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Hyatt’s cumulative changes hurt more in retrospect (on Nick’s mind)
When I got into this game, I didn't understand the effusive love for Hyatt....
Delta’s New Choice Benefits for Platinum and Diamond Elites
Delta's Platinum and Diamond elite status levels include "Choice Benefits" in addition to many...
Value credit card perks not by what you’ll save . . .
I had the chance to eat breakfast in the Delta Sky Club at New...
[Update: I made it!] My award alert, flight change, and a risky layover
Update: I got up at 4am this morning and rushed to the Detroit airport....
Quick Deals
US Bank: Up to $800 bonus with new business checking account (no direct deposit requirement)
US Bank has a promotion for new Business Checking accounts that offers either a $400 or $800 bonus with very simply requirements. This deal...
Credit Card Bonuses
Avios Cards (British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus): Increased 85K Welcome Offers
British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus all have identical, increased welcome offers on their respective credit cards: 85,000 Avios after $5k spend within the...
Flights
Sam’s Club: $500 Southwest Gift Cards For $419.99 (16% off)
Sam's Club is selling discounted Southwest gift cards at 16% off, even better than than the 10% that's usually offered.
The Deal
Sam's Club is...
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Quick Deals
US Bank: Up to $800 bonus with new business checking account (no direct deposit requirement)
US Bank has a promotion for new Business Checking accounts that offers either a $400 or $800 bonus with very simply requirements. This deal...
Credit Card Bonuses
Avios Cards (British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus): Increased 85K Welcome Offers
British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus all have identical, increased welcome offers on their respective credit cards: 85,000 Avios after $5k spend within the...
Flights
Sam’s Club: $500 Southwest Gift Cards For $419.99 (16% off)
Sam's Club is selling discounted Southwest gift cards at 16% off, even better than than the 10% that's usually offered.
The Deal
Sam's Club is...
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Featured Article
Hyatt’s cumulative changes hurt more in retrospect (on Nick’s mind)
When I got into this game, I didn't understand the effusive love for Hyatt. As I traveled more, I came to understand why award...
Credit Cards
Citi Custom Cash Credit Card Review (2024)
The Citi Custom Cash card is Citi’s answer to the traditional 5x rotating-category card (ie, Chase Freedom Flex or Discover It). The card offers...
Award Booking
Hilton Honors Summer Promo: Double points on all stays (starts today)
Hilton Honors has announced its Summer promotion of 2024, which will run between May 2, 2024 and September 2, 2024. Members who register will...
Credit Card Spend
Kroger: Earn 4x Fuel Points On 3rd Party Gift Cards; Fixed-Value Visa & Mastercard Gift Cards
Kroger has returned with more digital coupons offering 4x fuel points on third party gift cards and fixed-value Visa and Mastercard gift cards. This...
Quick Deals
Virgin Voyages: Book a cruise for as few as 45K points per person
If you've had your eye on a Virgin Voyages cruise, you're in luck: Virgin Red is currently offering the opportunity to book several cruises...
Flights
$500 Southwest Gift Cards for $429.99 at Costco.com (14% Off)
Costco.com is again offering $500 Southwest Airlines gift cards for $429.99 for the next few days. This is $20 per card better than the...
Credit Card Bonuses
Barclays Hawaiian Airlines Mastercard: 70k miles after only one purchase
There is another link available for the Hawaiian Airlines Mastercard that offers a welcome bonus of 70,000 miles after only one purchase within the first...
Credit Card Bonuses
Chase Sapphire Preferred and Reserve: Increased 75K offers available
Last week, we posted about in-branch welcome offers that would be available this week for Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP) and Sapphire Reserve (CSR) cards.
Today,...
Elite Status
Delta’s New Choice Benefits for Platinum and Diamond Elites
Delta's Platinum and Diamond elite status levels include "Choice Benefits" in addition to many automatic perks. Platinum elites can choose one Choice Benefit each...
Flights
Qatar Airways offering 30% bonus Avios when transferring in Citi ThankYou points
It's a day with all kinds of new transfer bonuses, with an additional new promotion offering 30% bonus Avios when transferring Citi ThankYou points...
Flights
American Express Membership Rewards offering 20% transfer bonus to AeroMexico
American Express has joined the transfer bonus party today by launching a new promotion giving a 20% bonus when transferring Membership Rewards to Aeromexico....
Flights
Alaska Airlines shopping portal promo: Earn 400 or 1,000 bonus miles when spending $100 or $400
The Alaska Airlines shopping portal has kicked off the month with a new promotion offering up to 1,000 bonus miles. This is one of...
Quick Reads
Frequent Miler Live: Wednesday May 8 at 7pm ET. Ask Us Anything!
Every month, the Frequent Miler team takes your questions live on YouTube. We normally hold Ask Us Anything at 9pm ET on the first...
Quick Deals
Rakuten: $40 referral bonus for referrer, 10% cash back for referree
Update: This post was originally reshared with incorrect info. The $40 bonus is only for the referring side. The person who signs up via the...
