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Best Brokerage Bonuses for December 2018

December 28, 2018

I like to take a look at where our investement accounts are held each year around this time. Sometimes you can earn a nice…

How did my 2018 Hopes & Fears turn out?

December 27, 2018

My very first post since joining with Sam here on Milenomics was: Points & Miles Hopes And Fears For 2018 What a year it…

Why and How: Generating and Using an Amex Referral

December 20, 2018

Thanks to updates they made in 2018, the Amex referral program is the best in the credit card space. What’s great about them is…

Episode 8 – 5x Categories, Office Supply GCs, Bed Bath deal, Chase/Disney Non-News

December 19, 2018

On today’s show: 0:30 2019 5x/5% Categories Available for Activation Citi Dividend 5% categories announced for 2019. Drugstores in Q2. Can use all $6,000…

Booking Tools: A [Re]Introduction to Airline Route Mapper.

December 19, 2018

Dear Airline Route Mapper, Hello Old Friend. I’ve missed you. I often times think back to those years we spent booking award tickets fondly. …

Ep 6 & 7 – Staying in Chase’s Good Graces, ODOM & Simon Mall GC Sales, CapitalOne 2-to-1

December 14, 2018

Today we’re back with a double episode of the Milenomics² No Annual Fee Edition Podcast. In addition to the following news: 0:30 Office Depot/Office…

Why I Don’t Pay Attention to Fare Sales and Hotel Deals

December 8, 2018

Every day there’s a new airfare sale, hotel deal or hot redemption that comes along. Invariably, when I check whether these sales are leveragable…

Bonus Podcast: 5 Tenets of Milenomics

November 30, 2018

It’s been almost a year since I joined with Sam to reboot Milenomics. It’s been my pleasure working alongside him on the site. The…

Ep 5: Black Friday, Gift Card Reselling, Amazon/Hilton Deals/Re-Glitch

November 29, 2018

Today we’re back!… 0:42 – What does Black Friday (and holiday sales in general) mean for points & miles earning? 4:00 – Gift Card…

This Week in Bank Points: Amex Insider Fares, Disneyland, and Four Seasons

November 25, 2018

I wrote last week how co-mingling and redeeming bank points is the next step after being an Optimizing Transactor. It became clear to me…