A little over a month ago I detailed a complex (and risky) strategy to earn more miles here on the Blog. It involved a two step system for earning miles; Charge up my American Express card, and pay it off with a card offering $0 fees for balance transfers. This Balance transfer card could then be […]
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United Copies Delta, To Go Revenue Based on Accrual in 2015
United annouunced, somewhat un-gracefully, that starting March 1, 2015 they will be going to a revenue based accrual model which closely resembled Delta’s planned 2015 Skymiles changes. In fact the earning levels will match exactly those which Delta announced earlier this year. More details can be found on http://mileageplusupdates.com/ which has a handy calculator to see […]
How to Use flightconnections.com to Find Award Routes
Today we’re continuing our Milenomics basics series. We’ll be talking about airline routes, and how to find/figure out who flies where. We’ve talked about routes before here on Milenomics; Unfortunately the software I prefer to use is no longer being updated/maintained by its origianl author. The last post in this series had extensive information on partners and alliances. […]
Purchase Tracking Tools Revisited
We’ve discussed keeping track of your purchases here on Milenomics before. The original cost tracking posts here and here on Milenomics were written less than a month into the blog’s launch. Since then I’ve come back to these posts dozens of times. Today I’ll again ask you to keep track of your purchase, and in addition […]
How to Book Low Level Delta Awards (without going crazy)
Today we’ll use some of the tools we’ve been covering in our back to basics series. What follows is a real booking I’ve made, from LAX-CUN and back with Delta miles. I’ll go over how I handled the search, and tips to book low level Delta awards and get them to price out correctly. My wife and […]
Welcome to the Milenomics Universe
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 all, we aren’t in the business of collecting miles. We are in the business of traveling with miles, but we don’t exactly play the same game you’ll read about elsewhere online. […]
Travel Tech: Using Republic Wireless Overseas
Back in January I wrote a post about staying connected while overseas. Some of the solutions discussed in that post will soon stop working. If you haven’t read that post I do suggest you browse it (and the comments section) for ideas. Today’s post builds on those tips with a discussion of Republic Wireless. Using […]
Putting Together a 2014-2015 Demand Schedule
Housekeeping Note: I’ve been successful in moving over email subscriptions. If you didn’t get an email about this post you’ll want to re-subscribe to the blog. I won’t take too long to reintroduce the idea of a demand schedule. For anyone who’s new to Milenomics a Demand Schedule, as well as a Conservation system are two […]
Due Dates, Paying Bills and Making Money Along the Way
While Friday’s post about purchase tracking is applicable to all of us, today’s is going to be much more subjective. What works for me may not work well for you. And what works for you may not work well for anyone else. Finances are tricky for some of us to figure out–so today I’m going […]
Making Free Calls Overseas, and Other Tips to Stay Connected
Note: ICYMI, I’m giving away a quad band world phone. Enter once per day through Friday for a chance to win. A common theme in most of the entry comments in the world phone giveaway has been staying connected. Today’s post has tips and tricks for staying connected with or without a world phone. Today’s […]