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.
Note: On January 8, 2015 American Express sent out a notice to a large number of Bluebird & Serve cardholders informing them that loading capabilities on their accounts had been terminated. For more information,...
Background Late last year I had a crazy idea. Could I earn a million points and miles in one month? I published the idea in January with the post "A crazy million mile idea....
The triple mile promotion is just the beginning of the story. Read on for ways to maximize points and savings... This week, the AAdvantage eShopping portal is offering triple miles for a few...
Lately, whenever I post anything about earning 5 points per dollar with Citibank ThankYou cards, commenters point out that there are risks of being shut down. Some have pointed me to this FlyerTalk thread:...
Note: On January 8, 2015 American Express sent out a notice to a large number of Bluebird & Serve cardholders informing them that loading capabilities on their accounts had been terminated. For more information,...
Exactly two weeks ago, I declared "5X everywhere dies again." There had been a secret application link for the Citi ThankYou Preferred card that offered 5 points per dollar at drugstores, grocery stores, and...
Background: Million Mile Madness was the mad quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I did everything I could to earn as many points as possible while keeping within my...
Google is in the process of rolling out new features to Google Wallet that will bring them in direct competition with PayPal, Amazon Payments and others. With the new version of Google Wallet, you...
A couple of days ago, GiftCardMall suddenly disappeared from cash back portals. I had listed GiftCardMall as one of the best ways to buy $500 Visa cards in the post "Best options for buying...
UPDATE: Code BLOSSOM15 is no longer working. Kohl's charge card holders can still get 30% off with code SAVE30, but it is no longer possible to get 40.5% off in total. Until May 22,...
Club Carlson recently announced their new summer promotion: stay two nights and get 10,000 bonus points. There's no doubt that this is a nice bonus if you plan to stay two nights anyway. The...
Background: Million Mile Madness was the mad quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I did everything I could to earn as many points as possible while keeping within my...
Recently, Visa and MasterCard gift cards became great tools for earning points and miles thanks to the new ability to assign PINs (see "Gift card PINs"). It's now possible to buy gift cards and...
Today, Plastic Jungle shut down their shop. They sent an email to all of their customers announcing that they would no longer buy and sell discount gift cards directly from and to consumers. Instead...