Should You Write Delta A Dear John Letter Next Year? November 22, 2013 Dear John Delta, I hope this letter doesn’t shock you. I can no longer continue with this relationship. When we started going together you were…
United in 2014: Breaking Up is Hard to Do November 21, 2013 Note: This post is intended for #301’s, and #401’s. Today I’ll discuss strategies for those of you currently holding status and trying to decide…
Membership Rewards Points: Shadow Currency, Orphan Savior and Risky Business November 20, 2013 Note: Yesterday’s post was all #101. Today’s post is the opposite. Also, if you’re new to Miles this post is not for you. We’ve…
Time Decay & Depreciation of Miles November 18, 2013 The idea of how miles “work” is often hard for people to comprehend right away. This learning curve can be quite hard to get…
Extending Milenomics Lessons Into the Real World November 13, 2013 I’m excited to be home from my trip up to Seattle, Port Angeles, and The Olympic National Forest. Quick getaways like this are an…
Extracting More Value from United Award Flights November 6, 2013 Yesterday I wrote about using Award Nexus to search for flights. I used the service to search for a United award to Thailand. Award…
What is an Earn Ratio? And Why it is Important to Know Yours November 4, 2013 Between a quick analysis of the United MP changes, and calling out the guilty parties (ourselves included) I happened to mention I’m a dual-earn…
Using Demand Schedules to Target Earnings November 1, 2013 We’ve been slightly sidetracked by the recent United news that came out early today. Please focus discussion on that devaluation either on FT or…
Quick Analysis of United’s Recent Devaluation Announcement November 1, 2013 Both Will Run For Miles and Frugal Travel Lawyer wrote today about United’s recent devaluation. If you haven’t heard yet–it is pretty bad for…
A More In-Depth Look at Demand Schedules October 31, 2013 I’ve talked about Demand schedules for a few months now–introducing them as a part of “The Law of Supply and Demand of Miles.” Today we’ll…