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Capital One Shopping and Capital One Offers have another great boosted rate for a travel site today. Klook is today’s deal of the day and, if targeted, you can earn up to 40% cashback or 40X Capital One miles when booking activities. Hotels and car rentals are eligible for boosted rewards of up to 32X as well, so it might be worth making bookings today. The Deal Earn up to 40% cashback/40X miles on Klook purchases from Capital One Shopping and Capital One Offers. Capital One Shopping re

We periodically publish links to interesting tidbits around the web. This week, we have Hilton making it possible for elites to pick a complimentary upgrade during digital check-in, the demise of Lufthansa first class awards, a reddit challenge that sounds like it was made for Frequent Miler, and more. I’ve bought the cheapest flight every two days for two weeks straight This sounds to me like a frequent miler challenge in the making! A redditor challenged themselves to spend two weeks b

As of last Monday, the entire Frequent Miler team is now 40 years old or above. Yes, I finally joined the guys in the over-the-hill club. Symptoms have included lame puns, grumbling about noise levels in public places, and a diligent morning routine of vitamins (even before coffee). Despite these troubling symptoms, I had a wonderful birthday spent doing very 40-year-old activities like camping, stargazing, hiking, and all the things that make me love living in West Virginia. (For those who don&

Capital One 360 is again offering a $300 bonus when you open a new checking account and receive two direct deposits of $500 or more within 75 days of account opening. That’s quite an easy bonus to hit, and at $600 for those playing in two-player mode, it becomes even more attractive. This bonus is available nationwide. The Deal Capital One is offering a $300 bonus when you open a new 360 Checking account with bonus code OFFER300 and receive two direct deposits of $500 or more within 75 d

On today’s episode, we’ll see how the 5x airline card saga continues, Nick will give us more reasons to use the Southwest app, we’ll hear some exciting news about Frontier, and we’ll dive deep into Hyatt’s devaluation. 12 things to know about Hyatt’s devaluation Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform. You can click the timestamps below to navigate directly to a specific part of the episode within YouTube. For a transcript of

When Chase refreshed the Sapphire Reserve® card and launched the Sapphire Reserve for Business℠ card last year, it did away with the previous 1.5 cents per point (cpp) redemptions everywhere via Chase Travel℠ and replaced them with Points Boosts. This feature gives holders of either card the opportunity to redeem Ultimate Rewards points for increased value for select hotel stays and flights. Over time, Chase has whittled away at the value you can get with Points Boost, and boosted values now see

For several months, Rakuten has been offering rewards after you apply through Rakuten’s link and are then approved for the Chase Freedom Unlimited® card. Now, another Chase card is in the mix: the Ink Business Unlimited®. The current rate for Freedom Unlimited is $90 in cashback or up to 9,000 Bilt points for new Chase customers, or $ 50 in cashback or up to 5,000 Bilt points for existing Chase customers. There aren’t any tiers on the Ink Business Unlimited, with a bonus of $100/up t

There’s a new Amex Offer that can save you $250 on stays when you spend at least $1250 at Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, and LXR properties in the US and Latin America. This can be used at two of Hilton’s more sought-after properties in North America: Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal and Zemi Beach House. Zemi Beach House Anguilla…one of the hotels participating in this offer The Deal Spend $1250+ in one or more purchases on room rate and room charges at select Waldorf Astoria, Co

For several months, Rakuten has been offering rewards when applying for and being approved for the Chase Freedom Unlimited® card, as well as two different Bank of America cards. Now, Citibank is getting into the game. At the moment, Rakuten is offering $100 cashback or up to 10,000 Bilt points if you apply and are approved for a Citi Strata Premier℠ credit card. The earning rate of Bilt points depends on whether or not you have Bilt elite status. If you do, it’s converted from cashback at

US Bank has another promotion for new Bank Smartly checking accounts that offers up to a $450 bonus with fairly simple requirements. This deal is available in states within US Bank’s footprint and requires signing up for online banking and making at least two direct deposits within the first 90 days. The total amount of the direct deposits will determine the bonus. To receive the full $450, your direct deposits must total at least $8,000. US Bank runs these promos monthly-ish; previous ver

