Welcome to Episode 20 of the No Annual Fee Milenomics² Podcast. On Today’s show we discuss: 0:36 Fee-free Mastercard GCs at Staples (link) 3/24-3/30 2019 2:31 8x Fuel Rewards on Happy Cards at Stop & Shop (link) 3/22 – 3/28 2019 3:55 Chase Freedom Unlimited 3x the first year up to $20,000 spend (link) No […]
Episode 19: A Rare Chase Shutdown Reversal, Airport Lounges, 75k Hawaiian Offer, BOS-NYC Ride-Sharing & More
0:37 Chase Hyatt Offer: 2 Free Nights + $50 Statement Credit (link) Unclear whether this is limited to Category 1-7 (30,000 category) -or- 1-8 (40,000 category) Alternate offer of 50,000 points remains available (an eligible for 10,000 point referral) Card is subject to 5/24 1:48 3x Fuel Rewards on VCGs at Stop & Shop/Giant/Martin (link) […]
Episode 18: Southwest Flies to Hawaii (Without Us), AA Rebates Going Away, Avianca Lifemiles Transfer Bonus, What Would Strengthen Bank Points?
We’re back this week with another extended episode where we cover: News: 0:45 Southwest announces flights to Hawaii (link) Flying as soon as March 17th (wow, that’s quick) When I’m wrong I’m wrong, Sam said, “no way Southwest flies to Hawaii This year” Inter-island flights starting in April Cheap fares to kick things off 2:35 […]
Episode 17: Chase Closed All My Accounts, Help!
We’re back with another jam-packed “free” episode this week… 0:40 $600 Citizen’s Bank Checking Bonus (link) Requires recurring/single (?) $2,000 Direct Deposit Expires May 16th, 2019 1:50 [Targeted] $500 Bank of America Banking Bonus (link) $300 Checking/$200 Savings $4,000 in Direct Deposits within 90 Days Probably best to go just for the checking offer (savings […]
Episode 16: “Should I Ever Buy Airline Miles? Ebates Now Partnering with American Express, $750 Wells Fargo Business Credit Card Offer & More”
We’re back with a Jam Packed show this week. New Ebates/MR partnership, Negative changes from AA/Amex, and A new reader question. 0:40 Ebates Membership Rewards partnership (link) Can existing customers convert to MRs? No. Can you spin up a new account? It’s against T&Cs to have 2 accounts, but you can try. Can you refer […]
Episode 15: Juicy Award Search Tool, Revived Ultra-premium Card, Avoiding Close-in Booking Fees and more
On this week’s show we discuss: 0:35 Juicy Miles Award Search Tool (link) Performs award searches across bank point and frequent flyer programs Some glitches, but tons of potential Key concept: Many programs show better availability on their own metal than partners I can’t stop using the service If they add alerts, get the right […]
Episode 13 & 14: A Deep Dive into American Express 5 Card Strategies
We’ve got a special “double episode” of the No Annual Fee version of the Milenomics² Podcast this week. In this episode we do a deep dive into our personal card strategies with Amex. For this exercise: Amex is limiting us to a total of 5 active *credit* cards (personal and business, charge cards don’t count) […]
How I’m About to Double Down on Family Travel –
Ok, I get that writing a blog, and co-hosting not one, but two podcasts is a really bad preface to the following sentence: I’m bad at talking about myself. That said, I would be completely remiss if I didn’t write this post. While I’ve spilled this ‘secret’ on the recent Festivus episode of the Saverocity […]
Episode 12: The Lemoney Saga Continues, $100 Fidelity 2% Card Bonus, Staples $200 Fee Free Cards & Chase Southwest Card Deal/Not a Deal Discussion
We’ve got a jam packed No Annual Fee version of the Milenomics² Podcast this week. 0:36 Lemoney follow-up (link) Post seemed to trigger tracking of community commision for Feb-June 2018 But subsequent PayPal payments are now said to be held up for a week or two What’s with this company? 2:38 $30 off $60 at […]
Episode 11: Bank of America Anti-Churning, Lemoney Gets Juiced, Is the CNB Crystal the Best Premium Card?
We’re back discussing a few bonuses this week along with some terrible news from Bank of America. Along while discussing how and why to combine CNB points across household members we get sidetracked answering the question, “Is the CNB Crystal Infinite the best premium rewards credit card? As we’ve said before, if you live outside […]