Today’s incredibly simple, and simultaneously complex question is: What is time? There are some super deep answers to that simple question, like this one, by Theoretical Physicist Sean Carroll. Carroll discusses what he likes to call an “arrow of time” with the past on one end and the future on the other. Clocks measure this […]
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Mileage Conservation with Milenomics–Redux Edition
Today’s post is written for #201 and above Milenomics because it discusses International Travel. The last two posts have led up to today–first we looked at where United will fit into our plans for 2014. Next we looked at our 2014 Domestic travel, and we discussed a few new Low Level Hedges as part of […]
Planning Domestic Travel With Miles in 2014
Yesterday I asked you to thoughtfully consider where United miles fit into your 2014 travel plans. The end of the year is a natural starting point for planning out travel next year. A Confession: I’ve been remiss in keeping my Demand schedule updated–and so I’ll be borrowing a page from my friend Robert at www.awardbookingservice.com/blog and […]
Making the Most of United Miles in 2014
Today’s post is the first in a series–where we will set the stage for our mile usage in 2014. The end of the year is a great time to take inventory of all parts of our lines, miles included. Today we’ll focus primarily on United Mileage Plus miles. Proving a Point: Devaluations and Decay A […]
Booking: Costa Rica and Hawaii with UA and BA miles (2.4 CPM)
Sam here: I want to thank my special guest blogger S. Claus, who stopped by the last two days to leave us with his 2013 lists of Naughty and Nice in the world of Miles. Because Kris K. took the load off of me for writing the blog, I was able to really focus on […]
Which Game Do You Play? Milenomics, or The Airline’s Game?
We’ll be discussing the game we play today. I use the term “game” to describe our travel with miles because like most games there are winners and losers. Can everyone fly free everywhere they want to go, anytime, anywhere? No. We’ve covered why Miles are hard to use, and the costs of miles, and discussed […]
Breaking the Cycle of Free Upgrades: Delta’s latest Changes for Medallions
Stay with me on this post–I’ll be covering Delta’s latest changes. For everyone (non elites included) except Delta’s JFK Based Elite we’re seeing a change for the positive occur here. Delta’s Flyertalk representative just announced the following changes: Changes to Systemwide Upgrades (SWUs): We are always looking for opportunities to fine-tune the Medallion program and […]
Bearish or Bullish? The Answer Will Define What Cards you Apply For
We’re continuing to do research into what cards to apply for our Winter Credit card Calendar applications. A few days ago in the post on Market Timing I wrote that I’m feeling rather bearish right now about US and AA miles. Because of this I’m in a holding pattern for the US Airways Buy Miles Promo. In […]
Market Timing and the US Airways Share Miles Bonus
In case you missed it, Since I missed it, Southern Travel Girl wrote up a post about the US Airways Share miles promo. (Sorry Susan!) Giddy for Points also wrote about the returning 100% share miles bonus from US airways. This is the same bonus that was around in September/October. I wrote about this at […]
Award Tool Belts: Crafting One to Avoid Award Fees
Note:if you’re a #101 level Milenomic you can disregard this post. Capital One has been using the phrase “what’s in your wallet?” for quite some time. Today we’ll ask “what’s in your Award Tool Belt?” We’ll introduce the idea of Miles as tools, and discuss the ones I use to help save money on award travel. […]