“Sam, the funniest thing happened, I was cleaning my car and I found an old unopened $500 VGC. Hilarious, right?” No. Not hilarious. Or maybe you’ve cleaned out a drawer and found a Money Order at the bottom. “Did I ever deposit this? I must have mobile deposited it.” What if you didn’t? Enter, Breakage […]
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Walt Disney World on Points & Miles 2018: Disney Dining
We’re just back from a trip to Walt Disney World during the week Massachusetts schools have off for President’s Day each February. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. I’m going to write this up as a series: Flights Hotel Discounted Park Tickets Disney Dining Let’s get right into it, discussing the […]
Walt Disney World on Points & Miles 2018: Discounted Park Tickets
We’re just back from a trip to Walt Disney World during the week Massachusetts schools have off for President’s Day each February. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. I’m going to write this up as a series: Flights Hotel Discounted Park Tickets Disney Dining Let’s get right into it, discussing the […]
Walt Disney World on Points & Miles 2018: Hotel
We’re just back from a trip to Walt Disney World during the week Massachusetts schools have off for President’s Day each February. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. I’m going to write this up as a series: Flights Hotel Discounted Park Tickets Disney Dining Let’s get right into it, discussing the […]
Walt Disney World on Points & Miles 2018: Flights
We’re just back from a trip to Walt Disney World during the week Massachusetts schools have off for President’s Day each February. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. I’m going to write this up as a series with thoughts hopefully useful to anyone planning a Disney World vacation: Flights Hotel Discounted […]
Immediately Extend the Expiration Date of AA Miles (For Free)
United and American Airlines are the two major U.S. carriers still clinging to archaic mileage expiration policies. 4 years ago I covered a way to stop United miles from expiring. Today we’ll extend those same ideas to American Airlines and keep your AA miles from expiring. Leveraging Airline 24 Hour Cancellation Policies I’m a big fan […]
6 Ways to Take the Edge Off Infrequent Business Travel
If you’re like me, your friends and family think you have a bunch of points & miles from frequent business travel. But if you’re a Milenomic you realize that points & miles are just tools we use for deeply discounted travel. And business travel, even when it’s reimbursed, is one of the most unpleasant […]
Tips/Tricks: Hotels With An Infant
Today’s the second Family Travel Tips/Tricks post here on Milenomics. I’m writing this series for new parents who want to keep traveling with their new Little Ones (LOs). When my wife and I decided to keep traveling with our LO we did as much research as possible, but there’s no way to account for everything. […]
East Coast / West Coast: Travel to Hawaii With Miles (West Coast Edition)
Today we’ll start a new series here on Milenomics. East Coast / West Coast will be an occasional series where Robert and I discuss something related to points and miles from two totally different points of view. The idea for this series builds upon the importance of following and reading local blogs. Today’s post will […]
Brandon Asks: My Spouse Has a Chase Sapphire Reserve, Should I Get One Too?
“Brandon Asks” is a Reader Q&A series where we take real questions from real people and do our best to provide helpful unbiased information on navigating the points & miles space. This question comes from Jim who asks: “I just checked my CC enrollment on CreditKarma, and I’ve *just* cleared 5/24 (my first of five cards […]