Hilton has returned with a new sale offering members a 100% bonus when purchasing Hilton Honors points. That means you can buy Hilton Honors points for 0.5cpp with this sale. Note that the 100% bonus is sometimes targeted, so it’s possible that you’ll see a slightly different offer (let us know in the comments if […] The post Buy Hilton Points For 0.5 Cents Each appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other ...| Frequent Miler
One way to get great value from transferable points programs is by taking advantage of point transfer bonuses. Find them all here.| Frequent Miler
Points Path is a browser plug-in that automatically integrates with Google Flights. When you run a Google Flights search, Points Path automatically inserts point prices into the results next to cash rates and shows you whether it thinks you’d be better off paying with points or cash. Update: Good news for Apple users. Since this […]| Frequent Miler
When Roame debuted it was amazing. While point.me was the first tool to offer user friendly flight award searches across many airline loyalty programs, Roame was the first to do it so that results came back quickly. Soon after its debut, though, tools like PointsYeah and AwardTool eclipsed Roame with better features (such as email […]| Frequent Miler
NOTICE: This post references card features that have changed, expired, or are not currently available This post has been updated with new information and new sections. If you’ve read this post before, I recommend jumping to: Far from perfect, What’s new, and Enhancements coming soon. Otherwise, please read on from the beginning… Juicy Miles is […]| Frequent Miler
NOTICE: This post references card features that have changed, expired, or are not currently available Bilt Rewards points are transferable to many airline and hotel partners. Below you’ll find a complete list of Bilt transfer partners as well as quick tips for best uses. Tips Don’t transfer yet: Don’t transfer until high value awards are […]| Frequent Miler
Amex Membership Rewards points can be transferred to many transfer partners. The best partners make it possible to get outsized value from| Frequent Miler
Today, Rakuten is offering 10 to 15 points per dollar (or 10% to 15% cash back) when shopping at lululemon. If you have an American Express Platinum Card®, which offers up to $75 quarterly at lululemon, this is a great time to buy! I believe the earn rate (10x or 15x) depends on whether Rakuten […] The post lululemon: Earn 10x to 15x by shopping through Rakuten (today only 10/8/25) appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capit...| Frequent Miler
The Southwest Companion pass has undoubtedly long been the most valuable companion ticket benefit of any airline program, and it continues to be so in 2025. The key value lies in the fact that this benefit is repeatable an unlimited number of times and it is not subject to the availability of any special fare […] The post Southwest Companion Pass Complete Guide 2025 appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other ...| Frequent Miler
Citi is out with an online public 100K offer for the Strata Elite card. Previously, to get a 100K offer, it was necessary to go in-branch or to request an application from a Citi banker. The only downside is that the new offer requires $2,000 more spend in the first 3 months: $6,000 instead of […] The post Citi Strata Elite 100K offer now public online appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other partners.| Frequent Miler
One of the many great things about Europe is the prevalence of free walking tours. Somehow, I hadn’t actually taken one until today. My “Free Sophia Tour” guide, Stefan, was born and raised in Sofia (and was baptized in the church that gives Sofia its name). He was a wealth of knowledge about the city, […] The post Let’s get local: Free walking tour, Bulgarian fast food, and one last shot at glory (Nick’s 100K Vacay journal) appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may rec...| Frequent Miler
Last week, Greg completed his benchmark trip using 100K Chase Ultimate Rewards points for an incredible vacation in Malta. Shortly after he returned, Tim, Nick and Stephen set out to try and out-shine his trip using 100K of the transferable points they chose to compete with. Unfortunately Tim’s trip came to an early end due […] The post 100K Vacay midstream check-in and scoring | | Coffee Break Ep73 | 10-7-25 | Podcast appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensat...| Frequent Miler
The beer theme of my trip continued in earnest today, learning about the Czech Republic’s massive influence of brewing worldwide as the home to Pilsner, then having an hour-long beer bath. Want to know more about the 2025 Frequent Miler team challenge? See our announcement post here and accompanying podcast episode here. Update 10/7/25 – […] The post Hopping into a beer spa & more (Stephen’s 100K Vacay journal) appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation ...| Frequent Miler
The 100K Vacay team challenge wraps up on Wednesday, and we’re doing something a little different with our final YouTube livestream. The livestream will be a live recording of our Frequent Miler on the Air podcast. That means that it will be conducted, to some extent, like our usual weekly podcasts (with a Giant Mailbag […] The post Live podcast recording Wed 9PM ET: Great travel tips revealed and a 100K Vacay winner is crowned appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive ...| Frequent Miler
