Direct Link to Amex Promo Amex is back with a new iteration of their popular Shop Small promo for 2020: Register by 7/26/2020 Spend $10+ by 9/20/2020 Get $5 back Repeat up to 10x When trying to find businesses that qualify for Amex’s Shop Small promo, I typically navigate Amex’s map of qualifying businesses near […]
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Episode 41: Milenomics Second Podcast Preview – Wine Deals
A couple months ago we launched the Milenomics Podcast Network which now includes three shows: Milenomics² Podcast with Sam Simon and Robert Dwyer Milenomics Second Podcast hosted by Garth Grawburg The Manifesto with Gideon The Free-quent Flyer Subscribers gain access to these shows as well as a thriving Slack community, the ability to attend meetups, […]
Episode 40: Summer Travel, AirBnB / VRBO Vacation Rentals
We’re back with a bit of a stretch for our ‘short cut’ topic. Robert and I sat down to have a quick chat about our upcoming summer travel plans, both of which revolve around vacation rentals. Along the way, as we tend to do, we took a bit of a deep dive into price variances […]
Episode 39: Emirates Fuel Surcharges/Instagram Live
Update: Here’s link to the Instagram Live video Last week Emirates greatly reduced taxes + fees on awards on their metal using their Skywards miles. That’s great for those who want to fly Emirates metal, especially since we can transfer bank points to Skywards 1:1 across so many programs. But the place a lot of […]
Now Live: Chase Sapphire Pay Yourself Back
Late last week Chase announced enhancements to their Sapphire credit cards including a new featured called Pay Yourself Back. Pay Yourself Back is a “purchase eraser.” You make a purchase on your Sapphire card, then you redeem Ultimate Rewards against that purchase for a statement credit. It wouldn’t be that interested on its own, because […]
Introducing, The Manifesto With the Free-quent Flyer [New Podcast]
A quick programming note here–we’ve expanded our offerings for our Milenomics Podcast Network Patrons to include a third show. Today we’re extremely proud to announce: The Manifesto, hosted by Gideon the Free-quent Flyer. The Manifesto is FQF’s take on points, miles and everything else. He’s got a little more about it over on his site, […]
Milenomics Expands — Introducing the Milenomics Podcast Network
We’re expanding again here at Milenomics. From Blog to Podcast–and now Podcast Network. We’re going to be delivering more great content to our Patreon subscribers by helping produce upstart podcasts, and pushing them out to our Patreon subscribers’ ears. Today the Milenomics Podcast Network launches with our second show, titled, the Milenomics Second Podcast (MSP […]
Episode 38: Maximizing Amex 20,000 Point Referrals
We’ve been seeing [targeted] heightened 20,000 Membership Reward “Blue Star” referrals come and go on Amex Business Platinum and Personal Gold cards. Right now they seem to be “in season” with a high percentage of these cards showing heightened referral bonuses. Update: Others are reporting seeing this one Personal Platinum and Business Gold as well. […]
Special Episode 37: 1-Star Reviews of 4-Star Hotel
This episode was originally released last July 4th for our Patreon members. We’re releasing it here for all readers and listeners of the Podcast. Maybe you’ll find it a nice 38 minute distraction from everything going on right now. Original Show notes are as follows: Today we’re taking a break from the regular show format […]
Episode 36: Is Credit Monitoring Still Important?
Welcome to another episode of Short Cuts on our No Annual Fee Podcast. I recently applied for a Home Equity Line of Credit and noticed that my FICO score was a bit lower than I expected. It got me wondering whether it is still important to monitor my credit report and check my credit score, […]