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.
Convert Ultimate Rewards to US Airways / American miles
This is a limited time opportunity that may be useful for some with very large Ultimate Rewards and/or Marriott Rewards balances. As you probably know, US Airways is running a promotion through the...
Gift card PINs
The miles and points community is abuzz with talk about the fact that some Visa and MasterCard gift cards now allow you to setup PINs so that they can be used as debit cards. ...
Where people want to go
Last weekend, I published a Club Carlson contest where I asked people "If you had the new Premier Rewards Visa Signature Card, how would you use the bonus points and bonus award nights?" (Note: The...
Bluebird: Are direct deposits necessary for free ATM use?
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,...
Million Mile Madness: How it was done
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...
Million Mile Madness: Which points?
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...
Sweet Rewards Signature Visa: Too good to be true?
Usually, the best credit card offers come from the big banks: Chase, American Express, Citibank, etc. Now, however, Ahcom Bank, headquartered in Dauphin County, PA has announced a new product that might just be...
Million Mile Madness: Success!!!!!
1,000,546 points earned! Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I'm doing everything I can to earn as many points...
Club Carlson Prizes!
$500 and elite status could be yours...
If you read Frequent Miler often, then you know that I'm a big fan of Club Carlson's new credit cards (see "Club Carlson rocks our world… Again"...
Million Mile Madness: Easy points
955,000 points earned. 45,000 left to go. Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I'm doing everything I can to earn...
Million Mile Madness: Credit scores and pulls
927,000 points earned. 73,000 left to go.
Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I'm doing everything I can to earn as...
Bluebird soars higher
While Bluebird continues to be one of the best tools available for collecting points and miles (see "Bluebird takes flight and changes the game"), it is just now living up to its promise of...
Tips for selling on Amazon
When shopping portals run big promotions, it sometimes pays to buy things just for the shopping portal points. For example, early last year, the British Airways shopping portal briefly offered 36 points per dollar...
Million Mile Madness: Bumps in the road
860,000 points earned. 140,000 left to go. Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun painful and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I'm doing everything I can to...