On episode 323 of our Frequent Miler on the Air podcast, Nick and I described all of our favorite travel gear. Now, with Amazon Prime Day upon us (October 7-8), I was curious to see if any of the gear we love is on sale. And, a lot of it is! Below, you’ll see “(Sale)” […] The post Our favorite travel gear… on sale for Prime Day appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other partners.| Frequent Miler
Bilt Rewards has added a new 1-to-1 transfer partner: Etihad Guest. Now you can transfer 1-to-1 to Etihad from Bilt, Amex, Citi, and Capital One. It’s always good to see new transfer options, but use caution when considering transfers to Etihad. Etihad points can be valuable for short-distance economy partner awards (e.g. fly JetBlue or […] The post Bilt adds Etihad as new transfer partner appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Expre...| Frequent Miler
I love the Rakuten shopping portal because it regularly offers great deals (in fact, as I write this, they’re offering 10%/10x at many merchants via their “Big Stack” event), great signup bonuses (currently they’re offering 5K points or $50), and, best of all, they allow you to earn rewards as cash back or Amex Membership […] The post Rakuten to offer Bilt Rewards points? appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital ...| Frequent Miler
Capital One “Miles” have become a premier transferable currency system over the past several years. In addition to having the ability to cover travel charges with points, Capital One Miles can also be transferred to a range of airline and hotel partners, creating the possibility for high-value redemptions. Capital One is also among the easiest […] The post Capital One Miles Complete Guide appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Expr...| Frequent Miler
Amazon is back with a new pay-with-points promotion, whereby targeted members can save when using American Express Membership Rewards points to make a purchase. This time, you need to redeem at least $5 worth of Amex points (714 points). We have sometimes seen varying targeted deals on offer, so it’s worth checking to see whether […] The post Amazon: Save 40% when redeeming at least 714 Membership Rewards points (Targeted) appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compe...| Frequent Miler
Through October 31, 2025, you’ll get a 15% bonus when converting Marriott points to Aeroplan. Points usually convert 3 to 1, or 60,000 to 25,000 (20,000 + 5K bonus). With this bonus, the transfer ratio will be 3 to 1.15 or 60,000 to 28,000. The Deal From October 1 to 31, 2025, convert your Marriott […] The post 15% transfer bonus from Marriott Bonvoy to Air Canada Aeroplan appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, ...| Frequent Miler
After many years of advertising that bags fly free, Southwest has killed off its free bag policy. Now you need elite status or a Southwest credit card to get free checked bags… Or, do you? As I learned from this maxmilespoints video, you can still get two free checked bags if you book your flights […] The post You can still fly Southwest with 2 free checked bags appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other pa...| Frequent Miler
About a year ago, Alaska Airlines made huge changes to the mileage earning rate for partner flights. If you booked premium cabin partner flights through Alaska’s website, you’d earn a lot of miles, but if you booked through any other means, you would earn far fewer miles. Now, Alaska has announced that they’ll be changing […] The post Alaska Atmos to improve earn rates on premium cabin partner bookings appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHAS...| Frequent Miler
Frontier Airlines is offering a great deal on a fast track to elite status. Whether this is a great deal for you will depend on how well Frontier serves your local airport, but in some cases, I imagine that this could be a very good deal for those who either already have a Frontier Mastercard or […] The post Frontier Platinum Status fast track: Pay $99, earn 12.5K elite points, get status through 2026 appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. Ame...| Frequent Miler
Staples is offering 100% back in points for any luggage purchase, up to $250 back. This stacks nicely with the Rakuten shopping portal, which is currently offering 10x for Staples purchases (and you can get an extra 5K Membership Rewards points by signing up with a friend referral — details here). And, of course, if […] The post Staples offering 100% back in points for any luggage purchase appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Expre...| Frequent Miler
Staples is again offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee from Sunday, 10/5/25 through Saturday, 10/11/25. Note that there a limit of nine per customer per day is listed, but some may be able to purchase more at their local store. The Deal Staples will again be offering fee-free Mastercard gift cards from […] The post More easy rewards: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American E...| Frequent Miler
The 100K Vacay travels started last week with Greg’s benchmark trip on September 25th. Shortly after his return on October 1st, our competitors started their own trips, attempting to beat the benchmark set by Greg. We’ll be leaning on all of you for a piece of the judging process, so pay attention! In this post, […]| Frequent Miler
