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Milenomics Be Your Own Elite Program:An Introduction

September 13, 2013

Note: this post is primarily for #101-#301 level Milenomics. A Milenomics travel strategy should be complex. Your strategy will be different based on your…

Milenomics Quick Tip: Reduce Debit Card Purchase Fees by $1.20

September 13, 2013

Yesterday I posted about a MMR at Safeway stores. Today, a Quick Tip about how to reduce your Out of Pocket (OOP) costs by…

Milenomics Mileage Run- Buy Miles for Better than Free?

September 12, 2013

Safeway stores have a promotion going on until 10/8/2013 where if you buy a Mastercard or Visa gift card worth $100 or more you’ll…

What is Airline Elite Status Really Worth?

September 12, 2013

Today is the first of a two part post on Airline Elite programs. Today’s post is more theoretical, tomorrow’s will be much more practical….

The Low Level Hedge: A Safety Net for Award Tickets

September 11, 2013

This is the second in a two part post focusing on Domestic award travel. We’ve been covering the topic all week, first talking about…

Milenomics Giveaway Winner Announced

September 11, 2013

Thank you to all who entered the contest. There were so many great ideas where to go with your miles. Hopefully through Milenomics we…

The Best Way to Search for Low Level Domestic Award Tickets

September 10, 2013

We’ve all been there. You want to go somewhere with all those miles you’ve earned. You head to the main site of the airline…

The Principle of Mileage Conservation

September 9, 2013

Note:Today’s post was written for #201 and above Milenomics–because it includes discussion of international travel. At it’s core Milenomics is about finding balance….

Milenomics Blog Giveaway!

September 8, 2013

Today’s the day of the First Milenomics Giveaway! Before I announce the giveaway, I want to take a moment to remind you of the…

A more in-depth look at Chase UR

September 7, 2013

Earlier today I posted about the Chase Freedom vs. Chase Sapphire Preferred. In that post I outline the best parts of the CSP–notably the…