It is no secret that Milenomics has become a big fan of Membership Rewards Points. I’ve called them many things; Shadow Currency, orphan savior, and risky Business. I went from relying mostly on UR in 2012 and 2013 to a gradual shift towards more MR as my Domestic and International programs started to take shape. In fact, […]
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Airline 24 Hour Cancellation Policies, Tips and Tricks
I’m sure a lot of you know what I’m going to share with you today–but for those who don’t today’s post is going to be very important. We’ll be talking about the different airline’s 24 hour cancellation/hold policies. I haven’t written about it before, so for completeness I wanted to put together this post. The DOT Rule […]
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 […]
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 […]
Using our Avios, AA, and UA Miles to travel to Cancun and Asia.
Yesterday I wrote a post in which I used 34,000 of our hypothetical avios, 40,000 AA miles, and 60,000 UA Miles for a couple to tavel to Maui and Germany. Because of reader feedback today’s post imagines the same situation but sends us to Asia Instead. Our Hypothetical Miles from September and December To Quickly […]
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. […]
BA Avios Booking Tool: The AA Award Map
If you’re new to using miles today’s post gives you a great tool to try to find award flights and use your Avios. The post is tagged for #101 level Milenomics–but is useful for all of us. Today we’ll talk about one of the tools I like to use when your destination is flexible, but […]
Identifying the Best Program for First Time Users of Miles
Today’s post is for pure #101 travelers–those of us who fly a few times a year to a few different places and just want their tickets to be paid for with miles whenever possible. I wanted to pick the easiest program to get started collecting Miles in. Today I’ll introduce the process I used to […]
Time Decay & Depreciation of Miles
The idea of how miles “work” is often hard for people to comprehend right away. This learning curve can be quite hard to get past. Twice before I wrote about this: “why are frequent Flyer Miles so hard to use,” and “The basics of Frequent Flyer Miles.” Today I’ll write about miles from a different perspective in […]