Greg The Frequent Miler

Preferred Hotels & Resorts is a collection of independent hotels around the world. For point collectors, there are two ways in which it's possible to book many of these hotels with points: book with Choice Privileges points; or book with iPrefer points (iPrefer is Preferred Hotels' own rewards program). In either case, it's sometimes possible to get great value for your points. And, in either case,

I just received an exciting email from SAS. The subject heading is “You're a SAS EuroBonus Millionaire!” You may remember that in our Million Mile

Seven years after they were first introduced, do Delta One Suites hold up? With the addition of mattress padding, I found that...

In October 2024, Citi added Preferred Hotels as a new transfer partner. Those with the Citi Strata card could now transfer Citi ThankYou points at an impressive 1 to 4 ratio to Preferred Hotel’s I Prefer points. That begged the question, what are I Prefer points worth? Please note that at the time of this […]

Since 2022 I've been publishing annual “state of the business” posts detailing how Frequent Miler has been doing in terms of blog readers, podcast listeners, revenue, etc. Now, once again, here's your chance to peek behind the curtain…

At the end of 2024, I found myself one night short of Marriott Bonvoy Titanium status. I needed 75 nights, but only had 74.

Delta has renewed their status match challenge and, as before, it's pretty darn generous. If you have elite status with a competing airline and have plans to fly Delta this year or next, this status match challenge is well worth considering. If you match early in the year and complete the challenge, you could get

My wife and I kicked off the new year with four nights at The Seagate Hotel in Delray Beach, Florida. Even though this hotel isn't part of any major hotel chain, it is bookable with points thanks to it being a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts.

Years ago a friend of mine signed up for an Amex Platinum card and added all of her immediate family members as authorized users. She did this primarily to give them Delta Sky Club access, especially when they fly alone (her kids are adults). The Platinum card made sense at the time because it offered unlimited Sky Club access when flying Delta and Amex charged only $175 per year to add 3 authorized users (and then $175 per person after that). Things have since changed. Amex now charges $195 for

When Virgin Atlantic introduced dynamic award pricing in October 2024 , I assumed that award charts for their own flights had gone away.