Just a short post to bookend 2013. This year has seen so much change in my life–some bad, some good. The great part about ending a year is you can leave the bad behind, and take the good with you. I wanted to take a moment to offer thanks to all of you all. For […]
Using Priceline to Save Money on Hotels
I’m late in looking for a hotel for my upcoming trip to Orlando, so I thought I’d share some of my searches with you, and in doing so give you some Priceline tips/tricks. The Basics of Priceline The basics of Priceline (PL) have been around so long we’re all familiar with them; you “bid” for […]
Airline 24 Hour Cancellation Policies, Tips and Tricks
I’m sure a lot of you know what I’m going to share with you today–but for those who don’t today’s post is going to be very important. We’ll be talking about the different airline’s 24 hour cancellation/hold policies. I haven’t written about it before, so for completeness I wanted to put together this post. The DOT Rule […]
Mileage Conservation with Milenomics–Redux Edition
Today’s post is written for #201 and above Milenomics because it discusses International Travel. The last two posts have led up to today–first we looked at where United will fit into our plans for 2014. Next we looked at our 2014 Domestic travel, and we discussed a few new Low Level Hedges as part of […]
Planning Domestic Travel With Miles in 2014
Yesterday I asked you to thoughtfully consider where United miles fit into your 2014 travel plans. The end of the year is a natural starting point for planning out travel next year. A Confession: I’ve been remiss in keeping my Demand schedule updated–and so I’ll be borrowing a page from my friend Robert at www.awardbookingservice.com/blog and […]
Making the Most of United Miles in 2014
Today’s post is the first in a series–where we will set the stage for our mile usage in 2014. The end of the year is a great time to take inventory of all parts of our lines, miles included. Today we’ll focus primarily on United Mileage Plus miles. Proving a Point: Devaluations and Decay A […]
Booking: Costa Rica and Hawaii with UA and BA miles (2.4 CPM)
Sam here: I want to thank my special guest blogger S. Claus, who stopped by the last two days to leave us with his 2013 lists of Naughty and Nice in the world of Miles. Because Kris K. took the load off of me for writing the blog, I was able to really focus on booking […]
Top 10 Nice List — 2013 Milenomics Edition
Today’s post is the second Guest written by Santa Claus himself. He’s made his list, and checked it twice. Let’s find out who’s been Nice. Yesterday I stopped by to share my Naughty list. Today I’m here to offer up my Nice List. Before I do I want to take a moment and remind all […]
Guest Blogger Post: Milenomics’ Naughty List of 2013
Note: Today’s post is guest blogged by none other than the big man himself. Sam’s away, and I have the day off (the Elves are working on overhauling the sleigh) so I graciously offered to take time off of my Holiday Schedule to guest write these next two posts. The Original Frequent Flyer I’ll take […]
Making the Most of Your Cash While Traveling
Note: This is a post targeted mostly at #301 Milenomics, but value can be found by others in it as well. I had originally planned to add this post as a section in the post, “The Rule of 7 and Using it to Find Your Limits.” However I decided to spin this off into its […]