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Time Decay & Depreciation of Miles

November 18, 2013

The idea of how miles “work” is often hard for people to comprehend right away.  This learning curve can be quite hard to get…

Beware of Diminishing Returns when Applying for Credit Cards

November 15, 2013

Note: This is not a post for those with excellent credit. With excellent credit your declines are usually because you have too many cards…

The Monetization of Your Credit Score; Or: How Travel is Not Free

November 14, 2013

Today I’d like to address a very common misconception that continues to perpetuate online: The idea that Travel (with Miles) is Free. Travel is…

Extending Milenomics Lessons Into the Real World

November 13, 2013

I’m excited to be home from my trip up to Seattle, Port Angeles, and The Olympic National Forest.  Quick getaways like this are an…

Define Long Term and Short Term for Your Mile Earning/Burning

November 11, 2013

Short Term & Long Term. It seems that a lot of us only approach these two terms when deciding which lot to park in at the…

There’s Been A Robbery–and British Airways is the Thief

November 7, 2013

I’ve foiled robberies before, and wrote about it here on Milenomics.  Today I wasn’t so lucky.  By the time I arrived on scene the…

What is an Earn Ratio? And Why it is Important to Know Yours

November 4, 2013

Between a quick analysis of the United MP changes, and calling out the guilty parties (ourselves included) I happened to mention I’m a dual-earn…

Using Demand Schedules to Target Earnings

November 1, 2013

We’ve been slightly sidetracked by the recent United news that came out early today.  Please focus discussion on that devaluation either on FT or…

A More In-Depth Look at Demand Schedules

October 31, 2013

I’ve talked about Demand schedules for a few months now–introducing them as a part of “The Law of Supply and Demand of Miles.” Today we’ll…

The Rule of 7, and Using it To Find Your Limits

October 26, 2013

In my last post  I talked about how we can remove inefficiencies in our personal Milenomics Mileage Runs.  In doing so we spoke a…

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