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Earn miles without flying. Frequent Miler is all about getting the most out of the loyalty game. You can easily earn hundreds of thousands of points and miles without traveling, then learn how to use those points towards luxury travel. In this podcast, Frequent Miler founder Greg, and senior author Nick debate current topics in the points & miles world.

  1. 1d ago

    Alaska Atmos: Choose how you earn | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep378 | 10-9-26

    This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler In today's episode, we'll speculate about Hyatt credit card changes, reveal 9 Secret Chase Sapphire Reserve® Exclusive Tables restaurants, and dig into Alaska Atmos Rewards: Which is better, earning by distance, price, or segments? Wild Card Update(02:15) - Congratulations to Tim! Check out the recap videos here Giant Mailbag(03:35) - Correcting mistakes from last week's podcast episode See last week's podcast episode about IHG's new card lineup here (07:47) - Speculation about Chase Bonvoyed: Wyndham(13:54) - New Award buckets live as of 9/15 and Wyndham Rewards RRV drops 15% Learn more about this here This Week in Points(23:17) - AA economy award sale to Sydney from 25K points (24:21) - Chase Air Canada Aeroplan® Credit Card (26:22) - United free checked bags on award tickets Read more about free checked bags (28:55) - 9 Secret Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Table restaurants Find the dining credit map here Personal Points(34:21) - US Bank travel center for the save (37:13) - Messed up re: United status match Learn more about my quest for Flying Blue Platinum status: https://frequentmiler.com/my-quest-for-flying-blue-platinum-status/ Main Event: Alaska Atmos: Choose how you earn(44:50) - Atmos Rewards: Choose how you earn (47:50) - Rewards by price paid (the most complicated option) (49:52) - Partner earn rates (other than AA) (55:12) - Elite status considerations (57:20) - Examples (1:12:20) - Overall Conclusion Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

    Alaska Atmos: Choose how you earn | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep378 | 10-9-26

  2. 2d ago

    Wild Card Challenge final scoring and winner announced! | Special Feature Episode | 10-7-26

    This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler The Wild Card challenge has officially wrapped, with the final scores and official winner announced in our live YouTube broadcast on October 7th, 2026. Review the scoring and listen to the live broadcast here. As a reminder, for this challenge, our contestants picked from different wild card decks to set the parameters of their trips. First, they selected travel destinations, then hotel, airline, and transferable points cards, which provided their points and miles budgets. And finally, they selected power-ups and obstacles to make their travels a little more realistic to the challenges our readers and listeners face, and make things a little more interesting! Finally, they had to meet together in Melbourne, Australia, a destination that was revealed as a complete surprise in our card draw livestream. Total scores after Destinations 1 & 2As a quick reminder, here were the scores each of the contestants earned after the first two destinations: GregDestination 1 = 102Destination 2 = 106Total score = 208NickDestination 1 = 105Destination 2 = 115Total score = 220TimDestination 1 = 107Destination 2 = 123Total score = 230 Destination 3 scoringDuring the livestream on Wednesday night, we judges awarded the scores for their third and final destination: Melbourne, Australia. Here's a breakdown of what each of them earned: GregFlights Wallet-friendliness – 8Ingenuity – 9Luxury – 6Duplicability – 10 Accommodation Wallet-friendliness – 6Ingenuity – 6Luxury – 9Duplicability – 10 Activities Wallet-friendliness – 7Ingenuity – 10Luxury – 10Duplicability – 10 Mini challenge description Many of our readers use miles and points for their honeymoons. Pick an activity you could imagine including in a honeymoon trip. – 10 Additional bonus points We were impressed with Greg's gameplay whereby he paid for his hotels using airline miles and paid for nearly all his flights using hotel points - 10 Total points for Destination 3 – 121 Total points for Destinations 1 & 2 – 208 Total points for the entire trip – 329 NickFlights Wallet-friendliness – 7Ingenuity – 8Luxury – 7Duplicability – 10 Accommodation Wallet-friendliness – 7Ingenuity – 8Luxury – 8Duplicability – 10 Activities Wallet-friendliness – 10Ingenuity – 9Luxury – 9Duplicability – 10 Mini challenge description Many of our readers travel with picky eaters. Order a dish you think is locally authentic, but wouldn't scare off a picky eater. – 10 Additional bonus points Nick was a real trooper considering he had to fly across the Atlantic three times despite not having to actually visit Europe as part of the challenge, as well as for managing to fit in so many activities despite the lack of sleep - 10 Total points for Destination 3 – 123 Total points for Destinations 1 & 2 – 220 Total points for the entire trip – 343 TimFlights Wallet-friendliness – 10Ingenuity – 10Luxury – 10Duplicability – 10 Accommodation Wallet-friendliness – 9Ingenuity – 9Luxury – 10Duplicability – 10 Activities Wallet-friendliness – 8Ingenuity – 10Luxury – 9Duplicability – 10 Mini challenge description Many of our readers travel with young children. In this destination, find an activity that would be infant-friendly, but not a snooze fest for Mom and Dad. – 0 Additional bonus points Tim had arguably the best set of cards that were picked for the challenge, but what he did with them far exceeded what we imagine many people thought he'd be able to do with them - 10 Total points for Destination 3 – 125 Total points for Destinations 1 & 2 – 230 Total points for the entire trip – 355 Rewatch the livestream below(01:15) - Recap of Greg's previous score (01:40) - How did Greg get home? (04:08) - Greg's final score (07:49) - Team rebuttal for Greg's score (11:28) - Recap of Nick's previous score (12:18) - How did Nick get home? (15:03) - Nick's final score (20:09) - Team rebuttal for Nick's score (24:11) - How did Tim get home? (27:46) - Recap of Tim's previous score (28:03) - Tim's final score (35:19) - Did anyone wish they'd made use of the option to fully redraw cards? (39:47) - At any point in this challenge were you truly dead tired? (46:33) - What surprised you most about your activities or destinations? Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “swappin’ back n’ forth” by up @ night Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

