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Partners, Alliances and Why Partner Awards are So Confusing

May 2, 2014

Last week we discussed Spending our Miles, and the basics of what ever award booking cost: Miles and Money. We’re continuing our introduction series here on Milenomics,…

The Best Travel Cash Back Card, And How to Use it

April 24, 2014

Yesterday we talked about the Best Cash Back Card on Earth, and today we’ll follow it up with a post about the Best Travel…

The Best Cash Back Credit Card [You Don’t Hear Enough About]

April 23, 2014

Today I’ll introduce some of you to what I think is the best Cash Back credit card on Earth. “Best on Earth” is a bold…

An Introduction to Spending Miles on Award Flights

April 22, 2014

Last week we introduced some of you to Milenomics, and what makes it different. We also discussed the basics of earning miles for different levels…

Welcome to the Milenomics Universe

April 16, 2014

Once you spend a little time here on Milenomics you’ll soon come to realize we do things a little differently around here. First of…

Balance Miles and Cash Back in the Face of Devaluations

April 8, 2014

Today’s “no-knock” American Airlines/US Airways surprise devaluations have the mile-verse spinning. Once mighty and customer-centric AA has shown its new stripes, and we’re all…

Suntrust Delta Debit Card No Longer Available Online

April 8, 2014

Update: Still Available Via Chat for me, 12:36PM Pacific, 4/9/14. Reader @saianel shared the bad news with me this morning, Gone from the Suntrust…

Rookie Booking–How to Book Award Flights on United.com

April 4, 2014

Note: Today’s post is targeted to #101 level Milenomics. There may be cheaper and easier ways to book some of the flights discussed below…

Travel Tech: Using Republic Wireless Overseas

April 3, 2014

Back in January I wrote a post about staying connected while overseas. Some of the solutions discussed in that post will soon stop working….

Adding American Express Offers to Authorized User Accounts

March 28, 2014

We’ve talked a little bit about American express here on Milenomics before. We’ve called Membership rewards, Shadow Currency, Orphan Saviors and Risky Business. American…