Flights
2 Chase transfer bonuses: 30% to Virgin Atlantic & 40% to Marriott Bonvoy
Chase is out with not one but two new transfer bonuses today - one to Virgin Atlantic and one to Marriott Bonvoy.
The Deal
Chase...
Credit Card Bonuses
Cardless launching two new Avianca LifeMiles credit cards; join waitlist for additional miles
Cardless is on a bit of an airline credit card acquisition spree. In addition to the upcoming launch of a couple of new Qatar...
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Value credit card perks not by what you’ll save . . .
I had the chance to eat breakfast in the Delta Sky Club at New York-LaGuardia airport the other day. The lounge is bright and...
Quick Tips
Bilt Rent Day giving 100% back on points redeemed for rent, but don’t do it
Tomorrow is the first day of the month which means it's also Bilt Rent Day. Over the past year or so Bilt has run...
Award Booking
[Update: I made it!] My award alert, flight change, and a risky layover
Update: I got up at 4am this morning and rushed to the Detroit airport. I needed to be there at the start of boarding...
Flights
Delta shopping portal offering 500 bonus SkyMiles when spending $100
The Delta shopping portal has a promotion going on until Friday which is giving 500 bonus SkyMiles when spending $100.
The Deal
Spend $100 through...
Quick Deals
BankAmeriDeals “double cash back” 4/29-5/10
Update 4/30/24: Just a quick reminder that this BankAmeriDeals double cashback promotion is live.
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Bank of America's shopping portal-like BankAmeriDeals are going to be offering...
Podcast
Podcast: Frequent Miler origin story – Greg’s story | Coffee Break Ep09 | 4-30-24
Today's Coffee Break episode was inspired by a recent email we got asking... how did Frequent Miler get started? Since our Coffee Break episodes...
Lodging
Best Western Chase Offer: Get 10% back on $100-$320 spend
There's a new Best Western Chase Offer giving 10% back which is valid on slightly higher spend compared to some past offers.
The Deal
Get...
Lodging
Best Western promo: Earn 2k bonus points per night on up to 50 nights (Book by 5/5/24 for stays through 9/2/24)
Best Western has launched a new promotion and it has the potential to be pretty rewarding if you have plans to stay with them...
Featured Article
Hyatt’s cumulative changes hurt more in retrospect (on Nick’s mind)
When I got into this game, I didn't understand the effusive love for Hyatt. As I traveled more, I came to understand why award...
Credit Cards
Citi Custom Cash Credit Card Review (2024)
The Citi Custom Cash card is Citi’s answer to the traditional 5x rotating-category card (ie, Chase Freedom Flex or Discover It). The card offers...
Award Booking
Hilton Honors Summer Promo: Double points on all stays (starts today)
Hilton Honors has announced its Summer promotion of 2024, which will run between May 2, 2024 and September 2, 2024. Members who register will...
Credit Card Spend
Kroger: Earn 4x Fuel Points On 3rd Party Gift Cards; Fixed-Value Visa & Mastercard Gift Cards
Kroger has returned with more digital coupons offering 4x fuel points on third party gift cards and fixed-value Visa and Mastercard gift cards. This...
Quick Deals
Virgin Voyages: Book a cruise for as few as 45K points per person
If you've had your eye on a Virgin Voyages cruise, you're in luck: Virgin Red is currently offering the opportunity to book several cruises...
Flights
$500 Southwest Gift Cards for $429.99 at Costco.com (14% Off)
Costco.com is again offering $500 Southwest Airlines gift cards for $429.99 for the next few days. This is $20 per card better than the...
Credit Card Bonuses
Barclays Hawaiian Airlines Mastercard: 70k miles after only one purchase
There is another link available for the Hawaiian Airlines Mastercard that offers a welcome bonus of 70,000 miles after only one purchase within the first...
Credit Card Bonuses
Chase Sapphire Preferred and Reserve: Increased 75K offers available
Last week, we posted about in-branch welcome offers that would be available this week for Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP) and Sapphire Reserve (CSR) cards.
Today,...
Elite Status
Delta’s New Choice Benefits for Platinum and Diamond Elites
Delta's Platinum and Diamond elite status levels include "Choice Benefits" in addition to many automatic perks. Platinum elites can choose one Choice Benefit each...
Flights
Qatar Airways offering 30% bonus Avios when transferring in Citi ThankYou points
It's a day with all kinds of new transfer bonuses, with an additional new promotion offering 30% bonus Avios when transferring Citi ThankYou points...
Flights
American Express Membership Rewards offering 20% transfer bonus to AeroMexico
American Express has joined the transfer bonus party today by launching a new promotion giving a 20% bonus when transferring Membership Rewards to Aeromexico....
Flights
Alaska Airlines shopping portal promo: Earn 400 or 1,000 bonus miles when spending $100 or $400
The Alaska Airlines shopping portal has kicked off the month with a new promotion offering up to 1,000 bonus miles. This is one of...
