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PSA: Use Your Citi Preferred Card To Avoid Resetting 24 Month ThankYou Signup Bonus Clock

April 2, 2019

If you’ve got a Citi Preferred card that you haven’t used in a while, you might want to put some charges on it to…

Denied Google Fi Travel Gift Cards? There’s Hope

March 25, 2019

Last November, Google ran a crazy promo for their Fi wireless service. If you bought a phone from them and met some other…

Episode 20: “Fee Free MCGC, 8X Fuel Rewards on Happy Cards, Higher CC Offers & More”

March 23, 2019

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…

Episode 19: A Rare Chase Shutdown Reversal, Airport Lounges, 75k Hawaiian Offer, BOS-NYC Ride-Sharing & More

March 15, 2019

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…

Episode 18: Southwest Flies to Hawaii (Without Us), AA Rebates Going Away, Avianca Lifemiles Transfer Bonus, What Would Strengthen Bank Points?

March 9, 2019

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…

Bizarro Bonvoyed: How Marriott Award Availability Works In Practice

March 8, 2019

There’s been a lot of chatter about Marriott’s Bonvoy program lately. Specifically about whether they play games with award availability and what their “no…

Bonvoyed: Extra Person Fee

March 4, 2019

As we were discussing on Episode 17 of the Podcast – we had one last chance to book Marriott properties for 60,000 points/nt before…

Episode 17: Chase Closed All My Accounts, Help!

March 2, 2019

Update (3/15): We update the story in this podcast about a Chase Shutdown in Episode 19. Including how the listener was able to convince…

Episode 16: “Should I Ever Buy Airline Miles? Ebates Now Partnering with American Express, $750 Wells Fargo Business Credit Card Offer & More”

February 20, 2019

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…

Unlocking Award Availability with Bank Point Transfers to International Frequent Flyer Programs

February 19, 2019

Most people realize that you can use US frequent flyer miles (United, American, Delta) for award travel on Star Alliance, OneWorld, and SkyTeam partners….