match; year-long match...
Bilt is kicking off 2025 with a somewhat niche but potentially valuable status match opportunity with Accor Live Limitless (ALL). The best opportunity will be for those with Bilt Platinum status,...
View Article(DEAD) Hyatt Suite Upgrades can now be easily used when there’s no standard...
Update 12/26/24: A few days ago, we received an e-mail from a reader who said that they had successfully applied a suite upgrade award for an available standard suite when there wasn’t any regular...
View ArticleMelio: Pay business bills by credit card
Melio is a service intended to simplify paying business bills. Melio lets you pay bills with a credit or debit card for a 2.9% fee, or for free with bank-to-bank ACH transfers. Melio users can pay...
View ArticleChase adding bonus 5x “birthday” categories to Freedom and Freedom Flex
Chase has two credit cards with rotating 5x spending categories, the Freedom Flex and regular Freedom (which is no longer available to applicants). Each card’s 5x categories are identical and change...
View ArticleCapital One card-linked offers now award miles instead of cashback
Like most credit card-issuers, Capital One has an array of card-linked shopping offers that cardholders can access through their online accounts. C1 calls theirs, creatively, “Capital One Offers.”...
View Article(Update: Chase issuing statement credits) IHG giving opportunity to buy...
Update 12/27/24: We’ve seen yet another development in the never ending “IHG can’t decide what it wants to charge saga. A Frequent Miler Insiders member was targeted for the promotion, but saw her cost...
View ArticleOur most popular posts, videos, and podcasts of 2024
2024 was an excellent year for Frequent Miler, and so it’s fun to look back to see which blog posts, videos, and podcasts were most popular. Here we go… Top 10 New Posts in 2024 The following list is...
View ArticleEarn free Enterprise Car Rental points with Plus Your Points promotion
Enterprise Car Rental has an ongoing promotion called “Plus Your Points” that’s running through the end of February, 2025. While there’s nothing about it that will knock your socks off, there are some...
View ArticleMore easy rewards: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards
Staples is again offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee through Saturday, 1/4/25. Note that there a new limit of nine per customer per day is listed, but some may be able to purchase...
View ArticleAmerican Express Business Gold Credit Card Review
The American Express Business Gold card changed a lot over the last year. Its 4x categories have been revamped, new annual business credits added and the annual fee increased by $80. The combination of...
View Article$500 Southwest Gift Cards are now $429.99 at Costco.com
It appears that Costco.com has now lowered the standard price for $500 Southwest Airlines gift cards to $429.99. This new price is $20 per card better than the regular price of $449.99 that we’ve been...
View ArticleAmex Hilton cards: Increased welcome offers up to 175K (ending soon)
Update 12/27/24: These increased Hilton offers are scheduled to end on January 8th. If you’re interested, the time’s now. ~~~ If you’ve had Hilton on your mind (like we have), the offers on all of the...
View ArticleDeal of the Year 2024 | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep287 | 12-27-24 | Podcast
What are the best miles and points deals we’ve seen in 2024, and which deals came out above the rest? In today’s episode of Frequent Miler on the Air, we’ll decide what we think the best miles and...
View ArticlePSA – Extend expiring National Car Rental free days via Twitter / X
Several members of the FM Team are big fans of National Car Rental, partially due to the great benefits that can be had through its Executive elite status (which you can get for free from the Hilton...
View ArticleThe best hotels of 2024, the year’s most disloyal travel program and more...
It’s the last weekend of the 2024 and we’re taking time to reflect on what’s really important…points and miles. This week on the blog we waxed poetic about our favorite hotels of 2024, talked about a...
View ArticleAnxious flyer on the wing, a body in the wheel well, rail-trail cycling,...
An anxious flyer escapes onto the wing, a body is found in the wheel well of a plane, rail-trail cycle trips to consider, helicopter tourism in US National Parks, and the biggest waterfall on the...
View ArticleLast Chance Deals: End of the year = end of 50+ promotions
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. It’s an extremely busy week for expiring deals, with 55 of them set to end by...
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