milenomics.com – Page 60 – Learn, Use, Repeat. A detailed trip into the world of Points, Miles, and Travel. How to earn more Miles and how to use those miles more effectively

Chase Freedom vs. Chase Sapphire Preferred

September 6, 2013

Which card is a better fit? Chase Freedom or Chase Sapphire Preferred? Yesterday I told you that when your Annual fee is up, unless…

September 5, 2013

Yesterday we learned about the Credit Card Calendar, and our seasons of credit card applications. If you haven’t already read that post, you’ll want…

September 5, 2013

It seems like this has been a week of introduction posts. Today’s “introduction” of sorts is to a Calendar. You might have many different…

September 4, 2013

The Milenomics Law of Supply and Demand: The supply of miles you have should as closely as possible match the demand you have for…

September 3, 2013

How do I decide which miles I should use for a redemption? Is this a question you’ve often asked yourself? I know I hear…

September 2, 2013

Today I’ll discuss why the most expensive miles you’ll earn are the ones you get by flying. Just for fun I thought I’d run…

September 1, 2013

Question #1: How much have you spent to earn your miles/points hoard? Question #2: How many miles did your last mileage redemption cost you?…

August 30, 2013

Today’s the Blog’s launch date and I’m excited. I read an article today from Matthew Yglesias in which he states how important it is to…

August 30, 2013

Today I introduce a new Milenomics term: Your T-rate. It will be used in all calculations from here on out, and will be useful…

August 29, 2013

“Why are Frequent Flyer miles so hard to use?” This is probably the #1 question I’m asked when people find out my hobby is…