Alaska’s companion fare has now been almost completely untanked. The airline offers a “famous” companion fare with both the Atmos Ascent and Business credit cards, allowing a companion to travel for $99 plus taxes (totaling ~$121). It’s valid on any North American economy fare class on Hawaiian or Alaska, and the companion earns both status and redeemable points while also receiving elite benefits (just like the fully-paid traveler). Complete Guide to Atmos Rewards Last Fall,

Update 7/3: American Express has announced it will increase the Rakuten card’s annual limit for earning 4x on Rakuten purchases from $7K to $10K per year, starting 7/15/26. While that still will be below what many people might want, a nearly 50% increase isn’t anything to sneeze at. (h/t: DOC) ~~~ Rakuten is a shopping portal that ranks near or at the top for most of us at Frequent Miler (except when we’re getting shut down). It has been around forever, consistently offers comp

Update 7/3/26: Although the publicly available versions have dipped considerably, these increased Southwest welcome offers are still available via referral. The links below go to the increased offers, but if you have someone else in the household who can refer you, it will make the total haul even richer. ~ All three consumer Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards credit cards now offer an increased welcome bonus of 80,000-90,000 Rapid Rewards points after meeting minimum spend of $1k-$3k within the f

Co-branded credit cards, and hotel cards specifically, are often frowned upon as a place to put regular spending, especially compared to bank cards with transferable currencies and sexy bonus categories. That said, hotel cards can be both rewarding and fun in the right circumstances. The reason is that they tend to offer a ton of perks for both holding onto the cards and for spending on them. These usually include some combination of points bonuses, elite status, elite-qualifying nights, and/or

Some Delta business cardholders are eligible for spending offers to encourage them to upgrade their Delta Business Gold and Delta Business Platinum cards. Usually, there is some degree of targeting associated with these sorts of upgrade offers, even though the links are publicly available. However, with the Delta cards, it’s always a wide net. The Deals Upgrade your Delta Business Platinum card to a Delta Business Reserve and receive 60,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $12,000 within th

Regardless of whether you’re in the market for a first-time Costco membership or looking to add another one to expand your 2% Executive Member rebate capacity, Costco is currently offering another Groupon promotion that could be appealing. For the next couple of weeks, you can get a $50 or $100 Costco.com discount coupon with the purchase of a new Gold Star or Executive Membership through Groupon. In addition, many folks are targeted for an Amex Offer that gives you $10 back on a $50+ Grou

“We probably shouldn’t do the Delta Sky Club without her… right?” My wife and I each have multiple Amex Platinum cards, which give us access to Delta Sky Clubs when flying Delta the same day. But my mom doesn’t have one, and we were scheduled to fly with her later that week… and we were going to be at the airport at dinner time. Normally, we’d just pop into the Sky Club for a free meal, but my mom threw a wrench into that plan. What to do? We could pay $

Wyndham refreshed its existing card lineup today, plus they launched a new premium card. The existing cards had increases in their annual fees (although not the no annual fee Earner card), had their earning categories changed, new benefits were added, and some existing benefits enhanced. We mentioned it in the post about the card changes, but we also wanted to highlight in this separate post an important key detail. These changes are in force for new card applicants as of today, but existing car

Wyndham and Barclays have evidently been busy recently because today has brought a whole bunch of changes to the Wyndham credit card lineup. There’s a new premium card, new welcome offers, new benefits, new and changed earning categories, but no changes for existing cardholders. The Offers & Key Card Details Card Offer and Details Wyndham Rewards Earnerⓘ $177 1st Yr Value EstimateClick to learn about first year value estimatesUp to 75K Points Non-AffiliateThis is NOT an affi

Accor is running a sale through the end of the month for its ALL Accor+ Voyager subscription. That drops the price to €143.20 (~$166) for the year which may or may not be worth it to you depending on how much you’ll use the benefits. The Deal Save 20% on an ALL Accor+ Voyager subscription when using promo code ALLACCORPLUS. Direct link to offer. Key Terms Expires June 30, 2026. Quick Thoughts An ALL Accor+ Voyager subscription normally has an annual subscription cost of €179 (~$208).