Aeroplan Encourages Gaming: Ready Player 1?
This week, Air Canada introduced a new credit card to the U.S. market and it's surprisingly interesting! The card seems to be specifically designed for The Games We Play. On this week's episode of Frequent...
How to find incredible flight deals with Google Flights
When great flight deals are reported online, on this site or others, I'm often interested, but it's exceptionally rare for me to take advantage of them. The deals hardly ever include departures out of...
A wild card enters the game: Chase’s Air Canada Aeroplan Card
Air Canada's new U.S. based credit card seems to be custom designed for The Games we Play. It offers high rewards for spend at restaurants and grocery stores; it has unique features like Pay...
My all time favorite award redemptions
I've been playing the points & miles game for over 10 years now. Throughout that time, this hobby has led me to many, many incredible experiences. For this post, I looked back at my...
Finding and figuring your bonus Membership Rewards points
For the past few months, Amex has been throwing a points party to remember. Between the unbelievable Platinum card offer that's been available through Resy and the +4 referral offer that ends today, many...
Most luxurious flights to Europe, bookable with points
When flying from North America to Europe most carriers offer similar business class experiences. Most offer lie-flat seats and reasonably good food and drink options. Direct aisle access for all business class seats used...
Should we stop overlooking Spirit?
With cheap fares, a revamped elite program, more substantial snacks, and one of the most comfortable domestic premium cabin seats in the sky, Spirit has exceeded our expectations as of late. But it isn't...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals and stacking opportunities [2021]
Many 2021 Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals have already gone live and many more will develop in the coming days. If you are reading this post in email form, I recommend clicking through...
X1 First Impressions: Fun, Rewarding, Scary
I recently successfully signed up for the X1 card. Regular readers may remember that this is the start-up card that has no annual fee and offers 3x everywhere for those who spend $15k within...
I give up: Missing the welcome bonus for the first time (On Nick’s mind)
I give up; I am part of the way to a welcome bonus that I won't even try to finish earning. It's just not worth it.
Amex has absolutely ruined my wallet in a way...
Delta vs. Spirit [On Greg’s Mind]
After many, many years of avoiding flying Spirit, I finally gave them a try last month. I was happily surprised by how pleasant the experience was. I had paid for a Big Front Seat...
Amex +4: Deal of the year?
If you have been sleeping on the Amex +4 referral promotion, it is time to wake up. The chance to earn at least 5x everywhere (and 8 or 9x in popular bonus categories or as much as...
Maximizing value from Amex multi-referrals
We are updating and republishing this Amex multi-referrals post because the current +4 referral offer ends in 11 days and it may just be the deal of the year if you play it right.
That...
10 Years of Frequent Miler
On September 11th, 2021, Frequent Miler turned 10 years old and I forgot my own blog's anniversary. Oops! On that particular day, it so happened that Nick and I arrived at Le Meridien Maldives...
