Greg The Frequent Miler
Greg is the owner, founder, and primary author of the Frequent Miler. He earns millions of points and miles each year, mostly without flying, and dedicates this blog to teaching others how to do the same.
My award alert, flight change, and a risky layover
Last Friday morning, while dripping wet and with shampoo running into my eyes, I was on the phone with ANA attempting to change an award flight. I had previously set up an alert through...
How to book Vacasa Vacation Rentals with Wyndham points
Booking Vacasa Vacation Rentals can be an excellent use for Wyndham points. For those interested in booking vacation rentals, this post has everything you need to know...
This post has been completely updated with the...
Where to find AA business class award space to Europe
If you want to use American Airlines' miles to fly business class to Europe, then this post isn't for you. AA's award pricing for its own flights is a mysterious game. One search may...
InterContinental Ambassador: Elite status you can buy
Now that IHG One Rewards has a decent elite program (see Tim's post: Is IHG Diamond Status Elite? My Experience Over 10 Stays At 5 Brands), you might think that the parallel InterContinental Ambassador...
International business class award hidden gems
The best use of airline miles, in my opinion, is for international business or first-class awards. These flights typically offer lie-flat seats, direct aisle access, premium food and drinks, airport lounge access, and much...
Greg’s top 10 picks (best of the best card offers)
While transferable points cards usually dominate my best of the best offers list (because those are the best types of points!), this month you'll find my list full of great offers AA & United...
Great value Preferred Hotels bookable with Choice points
Now that Preferred Hotels & Resorts can be easily booked online, I was curious to see which ones offer the best value for your points. To get at this, I found hotels that offer...
How to find Qatar QSuites award space
Qatar Airways' QSuites business class is widely considered to be one of the best business class products available worldwide. Seats can be configured to be either very private or with shared space as shown...
Qatar Business Class: 5+ levels of award availability
I've been doing background research so that I can update "How to find Qatar QSuites award space" and I fell down a rabbit hole. The aforementioned post is out of date because it is...
The Tools We Use (for playing the points and miles game)
The post "The Games We Play," outlines some of the top techniques for earning more points & miles, for getting more out of our points & miles, for saving money, and getting elite perks...
Regional first class starting at 12,500 points (Sweet Spot Spotlight)
I wrote the majority of this post aboard an American Airlines flight from Detroit to Charlotte. I booked the flight for only 12,500 points per person for first class. Economy would have cost only...
[New Easy Solution] How to find Choice Preferred Hotel award availability
An exciting recent development is that Choice Privileges points can now be used to book participating Preferred Hotels & Resorts online. One little "gotcha" is that you can't easily view whether or not the...
Two ways to book (Nordic) hotels with Choice points
Now that Preferred Hotels & Resorts are bookable online with Choice points (see this post for details), it's worth pointing out that there are a handful of hotels that can be booked with Choice...
Preferred Hotels now bookable online with Choice points!
This is huge! Choice Privileges has long partnered with Preferred Hotels & Resorts, and it has previously been possible, but usually very, very difficult, to book participating Preferred hotels with Choice points. Not anymore!...
