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Greg The Frequent Miler

Greg The Frequent Miler
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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.
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Hyatt goes next level with Mr & Mrs Smith [Integration “early 2024”!]

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Update 11/30/23: I just had the opportunity to meet with World of Hyatt management at Hyatt's headquarters in Chicago and learned that true integration (not just that gift card stuff) is expected "early next...
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United’s Excursionist Perk: Ideal for Positioning Flights?

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Nick's recent post "Taking an Excursionist Perk for a spin for a trip to Africa" showed ways to use United's Excursionist Perk to save lots of miles when flying within Africa.  In this case,...
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Revised plans for expanding my credit card collection

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Update 11/26/23: My wife and I applied for the 65K Alaska Business card offer and we were both auto-approved.  This means that our matched Alaska MVP status will be bumped up to MVP Gold...
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Rewards for Charitable Giving

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Happy Thanksgiving!  In last week's podcast "A good deed is its own reward (but we can do better)" we discussed ways in which you can earn rewards for yourself while donating to others.  For...
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Blade Helicopter Review (JFK to Manhattan)

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What an awesome way to visit New York City... Last Friday, my wife and I flew JetBlue to JFK and helicoptered from there to Manhattan. It was fantastic. And, thanks to JetBlue's very generous...
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Maximizing credit card rebates & credits (coupon book tips)

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What can you do with your credit card's airline incidental fee credits if you just want to buy airfare? What can you do with your Instacart rebate if you don't want your groceries delivered?...
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Anita’s Kitchen Detroit Airport (DTW): Priority Pass Restaurant Review

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Detroit Airport's Evan's Terminal (the DTW terminal you fly from when not flying Delta) hosts a Priority Pass restaurant: Anita's Kitchen Lebanese Cafe.  Note that you need the right kind of Priority Pass to...
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Best Category Bonuses: Which card to use where?

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A number of credit cards offer incredible category bonuses.  Citi Prestige offers 5X for dining, airfare, and travel agencies.  Chase Freedom offers 5X in changing categories each quarter.  Amex Gold offers 4X at US...
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Alaska MVP Elite! Now what?

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In October, my wife and I applied for the Alaska Airlines status match that was targeted to Delta elite members.  We were each matched to MVP Gold 75K Status and as long as we...
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Marriott’s secret award chart

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Last year, Marriott abandoned award charts.  Previously, if you knew a hotel's category, you also knew how many points it would require for a free night, at least within a range from off-peak to...
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Delta’s window-seat shop of horrors

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Imagine that you're a couple thousand dollars short of the MQDs (Medallion Qualifying Dollars) required to get to the next level of Delta elite status.  Now consider that Delta has sent emails to cardmembers...
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My favorite Dell purchases

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If you have the Business Platinum Card® from American Express, then we share a problem... or, an opportunity.  Every six months we can buy stuff from Dell and get up to $200 back.  That's...
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Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard Review (2023)

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The Air France KLM Flying Blue program has become very interesting lately.  The program recently reduced award prices between North America and Europe so that you can now fly one way for 20K miles...
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Pondering my own great Delta mileage run (5 years Diamond)

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Last week I wrote about my wife's "last, great Delta mileage run."  She is fairly close to achieving Delta's 2 Million Miler status and that will mean lifetime Platinum Medallion status.  And, critically, this...

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