    Wild Card Challenge final scoring and winner announced! | Special Feature Episode | 10-7-26

  3. 3d ago

    Bilt goes 4:3 to Hyatt. Now what? | Coffee Break Ep124 | 10-7-26

    This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Just like we've seen with most of Chase cards, Bilt has announced it will be moving to a 4:3 transfer rate with Hyatt starting in January. So, what's the best way to get Hyatt points now? Learn more about this here (01:12) - Option 1: Earn Bilt 3x (or more) (05:05) - Option 2: Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card (09:08) - Option 3: Hyatt card (11:04) - Read about Hyatt Milestone spending here (14:18) - Will Bilt do transfer bonuses? (16:16) - Is it worth pursuing Hyatt points post deval? (19:50) - Which approach will we take? Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

    Bilt goes 4:3 to Hyatt. Now what? | Coffee Break Ep124 | 10-7-26

  4. 5d ago

    Estate planning for miles and points? | Question of the Week Ep17 | 10-5-26

    This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler What should you keep in mind when Estate planning for miles and points? Reader John wrote in with this question, asking: I’m working through estate planning right now and one thing keeps bothering me: what happens to a meaningful stash of points and miles when you die?Have you ever thought through your own points-and-miles estate planning? What would you do if your heirs weren’t hobbyists? Transfer where possible, redeem in advance, leave detailed instructions, designate one knowledgeable person to handle it, something else?I’d be interested in how you would approach it.See our post about this here. (01:11) - If you are planning for an imminent situation: (01:25) - Combine points where possible (05:06) - Cash out points (05:44) - Planning an "in case" scenario (08:43) - Take things slowly Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

    Estate planning for miles and points? | Question of the Week Ep17 | 10-5-26

  5. Oct 2

    IHG's new card lineup: more premium, more coupons, milestones unlocked | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep377 | 10-2-26

    This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler On today's episode, we'll talk about the interesting new business cards from US Bank, discuss how Choice now gives you the choice to share points, how Bank of America points are soon to be transferable, and complete details of IHG's new credit card lineup. This Week in Points(02:02) - Alaska News Learn more about the Atmos debit card here (10:43) - Chase card updates (14:04) - Rove transfer bonuses (18:41) - Choice point sharing now live (20:45) - Hyatt promo: Earn 3K bonus points for every 3 nights you stay (Max 36K points) Learn more about this promo here (21:06) - Wow: A new 5% office supply store card from U.S. Bank hits the market (27:16) - Amtrak added as a Bilt transfer partner; transfer ratio is 2:1 Read about Amtrak being added here (29:01) - Bilt adds upgrade/downgrade terms and conditions Read about Bilt's upgrade/downgrade terms here Personal Points(29:52) - Greg: Capital One is back, AA Globe is gone Main Event: IHG's new card lineup: more premium, more coupons, milestones unlocked(32:26) - Read more about the new IHG One Rewards Premier Select credit card here And read about the changes to the rest of the IHG cards here: https://frequentmiler.com/all-the-existing-ihg-credit-cards-have-been-refreshed-here-are-the-changes/ (33:00) - IHG One Rewards Traveler Card (35:42) - IHG Milestone Rewards (39::36) - IHG One Rewards Premier World Elite Mastercard (46:49) - IHG One Rewards Business World Mastercard (51:35) - New Premier Select Credit Card Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