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Gondola is a free tool designed to make it easy to find hotels that offer the best value for your points or for cash. In the short time I’ve spent with it, it has already become my go-to tool for hotel trip-planning. I love that it not only shows cents per point for each hotel […]| Frequent Miler
When I first wrote about Seats.Aero (see: Seats.aero: a wonderfully nerdy tool for finding Unicorn flight awards), it was one of a kind. Unlike other award search tools, Seats.Aero does most of its work in-advance and then makes it fast and easy to find awards that would have been near impossible to find otherwise. For […]| Frequent Miler
Rove Miles debuted earlier this year and bills itself as the first universal airline mile. While that specific claim seems a bit boisterous considering the plethora of transferable points currencies on the market, this is nonetheless a platform that can be worth using, particularly for booking paid hotel stays or for its shopping portal given […]| Frequent Miler
Hilton has released a ton of standard award availability at the Waldorf Astoria New York City for the first half of 2026.| Frequent Miler
Here's a list of all the deals that are ending this coming week from credit card bonuses to spending deals to hotel & airline offers & more.| Frequent Miler
We recently spent a night at AutoCamp Catskills using a Hilton Free Night Certificate. AutoCamp is a chain of parks offering mostly Airstream campers that are scattered in scenic locations around the country. We booked this stay using a soon-to-expire Hilton Free Night Certificate mostly to get a chance to test out the concept to […]| Frequent Miler
Flying Blue is once again offering Promo Rewards for travel between Europe and select cities in North America from 18,750 miles one way.| Frequent Miler
Alaska Airlines has added the ability to redeem Mileage Plan miles for flights booked with Porter Airlines.| Frequent Miler
I don’t know for sure whether America truly runs on Dunkin’, but on Monday, I can say with certainty that I will be (mileage) running on Dunkin’. When my alarm goes off around 2:15am on Monday morning, I will surely need that first cup of coffee quickly as I jump out of bed and head […]| Frequent Miler
Amex airline fee reimbursements are in many cases surprisingly easy to use since there are many things that work that you may not . . .| Frequent Miler
The Frequent Miler team is preparing for our next challenge! This year we’ll compete to see who can book the most amazing 100,000 point vacation. This challenge is a nod back in time to our first ever team challenge — 40K to Far Away. That was a one-way challenge where we competed to see who […]| Frequent Miler
I’m probably not going to go after JetBlue’s incredible 25 for 25 promotion. But as someone on the East Coast with the ability to travel as a family for the month of August, I am really, really, really tempted. I know that Greg took a crack at considering this promotion in his post yesterday, but, frankly, I […]| Frequent Miler
As the old saying goes, I need another ultra-premium credit card like I need a hole in the head. Having recently taken stock of our household ultra-premium credit cards and the cumulative weightiness of their annual fees, I have been working on trimming the fat. However, I recently realized that in doing so I made […]| Frequent Miler
It’s possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business class to Europe for as few as 34,000 miles, or fly business class to South Africa for 75,000 miles. It’s easy to dream about enjoying flights like these, but it’s often very difficult to find award availability. That’s where tools can help. […]| Frequent Miler
PointsYeah is one of my favorite award search tools. It’s fast and user friendly. It offers both flight and hotel searches, and alerts, across a wide selection of loyalty programs. And it does all of this for free. The paid version adds wider date ranges, multiple airports, and more alerts. Since this post was last […]| Frequent Miler
Around 2019, a new award search tool called Juicy Miles was introduced. It was amazing because it was the first ever user-friendly tool that let users search for award flights across multiple loyalty programs in the same way they were used to searching for paid flights. Juicy Miles eventually was rebuilt as point.me. It was […]| Frequent Miler
JetBlue and Dunkin' have teamed up to offer status in each other's programs by flying an eligible route from 5/19/25-9/1/25.| Frequent Miler
For those with hotel points and free night certificates across multiple hotel programs, finding the best places to use your points and free nights can be a pain. It can be especially hard when your heart is set on a booking a popular hotel or resort which is rarely available for award stays. Luckily there […]| Frequent Miler
Stephen and his wife spent three nights at Villa Copenhagen in Denmark, booked using Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts - here's his review.| Frequent Miler
Overview Reasonable Redemption Values (RRVs) are estimates of how much value you can reasonably expect to get from your points. With almost all points programs, it’s possible to get very little value or, sometimes, huge value from your points. RRVs are intended to be mid-point values that are reasonably easy to achieve with just a […]| Frequent Miler
Looking for the best ways to get to Asia using miles? This post outlines the best options using transfer partners of major bank currencies.| Frequent Miler
Seats.aero is a fantastic expert tool designed to make it easy to find award flights across many programs.| Frequent Miler
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