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[Now 75,000] Amex Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant 100,000 + Up To 20,000 for Referral Now Available

February 15, 2019

The Amex Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card with a 100,000 point signup bonus is now available for referrals. The $450 annual fee is not waived…

This Week in Bank Points: Amtrak First Class Upgrade Coupons

February 15, 2019

I recently wrote about transferring bank points to Amtrak for 1.5 cents per point+ of value. See: Redeem Bank Points For Amtrak [Up To 1.64…

Dog Catches Car: The AA Etihad Apartment Trick Worked But I Let It Go

February 12, 2019

I was saying a couple of weeks ago how I did some research on booking Etihad Apartments with AA miles and found that I…

Episode 15: Juicy Award Search Tool, Revived Ultra-premium Card, Avoiding Close-in Booking Fees and more

February 11, 2019

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…

Getting a US Bank Altitude Card May Be Easier Than You Think

February 2, 2019

We were debating recently on the podcast what the best all-around travel rewards credit card is these days. The one card to get if…

PSA: Avoid the Extrabux Shopping Portal

February 2, 2019

You may have noticed the Extrabux shopping portal come up in Cashback Monitor listings. In this Extrabux portal review I’m going to describe my…

Episode 13 & 14: A Deep Dive into American Express 5 Card Strategies

February 1, 2019

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…

Bank Points Just Got a Little Harder to Redeem

January 27, 2019

Connexions Loyalty is a company that banks partner with to operate travel rewards redemptions. Programs like Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi ThankYou Points, and City…

How I’m About to Double Down on Family Travel –

January 22, 2019

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…

This Week in Bank Points: Booking El Al Business Class Flights

January 21, 2019

I recently spent some time learning about El Al’s award scheme while helping a family member book roundtrip flights in Business Class. I thought…