    IHG's new card lineup: more premium, more coupons, milestones unlocked | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep377 | 10-2-26

  6. Oct 1

    Wild Card challenge destination 3 check-in | Special Feature Episode | 9-31-26

    This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler In our third check-in of the Wild Card Challenge, our contestant's were in their final destination, nearly done with their travels. However, judges and viewers were not quite ready to score everything we were catching up on. In this check-in, we scored the second destination's activities and caught up with what our travelers had done since then, in preparation to finish scoring and announce a winner soon! (01:15) - Who is Annie? (05:35) - A quick recap of where the scoring left off (07:47) - Nick recaps his destination 2 (09:29) - Greg recaps his destination 2 (11:41) - Tim recaps his destination 2 (18:28) - Nick's scores for destination 2 (20:53) - Greg's scores for destination 2 (24:00) - Tim's scores for destination 2 (26:43) - Invitation for feedback Comment with your thoughts on how the scores could or should be adjusted here: https://frequentmiler.com/wild-card-challenge-the-scores-so-far-a-final-opportunity-to-influence-the-scoring/ (27:40) - Nick shares what he's been up to since destination 2 (35:34) - Greg shares what he's been up to since destination 2 (49:15) - Tim shares what he's been up to since destination 2 You can read more about Tim's award booking here: https://frequentmiler.com/costa-rica-to-korea-and-australia-on-one-business-class-award-tims-wild-card-challenge-journal/ (01:08:49) - Our favorite elements of each traveler's trip Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

    Wild Card challenge destination 3 check-in | Special Feature Episode | 9-31-26

  7. Sep 28

    Wild Card Challenge Destination 2 Check-in | Special Feature Episode | 9-28-26

    This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler While Greg and Nick, along with Tim, are traveling for the ongoing Wild Card Challenge, our podcasts will feature each of 3 live check-ins occurring throughout the challenge. On Saturday, we caught up with our Wild Card Challenge travelers for our second live check-in to discuss everyone's second destinations, (even though not everyone was still in their second destinations!) We started out by making some scoring adjustments based on your suggestions, so give the full video a look for some fun discussion around score adjustments! What is the Wild Card challenge? For this challenge, our contestants have picked from wild card decks to set the parameters of their trips. First, they selected travel destinations, then hotel, airline, and transferable points cards, which provide their points and miles budgets. And finally, they selected power-ups and obstacles to make their travels a little more realistic to the challenges our readers and listeners face, and make things a little more interesting! Learn more about the ongoing challenge here. (00:33) - Quick check-in on where everyone is (03:55) - Review of previously assigned scores at the Destination 1 live check-in (05:15) - We reveal our score adjustments, based on our feedback (19:02) - Greg destination 2 summary (26:52) - Nick destination 2 summary (39:58) - Tim destination 2 summary Tune in Wednesday, September 30th at 9AM (yes, that's AM) Eastern Time for our final live check-in in the third Wild Card destination! Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

    Wild Card Challenge Destination 2 Check-in | Special Feature Episode | 9-28-26

  8. Sep 25

    Wild Card Challenge Destination 1 Check-In | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep376 | 9-25-26

    This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Greg and Nick, along with Tim, are busy flying around the world for the Wild Card Challenge, which is going on now! That means they didn't have time to film our usual podcast episode. Not to mention, we want to make sure everyone gets the chance to hear an update for the first destination of the Wild Card Challenge, even if you missed the live stream last evening. In this episode, relisten to the Destination 1 travel summaries and scoring. (01:17) - Greg summarizes his Wild Card Challenge Destination 1 (08:22) - Nick summarizes his Wild Card Challenge Destination 1 (15:21) - Tim summarizes his Wild Card Challenge Destination 1 (26:56) - Greg's scores (34:10) - Greg offers a rebuttal for his scoring (35:43) - Nick's scores (46:41) - Nick offers a rebuttal for his scoring (49:00) - Tim's scores (54:57) - Tim offers a rebuttal for his scoring Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

    Wild Card Challenge Destination 1 Check-In | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep376 | 9-25-26
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Earn miles without flying. Frequent Miler is all about getting the most out of the loyalty game. You can easily earn hundreds of thousands of points and miles without traveling, then learn how to use those points towards luxury travel. In this podcast, Frequent Miler founder Greg, and senior author Nick debate current topics in the points & miles world.

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    Frequent Miler
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    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
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