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.
In a recent post (First steps towards rebuilding my point fortune: Bilt and AA) I reported that I had been approved for a Bilt credit card. Since then, I received the card, started using...
Historically, Air New Zealand has been very stingy with business class award space. That seems to have changed... a bit. Currently, we're seeing a large amount of business class award space from North America...
The Frequent Miler team has been loving our Wyndham points lately, mostly thanks to the ability to use points to book Vacasa Vacation Rentals. While Nick has booked these often, I first took advantage...
In the post "Plans for rebuilding my point fortune," I wrote about my 5/24 status and my desire to build up points in the following programs: Bilt Rewards, AA, Alaska, and Marriott. In that...
My wife and I had three American Express Business Platinum cards in which the $695 renewal fees posted in early July. That meant that we had until early August to cancel these cards in...
Ajul Luxury Hotel & Spa Resort is a Wyndham Registry Collection Hotel in Greece on the Aegean Sea. It looks like this hotel opened June 1st, 2023 (or at least, that's the date on...
Amex Membership Rewards points are transferable to many airline and hotel partners. Below you'll find a complete list of Amex transfer partners as well as quick tips for best uses.
This post has been updated...
Update 10/2/23: JW Marriott Masai Mara continues to have a decent amount of award availability in the spring of 2024. However, prices are higher than what we saw earlier this year with rates ranging...
Update 2/19/24: A week on Necker Island now costs 2 million points. You can find the Virgin Red offer here.
The original post (when Necker cost 1.7 million points for 7 nights) follows...
Necker Island is...
Here's a random thought. You know the latest Bilt Rent Day promo offering up to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic? If you qualify for that 150% bonus, then you could use that promo...
The recently refreshed Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard includes travel protections. This was a surprise since Citi had dumped travel protections from their cards several years ago. Apparently someone on the Citi/AA team...
Separately, we wrote about Virgin Atlantic's fantastic award availability calendar. While the tool is currently only intended to be used to find Delta or Virgin Atlantic award availability to or from England, it turns...
A few commenters have mentioned this in the past, but I just now had a chance to try this out. With Air Canada Aeroplan award bookings, it's possible to book higher priced flexible awards...
I love having a big stash of points in a wide array of loyalty programs. That way, when opportunity strikes, I can pounce on it. For example, when United briefly opened up business class...