
View from the Wing
HotelSlash Now Offers “Prepaid” Hotel Rates You Don’t Actually Prepay — No More Fronting Hundreds Up Front
HotelSlash is rolling out a clever twist on refundable prepaid rates: you lock in the lower “prepaid” price with just a $25 deposit, and they front the rest. You aren’t charged the remaining balance until a few days before the cancellation deadline (with notice), which makes prepaid deals far less...

Paddle Your Own Kanoo
‘Be Like Palm Trees’: The Condescending Advice American Airlines Flight Attendants Hate
Flight delayed by three hours? Be like a palm tree. Not enough catering? Be like a palm tree. Broken oven? Be like a palm tree. Divert to another airport? Be like a palm tree. No hotel for the night? Be like a palm tree. Can’t get hold of the airline?...

Miles For Family
February 2026 Transfer Bonuses
Let’s hope February brings more transfer bonuses than last month. Here are the transfer bonuses so far: NEW: Capital One 30% Transfer Bonus to JAL Through 3:59 a.m. ET March 1, 2026, get 30% transfer bonus from Capital One to Japan Airlines Mileage Bank. Normally, the transfer ratio from Capital...

Eye of the Flyer
Shrinkflation: Review of the Delta Shake Shack Burger – So Much Less Than Old Delta Burger
Introduction: My First Atlantic Crossing on the Norwegian NCL Viva Prima Class Ship Emptying my Delta SkyMiles Accounts to get Value Flying to Lisbon Portugal The Comfort Inn South Bend SBN Airport Review via Delta Stays – How Very Disappointing Checking Bags on Two Separate Delta Tickets (Interlining) – How...

Live and Let’s Fly
Review: St. Regis Bangkok (Outstanding Breakfast)
Like the Grand Hyatt Erawan a few doors down, the St. Regis Bangkok is a very nice, somewhat old-school Bangkok luxury hotel where I enjoyed a one-night stay including an outstanding breakfast buffet. St. Regis Bangkok Review For 40,000 points per night (versus $340), I figured the St. Regis was...

The Gate with Brian Cohen
The Tree That Owns Itself in Athens, Georgia.
Although this city is best known for its Bulldogs college football team, if you find yourself at the corner of Dearing Street and South Finley Street, you will find a strange anomaly at the top of a steep hill with a cobblestone street: the Tree That Owns Itself in Athens...

Frequent Miler
Best US credit cards for expats & international travelers
Since moving to the UK, I’ve had to rejig my wallet a little bit because the best credit cards to use for different purchases in the US aren’t necessarily the best ones to use while overseas. We have a good number of Frequent Miler readers who are either expats or...

View from the Wing
United Airlines Business Card Bonus Is Back — 100,000 Miles + 2,000 Status Points After $5,000 Spend
The United Business Card’s best offer is back: 100,000 bonus miles plus 2,000 PQP after $5,000 in purchases in the first three months. With a $150 annual fee but a $125 United travel credit, two United Club passes, and additional PQP earning on spend,. The headline bonus and the...







